Young children display geographical awareness from an early age, and a new report on early years mapping is rich with links to curriculum and ideas for activities, finds Meredith Jones Russell
Meeting the emotional and learning needs of the unique child
What are the effects of dummy use on young children’s speech and language development? Radhika Kovendrakumar gives advice, based on research she did for her pre-school
Part 8: Trainee EYT Emma Davis, manager of Busy Bees @ LPS (Ledbury Primary School) talks babies, observation, and how her training has helped impress Ofsted
A registered childminder with a great deal of training under her belt and an early years degree in her sights is considering where it might lead her. Careers adviser Tina Jefferies suggests three...
The founder of Britain's first infant school promoted learning for its own sake in ways that are meaningful to young children, as Professor Tricia David explains
Make the most of children's interest in all kinds of animals
Play with mirrors helps build baby and toddlers' self-awareness and satisfies their fascination with people's movements and expressions
Settings, childminders and foster carers are benefiting from two training programmes that enable them to better support children's speech, language and communication (SLC)
An inability to obtain landlord permission is one of the most common reasons trainee childminders leave our registration process, says the chief executive of Tiney childminding agency.