Pre-school children can get a hand in learning how to cook with the help of a new programme on CBeebies television.
Childminder numbers have fallen below 60,000 for the first time, according to the latest Ofsted quarterly statistics, alongside a drop in the number of nurseries.
An awareness campaign to encourage parents and early years workers to talk more with children under two is developing training for early years practitioners one year after it started. 'Tune into...
Another new year begins – and one that is certain to be critical for the future of the early years sector in many ways.
- Fathers Direct has joined forces with the An-Nisa Society to publish Working with Muslim Fathers: A Guide for Practitioners, which provides an introduction to Muslim parenting.
A simple ten-minute eye test can be used to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in pre-school children with 93 per cent accuracy, say scientists from Brunel University. During the...
Just Learning, formerly the sixth largest nursery chain in the UK, has bought Scotland's largest nursery operator, Careshare, for 17.25m in a deal among the largest so far in the private nursery...
I am a mature student studying Advanced Practice in working with Children and Families and work part-time in a private day nursery. As part of my portfolio I would like to create a bird feeding...
New guidelines are being developed to help early years practitioners support children who have co-ordination difficulties.
Organisations representing early years staff have called on the Government to recognise that childcare professionals are 'key workers' in the same way that it has recognised teachers, nurses and...