UNDERSTANDING EARLY YEARS THEORY IN PRACTICE. Maureen Daly, Elisabeth Byers, Wendy Taylor. (Heinemann, 16.99, 0435402137, 01865 888000) Reviewed by Pat Wills, head teacher at Claremont Community...
From family members to the police and shopkeepers, the local community is part of nursery life, as are political issues and making plans. By the Rachel Keeling Nursery School team
Nurseries which exclusively serve deprived areas may be less effective in breaking a cycle of underachievement than settings where there are children from varied backgrounds, according to a...
Reflective practice is embedded in early years provision, but is not always easy to achieve. Educational psychologist Anita Soni describes a project in Birmingham that uses video to help practitioners...
How Emmi Pikler’s approach to care-giving for the under-threes can be incorporated into modern best practice at settings and at home. By Dorothy Marlen
How does your setting monitor computer use, store information about children or handle complaints? Laura Henry offers another checklist for good practice Information, Communication and Technology...
Mainstream settings can find guidance on including disabled children in a new pack launched last week by disabled children's charity KIDS. The 'All of Us' pack contains two documents to promote...
Effective management remains key to tackling the sector's ongoing challenge of recruiting and retaining enthusiastic and capable early years practitioners ACORN CHILDCARE TRAINING
Effective management remains key to tackling the sector's ongoing challenge of recruiting and retaining enthusiastic and capable early years practitioners Acorn Early Years Training * The effective...
Is it within the remit of a regulatory body to get political?