Are we getting any closer to understanding childhood obesity? And what should early years practitioners be doing to help prevent it? Professor Pinki Sahota offers expert advice.
Check up on customer satisfaction regularly and then act on the responses, says Mairi Maciver Clark Yellow reflective jackets, hard hats, cones and flashing lights should be mandatory on the nursery...
An innovative scheme in Lewisham, London, has developed a network of early years specialists to help settings share good practice. <B>Judith Stevens</B> reports
Here on Nursery World, we certainly don't hold with the view that 21 billion of Government money has been wasted on early years education and childcare, though to read many of the national newspapers...
Childcare groups in Scotland have called for greater professional recognition of the workforce in their New Year wish list. The Scottish Executive has set out a busy agenda for the early years sector...
The experiences young children have with their carers can shape the development of their brains and influence the sort of people they become, says Maria Robinson.
Thank you for a great eight-page guide to pre-schools (Nursery World, 4 August). Yes, we may seem to be a minority in the childcare sector, but we are still around and, in some areas, thriving by...