Parents hold the key to preventing speech delay. Anne Wiltsher reports on what childcare professionals are doing to empower them
Numbers mean fun in an exciting new book designed to help early years practitioners introduce mathematical ideas to young children in ways meaningful to them Introducing mathematical concepts to young...
Childcare is taking on a higher profile in the British military, providing security for young children whose parents are frequently away. Annette Rawstrone reports Life can be anything but regimented...
New figures suggest hundreds of childcare settings are closing across the country.
The proportion of nursery staff qualified to Level 3 or above has fallen to such an extent in the last four years that it threatens the quality of provision, the National Day Nurseries Association...
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The route to the top managerial post of a nursery is no longer through childcare experience alone. Patricia Slatcher reports on the skills and training that are now needed to take on senior management...
Chages in the makeup of the early years workforce mean those in supervisory positions must learn new skills, as Mary Evans finds Increasingly, nursery managers delegate responsibility for the...