Leadership is the ultimate aim of an in-house training scheme offered to staff of a large nursery chain. Sue Learner hears all about it While the Government battles to raise standards among nursery...
People who work with children are prone to various forms of stress, but they can learn to avoid it or turn it to positive effects, says Andrea Clifford-Poston
A young child's delight in fooling or teasing an adult tells us a lot about what they know and helps them progress in making sense of their world, as Anne O'Connor demonstrates with this example.
One setting created a coronavirus hospital ward so the children could make sense of the pandemic. Annette Rawstrone reports
How one setting’s use of open-ended resources outdoors led to the recreation of a campfire. By Annette Rawstrone
The Government is standing firm in its refusal to outlaw the physical punishment of children in England- against a chorus of disapproval from childcare bodies around the country and abroad. Judith...
Most primary school heads are highly critical about the Government's plans to bring in the Reception Baseline Assessment, a survey suggests, as a national pilot of the test gets underway.
Poetry is for everyone, as leading children's poet Michael Rosen tells Karen Faux, with suggestions for introducing rhyme in an early years setting.
What are schools forums and why do they matter? With funding set to take on an extra dimension from September with the free entitlement extension to 30 hours, Charlotte Goddard investigates
More and more farms are helping to educate young children, as Ruth Beattie found out when she talked to some prize-winners