Policymakers in Westminster are being advised to take a close look at Scotland's approach to early years education and care, in a report published this week by the Organisation for Economic...
(Photograph) - Early years specialist Marie Wilson saw her book about babies and toddlers, This is me!, launched at the City Hall in Armagh on 1 April. The book is published by NIPPA: The Early Years...
Painting offers young children a world of opportunities for experimentation and expression, so early years settings should equip them with ample materials and varied techniques.
The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) is calling for a stronger focus on developing childrens social skills and emotional resilience to prepare them for school.
From an early years perspective, it was frustrating that significant recommendations for the primary curriculum did not survive the end of this parliament. It remains to be seen whether Sir Jim Rose's...
The basis for good early years practice in helping children develop their creativity is adults who know how to encourage them and model activity but not control the creative process.
Early years organisations metin London last week to discuss how service provision could be improved to meet the needs of very young disabled children. Catherine Ashton, Sure Start minister, was among...
The Government was given a stern warning not to backslide on its commitment to the early years during a lively House of Commons debate which reviewed many of the concerns explored in the education and...
Some food for thought in your professional career Movement and Learning in the Early Years: Supporting Dyspraxia (DCD) and Other Difficulties. By Christine Macintyre and Kim McVitty. (Paul Chapman,...
The work of a Hertfordshire higher education consortium that has attracted 110 students to its foundation degree in early years education has been praised by Catherine Ashton, minister for Sure Start,...