Early years settings need to have policies for when children argue or when behaviour gets out of hand, that the children themselves can understand, as Jennie Lindon explains Children learn how to...
Children’s centres are having to reduce their opening hours and scale back or charge for services because of cuts to their budgets.
Nursery schools are closing while more and more primary schools are opening nursery classes. What effect will this have on early years education? asks Mary Evans
The rules on exposing children to risk outside the classroom may soon be relaxed. Mary Evans looks at how nurseries will respond
Nursery nurses played a vital role in the war effort and had a lot of fun doing it, as Dorothy Brown and Eileen Adey recall
The EYFS review by Dame Clare Tickell has finally been unveiled, with its 40-plus recommendations seeking to support learning through play and build on the current framework's principles and themes.
Early years provision is firmly on the election agenda. Mary Evans rounds up the relevant pledges by the three main parties Party leaders and leading politicians, among them Chancellor Gordon Brown,...
Mothers and fathers will be able to share paid leave and pay at any time during the first year after a child is born, Nick Clegg is expected to announce today.
Two large-scale partnership projects in London and Birmingham have recently shown what an ambitious agenda for excellence in early years music education can look like. Project leader Nicola Burke...
Construction sets help children develop their creativity and ability to manipulate objects. Early years settings assess a selection for Sue Hubberstey.