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Evidence is mounting that private and voluntary nurseries' participation in the Nursery Education Grant scheme is at crisis point, with a survey from the Federation of Small Businesses (see News, page...
There are benefits to embracing a creativity focused on process rather than result. Nicole Weinstein offers a guide
Young children can acquire more than one language without detriment to learning English and will enjoy greater self-esteem if carers outside the home respect their mother tongue. Anne O'Connor...
While a Market Review of initial teacher education is currently focused on primary and secondary teaching, Dr Aimee Quickfall believes the review has worrying implications for the future of early...
The EYFS has revolutionised the way we work. We are all much clearer in our knowledge of what interests the children and are able to plan more effectively. This has resulted in better behaviour and...
Talking about death with young children is necessary when there has been a bereavement. Anne O’Connor explains the best ways to tackle this difficult subject
The experience of exceptional children in the nursery is explored by Dr Kate Distin, who has worked as a counsellor of gifted children and has just edited a book on the subject. Even as tiny babies,...
The harmful effects of bias based upon a person's or group's ethnicity, and positive ways to overcome it in early years practice, are explained by Anne O'Connor.
Simple physical play with a child's carer can stimulate a function that is linked fundamentally to language and sensory development, says Anne O'Connor.