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Young parents can be desperately in need of financial help and quality childcare. <B> Karen Faux </B> looks at projects which provide practical help and advice to teenage parents
The cost of a nursery place for a child under two has risen by 4.8 per cent in the past year, more than double the average rise in wages, according to the annual survey by the Daycare Trust.
With ‘blended families’ on the increase, early years practitioners need to be in tune with the feelings of the children affected, and aware of their obligations to both parents, writes Annette...
The return of the first-ever children's minister Margaret Hodge to the early years fray could be good news for the sector.
The dogs children meet in books are usually cuddly, but those they encounter in real life may be another story. Eve Boggenpoel hears tips for keeping safe around pet animals The thought of a young...
Richard Willis, visiting professor at the University of South Wales, reviews a book which explores how mindfullness can be integrated into settings. It combines theory, case studies and research to...
An analysis by the JRF, published at the beginning of the year, which compared household spend on energy of different family types, warned rising bills will push the poorest families further into...
The animals and buildings on a farm provide rich pickings for activities across the early years curriculum from Helen Shelbourne Aproject such as 'On the farm' may stem from a single child's...
The likes of Twitter and Facebook are here to stay and the challenge now is how best to use them. Katy Morton hears how some enterprising nurseries are maximising their potential.
* The Sure Start budget will rise from 2004/05 to 2007/08 by 769m, an average real terms increase of 17 per cent * 120,000 additional childcare places by 2008