Formal early reading methods are about to get a tighter grip on young children.
When the Government revealed that it is considering making it mandatory for all early years staff to be qualified to at least level 3 (Nursery World, 4 February), it caused quite a stir.
* We have ten copies of the Dear Zoo 25th anniversary edition (Campbell Books, 4.99, ISBN 0230015255) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or...
Misunderstandings about the nature of extended schools seem to abound- that they involve keeping children cooped up in school for a mandatory 10 hours a day, or that teachers will be working as...
Take the children to an after-school club or start your own, as Jan Hurst suggests in the last of our series on organised activities Encouraging the child in your charge to join a club, after school...
The drive to improve the level of qualifications in the early years and childcare sector is welcome indeed, and the need to have level 3 staff in supervisory positions under the national care...
Why is touch so important for babies and young children? Because it is linked to healthy physical and emotional development, Anne O’Connor explains
National Childcare Month is now officially under way, and June is packed with activities and events to celebrate the great work done by people in this sector. With many of the main organisations - the...
Aspire Training Team, a specialist early years apprenticeship training provider with facilities across the South-West, marked 25 years in business in April with a number of celebratory activities.