Early years settings can develop their own practice and expertise in harmony with the Early Years Foundation Stage principles. Julian Grenier explains how.
Implement the Birth to Three Matters framework at your setting with guidance from the specially-devised series,Little Baby Books. Sally Featherstone gets you started Birth to Three Matters - a...
What's on offer to help early years professionals to promote positive behaviour and provide support to children and families Acorn Early Years Training, the specialist early years division of CJ...
Richard Willis, visiting professor at the University of South Wales, reviews a book which integrates early years theory and practice, and aims to encourage readers to start a conversation about their...
Early years staff need to be familiar with the new SEN Code of Practice that will include pre-school children for the first time from this September, says Collette Drifte
Understanding child development acts as a springboard for students to examine their practice in greater depth. Mary Evans explains how this unit supports underpinning knowledge
There was great disappointment among private and voluntary sector nurseries when the coalition Government pressed ahead with the Code of Practice on the free entitlement rather than suspend it as the...
Pressure on beacon schools in England to produce good SATS results and reach Government targets is jeopardising the quality of their early years provision, a leading early years organisation has...
by Jennie Lindon (Hodder Education, 21.99, ISBN 9781444102857)
Use our pointers to help gather evidence for NVQ Level 3 Unit 16: Observe and assess the development and behaviour of children. Read our advice in conjunction with the Level 3 standards in Early Years...