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It's not enough to just watch and record what a child does at play. Mary Evans considers how to make observation true to its purpose.
The importance of crawling to physical and mental development, and how to encourage it, is explained by Anne O'Connor and Anna Daly.
We caught up with Jodi, completing a Level 3 apprenticeship with Inspiro Learning while working at Bright Horizons Windsor Day Nursery. She discusses helping the nursery achieve a Green Flag...
In your work with young children, do you place enough stress on promoting physical development? The focus on communication, language and literacy and mathematical development in particular means that...
Early years practitioners need to see learning – particularly in mathematics – not as abstract and ‘disembodied’ but as inherently concrete and ‘embodied’. Dr Jennifer S Thom explains why
The deadlock over GCSEs at Level 3 has set early years apprenticeships back years. Following the Government U-turn and the sacking of the trailblazer group, what now? asks Hannah Crown
In this case study, Sue Chambers focuses on assessing communication and language development for the Progress Check at Age Two, with the example of a child hindered by her need of a dummy.
Under the new regime inspectors will be keen to see that parents are welcomed, respected and well informed, as this relationship is key to children's progress, says Laura Henry.
Butternut squash and sweet potato soup served with herby wholemeal rolls
Child psychoanalyst Susan Isaacs had another, lesser-known role: as an agony aunt. Caroline Vollans makes the case for considering her advice in the context of modern practice