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Everyday play provides plenty of chances to learn number skills. But it doesn't just have to be through tangible objects, says Jane Drake Counting, and use of numbers as labels, constitutes one strand...
I have just read 'Why are they parents?' (Letters, 12 May). I have my own opinion on this subject, but being a professional childcare worker I would never air my opinion in such a public manner. How...
It's always great to have renowned early years consultant Marion Dowling contributing to Nursery World, and we believe you'll find her eight-page guide, 'All about children's thinking', a stimulating...
As a professional childminder for over six years who is currently doing a fast-track NVQ 3, I am horrified that the Government has deemed it OK for us to smoke in front of children and to be able to...
Part 13:approaching one year The increased level of balance Jasmine has shown this month has been remarkable. She stands firmly for quite long periods, concentrating on what she is doing with her...
A boycott of seven toys and other products deemed to be sexualising young children has been started by parents on a blog site that received 75,000 hits last week. Alpha Mummy, a blog for working...
Sector leaders have welcomed Scottish childcare reforms, with plans to double free provision by 2020 and make funding ‘follow the child’.
The frustration of English nursery owners over long delays in criminal records checks for new employees is evident. The situation in England looks to be not half so bad as that in Scotland, however...
The long-awaited all-party Select Committee on Education and Employment report on the early years is expected to make recommendations contrary to Government policy. The report, which is due out today...