The Department for Education has been forced into cancelling a Key Stage 1 test following yesterday’s revelation that the spelling paper had been accidentally posted online.
Being able to make friends is easier for some than it is for others, but practitioners can help all children to form relationships. Marion Dowling explains how
What are the issues related to gender inequality and stereotypes, and how can early years settings help children to have more inclusive attitudes? Gemma Goldenberg reports
The value of seeking children's opinions and some ways practitioners can initiate it in an early years setting are described by Pat Gordon-Smith.
(Photograph) - Vicky Stokes, a play specialist at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London, compares denimwear with 16-month-old Tabitha Owen, 14-month-old Finn Leighton and Matthew Hough,...
The call by Alan Bentley, chairman of nursery group Childcare Corporation, for the private nursery sector to form a new trade association to represent its interests may seem to have come out of the...
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How does the ability to form and retrieve memories develop in children, why is it important to early learning, and how can adults help to stimulate it? Anne O’Connor reports