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SPRITO research officer Helen Masey writes: SPRITO has begun a massive research project to find out more about playworkers in England. At present there is no national information and it is important...
How will Universal Credit hit self-employed parents, as well as childminders?
The importance of crawling to physical and mental development, and how to encourage it, is explained by Anne O'Connor and Anna Daly.
The Self-Evaluation Form should be a reflection not just by an early years setting's staff, but the children, parents and third parties involved in its operation, say Laura Henry and Beth Harris.
A breakdown of the EYFS Profile results for 2016/17 reveals that children eligible for free school meals continue to lag behind their peers at the end of the Reception year.
The tricky move from nursery to school is a key focus of the EYPP. Charlotte Goddard finds out how settings are preparing children – and monitoring their progress after they leave
Early years practitioners must take care to indulge and maintain the natural motivation that children show from babyhood, says Marion Dowling.
The approach to formative and summative assessments is not obviously different under the revised Early Years Foundation Stage. However, practitioners will need to be alert to subtle but significant...
Early years settings can apply researchers' scales to self-evaluate their own practice. Mary Evans outlines how the scales work.
When children are exposed to a wide range of thought-provoking experiences and encouraged to make their own decisions, they will take responsibility for their learning. Marion Dowling shows how.