Re-create the security and familiarity of home in the nursery while offering children stimulating new experiences. Alice Sharp plays house
- Developing the communicative competence and narrative thinking of four- and five-year-olds in educational settings. Research has raised concerns about children's communicative competence on school...
Chief executives of local authorities and health boards, and chief constables, have the responsibility to ensure that their agencies act both individually and collectively to protect children and...
Dip into a project on frogs as an opportunity to explore the lifecycle of the natural world plus a range of learning activities, with these suggestions from Wendy E Scott As the weather begins to...
Men know their place, and up to now it hasn't been in childcare. But, asks Wendy Wallace, can a Government drive persuade more men to take up a career in the early years sector? The recent success of...
One hundred years ago, on 6 January 1907, education pioneer Dr Maria Montessori opened the first Casa de Bambini in the slums of Rome. This week, celebrations to mark the centenary are being held at...
Amid the debate about the national evaluation of Sure Start and the review of the teaching of reading, which will lead to a focus on phonics as the primary method for very young children, it would be...
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Girls continue to do better than boys in every area of learning before they are five, the latest national results of the Foundation Stage Profile show. The statistics for 2005, published by the DfES...