A childcare apprentice is using the hashtag #247Apprentice to share a week in the life for the Storify page of National Apprenticeship Week 2013.
Ann Langston, who contributed to the development of Birth to Three Matters, explains its format, history and importance and tells us why it should be dusted down and put back on the shelf as...
Two organisations are now offering distance learning courses for people wanting to train as childminders. Both Childcare Study, an online organisation, and the National Extension College (NEC) have...
Sue Roberts from Edge Hill explains how one student worked towards meeting Standard 35: Influence and shape the policies and practices of the setting and share in collective responsibility for their...
Charities and training providers can help early years practitioners give child health and safety better attention.
What's the new APEL qualification for working childcarers all about? The tasks successful candidates must do and the understanding they must demonstrate are set out here The Level 3 Certificate in...
By Mary Dickins, early years consultant (All Together Consultancy and London Metropolitan University)
If you work with Foundation Stage children, the official directives about using synthetic phonics as the first and foremost approach to teaching young children to read are probably causing you...
The importance of outdoor provision for young children is only now being fully recognised. The outdoors is another classroom, where learning in every area of the curriculum can take place - and in...