Are more four-year-olds really starting Reception without being toilet trained, asks Alison Featherbe, and where does the fault lie?
Have you been wanting to get out and stretch your legs in the countryside but thought it would be too difficult with children in tow? A series of walkers' guides has been designed with children in...
Hot on the heels of Ofsted's annual report into early years provision comes its proposed changes to the sector's inspection process (see News, page 4). These represent a fairly comprehensive revamp of...
The rattle is a favourite gift for a newborn baby, but did you know that these simple toys go back as far as the second century BC? Long ago they were made from dried gourds or hollowed-out bones and...
The childminding profession - and its status as a profession is certainly on the rise - is at a crucial stage of development, as our Special Report 'Strength in numbers' (pages 10-11) this week...
Part 2: Trainee EYT Emma Davis considers finding evidence for teachers' standards as she comes to the end of her first term at university
* We have ten copies of Billy's Bucket written by Kes Gray and illustrated by Garry Parsons (Red Fox, 5.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard...
We have two lunch baskets (Asco, 13.95) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'Lunch basket', to the address on page 3....
We have one wooden bucket balance (Hope, 39.95) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'bucket balance', to the address on page...
The recent exchange trip made by Scottish early years practitioners to the headquarters of Westminster Children's Society (News, 22 May) was funded by Glasgow City Council, we have been asked to point...