While the number of total childcare places has been rising in recent years, the sharp decline in the ranks of childminders has gone almost unnoticed (see News, page 4).
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...
Taking time to properly listen to children and encouraging them to talk about their interests are vital, explains Dr Sue Allingham
In the battle for votes at the next election, universal childcare will not be easy to deliver.
It is absurd and unhelpful when adults encourage children to use incorrect terminology and euphemisms for their body parts, explains Caroline Vollans
A 25 per cent pay cut is threatening nursery nurses working for one local authority.
The new Channel 4 programme, 'Train Your Baby Like a Dog', is emblematic of attitudes to young children that need to change.
We have six copies of the latest Bob the Builder video, 'Bob Live' to give away to Nursery World readers. The 60min video was recorded during an 80 date tour of the UK earlier this year and includes...
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...