'The number of children starting school with poor speaking and listening skills should cause us all to worry, and the numbers are going up.' Alan Wells, director of the Basic Skills Agency, on the...
We have two tyrannosaurus rex puppets (Asco, Pounds 68.50 each) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'T-rex puppet', to the...
The national bookgifting scheme has been preserved in reduced form. Viv Hampshire looks at the benefits it still offers children.
Communicating from the heart is crucial if we are to work in partnership with the parents of our babies and youngest children. Anita M Hughes and Veronica Read explain why it matters.
The Early Years Foundation Stage pack will be reprinted next year to clarify best practice within the framework and to explain key terms.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged £170m more for childcare providers in early years funding by 2024-25.
I CAN, the children's communication charity, BT and Nursery World are looking to discover how often you come into contact with children who have speech, language and communication difficulties. We...
AREAS OF LEARNING Nursery Topics - The Books of John Burningham covers all six areas of learning in the Foundation Stage curriculum in England and can be adapted easily to suit the Scottish, Welsh...
Best practice emergency procedures require that rapid evacuation be carried out in a 'once only operation', with no re-entry into your building. If you are operating the normal supervision ratio of...
Simple physical play with a child's carer can stimulate a function that is linked fundamentally to language and sensory development, says Anne O'Connor.