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'1 2 3, Where are you?' is a hide-and-seek safety game that we play on every visit to the woodland. Initially an adult will hide and the whole group will find them. Over time the groups hiding (with...
Kate Hubbert, lead practitioner, Bright Horizons Elsie Inglis, Edinburgh
Kidsunlimited has embraced the idea of opening nurseries on new housing developments. The company has signed up to run a 120-place nursery on developer Taylor Woodrow's Macintosh Village, outside...
The sensory experience of messy play has far-reaching benefits for brain development, creativity and risk-taking, says Anne O'Connor
Early years practitioners are best-placed to recognise when a vulnerable child needs help. By Rachel Buckler, a trainer and consultant specialising in safeguarding
Children need an enthusiastic mediator if they are to develop a love for books. Opal Dunn explains how to help under-threes build a solid foundation for literacy Parents and carers often feel...
Additives should be banned from children's foods, the Soil Association claims in the light of a study which reveals damaging effects if they are used in combinations. Foods such as flavoured crisps,...
A five-year childcare strategy unveiled by the Irish government that will create a further 50,000 places by 2010 has stirred controversy by allowing most childminders to earn c10,000 a year tax-free...