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Grandparents have to make difficult choices about providing childcare, says Vidhya Alakeson
By Meg Jones, childcare and early years consultant. 1 Encouragement and praise are necessary when children are practising new movements.
Pssst! Last month we reviewed the headline-grabbing book Secrets of the Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg. This British author has taken her uncanny skills working with babies to California, where she now...
Ofsted scores need to better reflect child outcomes and should be brought in line with the 'internationally respected' ECERS and ITERS scales, according to a think tank report on bridging the gap...
‘Babies’ have been strapped to five out of 100 statues in Crosby today in a stunt to represent the 5 per cent of dads who access shared parental leave, a policy which the campaign group behind the...
The review of the primary school curriculum, to be overseen by Professor Jim Rose, could bring about major improvements if it can tackle the problems of summer-born children under the current system...
Caroline Flint, who set up the first cross-party group for childcare, and was one of 101 Labour women MPs elected 20 years ago next month, reflects on the dramatic changes to early years policy since...
My congratulations to Nursery World on its 85th anniversary. Nursery World is so good that we bought it twice! Michael Heseltine looks back at Nursery World's history with Haymarket
Beatrice Merrick explains the thinking behind the recent Birth to 5 Matters Spring Festival which focused on key areas of practice including diversity and inclusion, sustainability, children’s rights...
Let's not risk boring spaces By Bernard Spiegal, principle of Playlink No negligence claims have been lodged against local authorities for inducing boredom in children, limiting their imaginations, or...