Measures of children’s progress – especially one-off assessments such as the baseline in Reception – are flawed, meaning neither policy-makers nor children benefit, say Alice Bradbury and Guy...
The personal choices practitioners make about their food and the messages they communicate to children as a result can have an impact on a setting's success with nutrition. Karen Faux reports.
Child psychologist Jennie Lindon answers your letters about child behaviour. Q. I am a childminder and take the youngest child, who is two and a half years old, to a regular drop-in session. The...
Early years practitioners should have training in how to communicate better with fathers so that dropping off children at nursery becomes less daunting for them, according to a new study.
The importance of safeguarding children's mental health will be highlighted with the launch of a support network for Sure Start workers next month. The charity Young Minds is setting up the Sure Start...
The pressure of national curriculum testing is squeezing creativity out of the classroom, with priority given to reading over drawing, according to the new children's laureate Anthony Browne.
The EYSFF is key to sustainability and fairness, says National Day Nurseries Association chief executive Purnima Tanuku.
Professor Cathy Nutbrown shows why, in the words of Comenius and Confucius, 'it is better to play than do nothing'.
Encouraging a love of language, stories and reading among pre-school children and their families has won a Norwich nursery a National Literacy Trust award.