Enabling Successful Futures: Developing a reflective & impactful pedagogy in an increasingly challenging climate
Picking up on an interest in cake-making can give opportunities for promoting children's creative development, Jane Drake explains Observation in setting
The SEND Code of Practice seeks to refocus practitioners' efforts on making sure children and families are at the heart of decision-making. Kay Mathieson takes a look at how the early years...
Reading the eight-page pull-out ('All about Foundation Stage units', 3 October), it would seem that Maria Montessori's vision of a truly child-oriented environment is now closer to being realised on a...
By Marie Charlton, early years consultant for St Helens LEA and EYDCP Despite the proliferation of material on the phonics debate, there is a glaring omission of the relevance of practice prior to the...
By Anne Longfield, chief executive of Kids' Clubs Network All children benefit from access to positive and supportive environments to develop, play and learn, but for some children, it is particularly...
With men making up 10 per cent of lone parents, how father-friendly are childcare arrangements? Judith Napier investigates some of the issues confronting them Feeling stressed over their children,...
The play-based Foundation Phase for three- to seven-year-olds in Wales is improving children's educational achievement, well-being and involvement, according to a three-year evaluation.
With understanding of different SENDs increasing, Nicole Weinstein looks at resources and activities to help children self-regulate.
There are many theories of children's play. I doubt that any of them, even combined, fully encompass the range of activities and experiences that children undertake as play.