How can settings resource their areas to support children’s early literacy skills, asks Nicole Weinstein, with some suggestions for products to purchase
Careers advice has long been a Cinderella service in schools. But with a massive shortage of early years staff, a new careers advice drive and the early years workforce strategy, there is finally a...
All nanny agencies in Scotland are to be regulated by the Scottish Executive from April this year, enabling parents who use their services to claim the childcare tax credit. The move will create a...
The needs of children and young people are more important than available spaces when planning playgrounds, according to a Government-funded guide published last week. The guide, More than Swings and...
Making bookmarks during a 'night and day' topic provided an ideal opportunity for our children to develop their manipulative skills and to learn how to handle books with understanding. Planned...
Want to begin a childminding career? Elyssa Campbell-Barr explains what is required Childminding is a flexible, rewarding and challenging career, and around 300,000 under-eights in England and Wales...
The Government is considering whether the childcare element of tax credits should be paid directly to nurseries and childminders rather than to parents, under proposals to improve the delivery and the...
The whole learning environment in which young children spend their time needs to offer quality language provision, says Helen Moylett.