By Maureen Smith and Yvonne Nolan, co-founders of Duo Consulting and developers of the new APEL qualification APEL Level 3 Certificate in work with children(Early Years or Playwork), Unit 2: reflect...
Here's 10 helpful questions to help you evaluate your drop-in. 1 .Do parents and carers feel welcomed and valued? A personal 'hello' and a brief chat can make a difference to someone who is feeling...
Does academic research into childcare or behaviour have any relevance to nannies? Jennie Lindon believes it does Newspapers and television routinely pick up on newly published research - and not...
In recent years, multi-agency working has become formalised. Hannah Crown looks beyond the early years to what we can learn from national models, such as MASHs and A Better Start
Sounds like playing: music and the early years curriculum. By Marjorie Ouvry. (Early Education, 12.99, ISBN 0904 187 31 4, 020 7539 5400) Reviewed by Marian Whitehead, language and early years...
Pennie Akehurst, former head of the Early Years and Childcare Service at Derbyshire County Council, looks at how settings can replace the recently axed Ofsted self-evaluation form
What is cultural capital and why has it become a contested topic, asks Dr Jo Basford
Babies and toddlers don't need to be stimulated into awareness of different sounds, just left to hear them naturally, says Jennie Lindon. Research into early brain development tells us that babies'...
Here is a tiny selection of the activities that children can enjoy at Forest School and their links to just some of the stepping stones and early learning goals within the Foundation Stage curriculum....
The different 'pieces' of the Mosaic approach revealed children's perspectives on a wide range of people and experiences. Observations