The publication earlier this year of the Government’s new Reading Framework was met with a mixed reaction. Caroline Vollans considers the responses
Funny and imaginative story books, including some revisited favourites, are reviewed by Alison Boyle and young readers THE ADVENTURES OF THE DISH AND THE SPOON. By Mini Grey. (Random House, Pounds...
For the 11th year running Busy Bees has come top in our table of the 25 largest chains, while Kids Allowed takes the top spot for quality with the highest proportion of Ofsted grades.
Early years practitioners need to see learning – particularly in mathematics – not as abstract and ‘disembodied’ but as inherently concrete and ‘embodied’. Dr Jennifer S Thom explains why
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.
Babies and toddlers love to engage with the natural world, and a great free learning resource is available just outside your setting's door, says Jennie Lindon Relaxed observation of toddlers and very...
Adult-child interaction needs to enhance learning and development while supporting the child to meet their own agenda – and without any unnecessary interfering, explains Julie Fisher
- Forest Schools and Outdoor Learning in the Early Years
Working with babies is an area of early years practice that doesn’t get enough attention.