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Representatives of a range of early years associations voted unanimously in support of a dedicated Sector Skills Council for children and young people at the Council for Awards in Children's Care and...
The recession has arrested the decline in childminder numbers as more families choose them over more expensive nurseries, but the support they receive has reduced, writes Mary Evans.
Using pictures of young children usually brings a happy response, but before you let them be taken in your setting there are certain procedures to follow, as Viv Hampshire explains.
Childcare workers will need extra training if they are to play a full role in child protection once new standards are published by the Scottish Executive next year, according to a leading childcare...
Winner: Team Cranley, Cranley Nursery Group, Edinburgh
How should I talk to my baby? Taking turns to make noises is the first step towards having a conversation. Copy your baby's babbling noises, then look at them and wait for a 'reply'. Later on, babies...
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 developmental characteristics of four- and five-year-old pre-schoolers' drawing The drawings of 17 children in the USwere analysed at ages four and five. At both ages the most commonly used...
Evidence must underpin the approach we take to educating young children, says Dr Julian Grenier