A Level 5 diploma set up to bridge the gap between vocational and academic qualifications has helped assistant manager Kerry Webb go on to study for a degree.
* More than 60 examples of imaginative and interesting places for play in Europe and the UK have been put online by Places for Play at www.freeplaynetwork.org.uk/playlink/exhibition. The exhibition...
Being outdoors provides children with developmental benefits that cannot be replicated indoors. Kathryn Solly reveals how to get it right
The Foundation Stage Teacher in Action: Teaching 3, 4 and 5 year olds By Margaret Edgington
Keith Archer's comments ('In my view', 15 December) are true for many private children's establishments. I was not consulted on a 50-place children's centre opening 200 yards away from my nursery. I...
How can practitioners best support children in thinking creatively and critically, asks Helen Moylett in the final part of this series.
Every five-year-old in the country would get a free dental check-up at school under a Conservative Government, shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has pledged. Children would be shown how to brush...
Meg Barclay, educational consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association, reviews books that support children to cope with change in various forms, and learn about the...
Winner - Jessica Curbishley, Deputy manager, Woodlands Day Nursery, Timperley, Cheshire
I CAN, the children's communication charity, BT and Nursery World are looking to discover how often you come into contact with children who have speech, language and communication difficulties. We...