Why has the recent proposal to extend the national curriculum to include the Foundation Stage got early years experts up in arms? Mary Evans asks them The Government's consultation on extending...
We are extremely sorry that the Professional Nanny conference scheduled to take place earlier this month had to be cancelled by the organisers because of the low number of advance bookings, and we...
The need for significant change in the way the early years is perceived and supported has gained the royal seal of approval
By Rosalind Millam (Continuum, ISBN 9781441177414, 24.99)
If your fingers are still itching to do arts and crafts after our activities feature (see page 12), look up the website www.docrafts.co.uk or get the first issue of Docrafts magazine. It's packed with...
Going out of the classroom and getting involved in their local environment is the best way for children to become members of society, says Will Coleman.
Holi The Hindu celebration of Holi, which falls this year on 28 March, is a spring festival, in which people give thanks for the first harvest of the year or pray for a good harvest to come. It is...
We have 20 copies (five copies each) of My Little Handbag, My Little Toolbox, My Little Doctor's Bag and My Little Lunchbox by Nathan Reed (Campbell Books, 4.99 each) to give away to Nursery World...
Over a third of parents spend at least an hour a day shouting and half of families admit to arguing every day, according to new research by Channel 4.