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This month's move towards a law against anyone smacking children, coming from Scotland (see page 4), is of course good news for children. But it's the same old thing for nannies, who are again seen as...
Try these ten questions to help you to evaluate your setting's key person system. 1. Does a child have more contact with his or her key person during the day than with other members of staff? If not,...
Simple and adaptable activities to foster babies' and toddlers' cognitive development and emotional well-being are offered by Alice Sharp One face, two faces
After many years of lobbying by childcare organisations, the Government's proposals to extend tax breaks for employer-supported childcare look set to make significant advances (see News, page 4). Tax...
After years of stalling on the issue of nanny registration, the Government is finally making moves for some kind of action, seemingly prompted by the low take-up of the home childcarer scheme (see...
1. A = 3 B = 2 C = 1 So that's every day accounted for, then, if you chose A. A better option would be B because it gives you both time to decide, together with the child, whether it's a good idea to...
Early years practitioners need to know how to deal with a child who has diabetes, says Jody Blake, information manager at Wellchild.
A new dimension can be given to Christmas celebrations in your setting by exploring the traditions of other cultures. Lebanon, a country with a large Christian community, has been in the news for all...
As soon as any kind of assessment is formalised into a league table, it will be seized upon and interpreted in a misguided manner. Just look at what has happened with SATs. So it is with the 2005...