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Music plays an important role in helping children to read, write and enjoy literature, says Linda Pound
A new Treasury Committee report strongly recommends an increase in 30 hours funding rates as it sets out wide-ranging criticisms of current Government childcare policies.
The importance placed on children's physical health is very much shaped by a society's wider priorities. Dr Lala Manners compare approaches in different countries around the globe.
New requirements on the supervision of staff and a sharper focus on safeguarding have implications for early years settings and their training programmes, says Karen Faux.
Communication, language and music are intrinsically linked, and it is important to understand this in the early years, writes Linda Pound
Would a city-centre nursery ever dream of swapping places with a setting in a remote rural outpost or vice versa? Joe Lepper speaks to nurseries in both locations to get an idea of how they compare.
With the autumn term under way, thousands of early years providers are already feeling the knock-on effect of the pandemic, as much lower numbers of children have returned or taken up new places.
It is essential to put strong processes in place to ensure quality provision for twos, says Vicky Hutchin.
Plans to reform the EYFS Profile and goals are proving controversial. Annette Rawstrone reports
With local authority training increasingly scarce, and policy changes leading to new CPD priorities, Meredith Jones Russell looks at how early years providers are responding.