A consortium of voluntary organisations led by Play England has been awarded 2m through the Government's Big Society Fund to re-launch a campaign to increase children's opportunities to play outside.
I'm not sure what Anthea Thomas is getting so steamed up about ('Polling problems', Letters, 1 January). In my 10 years' experience as chief executive of the National Childminding Association, I have...
Why are more parents of summer-born children requesting a delay to their school start, asks Natalie Perera
In just two short years a baby becomes an energetic, running, jumping toddler. Greater mobility and agility leads to being able to reach more things and encounter more challenging environments, which...
Local families bridging different faith backgrounds came together to mark the official opening of an innovative children's centre in north London this week. Tyssen Children's Centre in Stamford Hill,...
Practitioners used observation tools developed by academic researchers to assess provision outdoors, as Annie Davy explains.
Children in Caerphilly can now enjoy smoke-free play areas, following a campaign by local young people against smoking in playgrounds.
Joanne Routledge, who owns Kinder Park Nursery in Carlisle, is the lucky winner of the FirstSteps competition (Nursery World, 10 November). She wins a Fujitsu Siemens laptop, pre-loaded with the...
Winner - Bright Horizons Foundation for Children
Nurseries concerned about risk will be interested in new proposals over health and safety, say Tabitha Cave and Natalie Andrews.