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More than six in ten parents have had to change their working arrangements once their children start school, according to a new survey.
Sure Start's own beginnings perhaps didn't live up to the programme's name, being rather shaky and unclear, but since 1999 the Government's scheme to improve the health and well-being of children in...
The children and families minister Will Quince has this week visited early years settings in Sweden as part of the Government’s fact-finding mission to lower the cost of childcare.
Play involving hands and feet can help develop observation and thinking skills beyond simple recognition of size, shape and pattern. Marianne Sargent suggests some ideas.
Use our pointers to help gather evidence for NVQ Level 3 Unit 16: Observe and assess the development and behaviour of children. Read our advice in conjunction with the Level 3 standards in Early Years...
In the first of a new series on planning for the Foundation Stage, Jane Drake focuses on the book area to show how practitioners can think ahead in the long, medium and short term for effective...
Here we round up of a selection of free resources and activities for early years settings and families, designed to help with distance-learning and home-schooling, while schools and early years...
Parents of children with disabilities or special needs describe their attempts to get childcare in terms of 'battles' and 'fights', says a new report.
A new initiative will explore existing early childhood music practice and develop new ways practitioners can work musically with families and young children.