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Following Debbie Hemingway's letter detailing her nursery's positive experiences of heuristic play (14 June).
The number of children in England prescribed the controversial drug Ritalin more than doubled between 1997 and 2001, figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats have shown. Paul Burstow, Liberal...
'The number of children starting school with poor speaking and listening skills should cause us all to worry, and the numbers are going up.' Alan Wells, director of the Basic Skills Agency, on the...
The omission of qualification requirements for staff caring for school-age children from the Scottish Executive's latest proposals for the regulation of daycare has been criticised by the Scottish...
Questions have been asked in a House of Commons debate about delays in the registration of new providers, now the responsibility of Ofsted's Early Years Directorate. Speaking at the recent debate on...
By Brian Cooper, owner of Meir Park Day Nursery in Stoke-on-Trent I am confused by the Government's approach to the subject of pay in early years, particularly in the private sector. The DfES (News,...
Practitioners put their ears to the ground when thinking how to promote language development, as Nicola Hutton and Laura Leddy explain.
Do you display photographs of adults as well as of children in your setting, to show that both are welcomed and valued? What measures do you have in place to screen children's access to the internet?...
The freedom to explore certain types of movement is vital for both physical and mental development.Carol Archer and Professor Iram Siraj explain.