Welcome to another issue full of ideas and suggestions to help you spend your money wisely and well. If you are not already a fan of softplay you are likely to be converted by the extraordinary range...
To get the most out of staff and ensure their well-being, use ‘positive performance management’, says Debbie Garvey
I'm in my final year on the BA (Hons) in Early Childhood Studies and have an assignment on quality environments. I am interested in applying the EPPE method of the 'Early Childhood Environmental...
(Photograph) - Two-year-old John Davis has fun at Playspace, part of Space, a major new community resource in the London borough of Lambeth that opened on 21 September. The 1m project at Waterloo...
Hundreds of thousands of children and their families took part in free activities across the UK to celebrate Playday on 4 August. Now in its 17th year, Playday is a national event co-ordinated by the...
We have to make sure that courses offer early years students what they need.
* Alfie's Numbers by Shirley Hughes (Bodley Head, 0 370 32591 5, 7.99) * How Many Monsters? by Mara van der Meer (Frances Lincoln, 0 7112 1499 9, 10.99)
Early years leader at Robert Mellors Primary and Nursery School in Nottinghamshire.
Children have a lot to offer in ideas for the design of the settings where they spend their time, says Alison Clark.
Kevin Lowe, Head of Consultancy Services at the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) calls for a co-ordinated approach to combat the high rates of poor children getting injured or killed on our...