Jelly is an ideal medium for babies and young children to explore because it can be presented in various ways according to the amount of water used.
Ofsted has rated children’s centre services in South Somerset as 'inadequate' in its most recent inspection.
In the latest part of this series, Shardi Vaziri looks at some of the more unusual applications for loose-parts play, such as with water, clay and tweezers
A petition calling for early years funding to increase has gained thousands of signatures within days of being created.
More than 100 nursery nurses in schools in Devon are set to lose up to a third of their salaries under council plans to bring their pay in line with other council workers.
Problems with the childcare tax credit need to be sorted out by the Inland Revenue if the childcare strategy is to succeed, the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) has warned. The Inland Revenue...
A new project to help settings and schools make the best use of their Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) funding has been launched by Early Education.
Funding for places at nursery schools in Stoke-on-Trent will be cut in council plans to change the way early years provision is organised.
<P> Key features of the Profile are explained by <B> Pauline Hoare </B> , principal officer for curriculum and assessment policy at the QCA </P>