Respecting young children's routines makes them feel safe, says Jennie Lindon, but also offers valuable opportunities to learn Young children like to know what will happen next. A regular rhythm to...
* SkillsActive regional network manager Maggie Patchett has swapped her laptop and mobile phone for a month's volunteering in Uganda. The manager, who returns on 5 September, is working with...
The Department for Education and Employment has been warned that nursery schools across the UK are facing closure. The problem has been highlighted by a series of conferences for nursery school...
Supplied by Janis Crutch, chef and co-owner of Little Monkey's Nursery, Windsor
* This week's national strike by local government workers, including nursery nurses and classroom assistants, was suspended after a pay deal raised the earnings of the lowest paid workers by nearly 11...
Some councils are wrongly withholding thousands of pounds in contingency funding. Jo Parkes speaks to settings who have successfully claimed it back
On the road to empowerment
In the first of a four-part series on the adult role in supporting early learning, Julie Fisher looks at the different purposes of learning initiated by the adult or the child