In the final part of this series, Professor Tina Bruce and Jane Dyke explore Froebel’s ideas about encouraging self-discipline
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The benefits for children of playing in a mixed age group are explored by Anne O'Connor, with advice for practitioners on reinforcing it
Settings often struggle with planning for under-threes, to the detriment of provision. Jennie Lindon explains some key aspects of developmentally appropriate planning for young children Effective...
Crawling is an important physical stage in its own right which enables babies to break away from their carers for the first time, says Anne O'Connor.
The number of children being home educated is rising, and the Government wants to give councils more power to monitor them. Meredith Jones Russell reports
* A Lincolnshire day nursery has been registered to deliver the Montessori Diploma to local nursery nurses. Last month the Children's House in Stallingborough was accredited to deliver the Level 4...
A number of parents are experiencing difficulties applying for the 30 hours because the system incorrectly says they are ineligible or their child does not exist.
The Government has been accused of ‘watering down childminder agencies’ with proposals to reduce the number of quality assurance visits and make practice support optional.