The Early Years Foundation Stage is theoretically play-based and child-centred - yet it so clashes with playwork that it is driving some providers out. Mary Evans investigates.
Scientists now think that the two sides in an old question are not mutually exclusive, say Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith.
In this year's Nursery World student essay competition, we asked participants to write on the theme of 'caring for birth to threes'. Here we reprint in full the winning entry, with extracts from the...
In our series on preparing for Ofsted inspections, Laura Henry explains how to help children make a positive contribution The fourth of the five outcomes by which Ofsted will inspect early years...
Try making soft and furry footprints or working out how to paint the shape of a sound. Carole Williams brings home the drama of simple games that stimulate the senses In a world where we can be...
Future childcare graduates with a standard GCSE 'equivalent' will not be able to count in ratios because the Government no longer recognises the tests, it has emerged.
Despite a call for more emphasis on play-based learning from many respondents to the consultation on Early Years Educator qualifications, the Government has not amended the criteria.
A museum in Cambridge is enabling children to experience shared public spaces, explains Meredith Jones Russell
Staff to child ratios in early years settings could be scrapped completely by the Prime Minister in a bid to make childcare cheaper, according to reports.