Childcare Level 3 qualifications are among 400 fully-funded courses for adults that the Government is making available for free from April 2021.
With Development Matters removed from both the Department for Education's website and the Ofsted inspectors' guidance, Lena Engel examines its history and asks what the implications are for practice.
See how you can stimulate your practice and keep up with developments in the sector with a sample of some of the seminars on offer. Liz Fox reports Mathematics in the Foundation Stage: building...
Communication is at the heart of a project on making, sending and receiving postcards with activities by Jean Evans.
A campaign group concerned with early language is to create a new national measurement of children’s reading.
It's always a great day to investigate what makes morning special, with early years activities from Helen Shelbourne about telling the time and making breakfast Adult-led activities
How did the first lockdown impact children’s physical development, and what have early years settings done to help them get ‘back on track’, asks Dr Lala Manners
By Bronwyn Lowe, early years co-ordinator at Lyndhurst Primary School in Dukinfield, Tameside After the departure earlier this month of Maggie Smith, director of Ofsted's Early Years Directorate, Sue...
The principles of the Steiner Waldorf kindergarten put play at the heart of early learning and provide a stress-free setting, says Lynne Oldfield.