Enabling a skilled early years workforce and increasing outreach support for families will improve the lives and prospects of our youngest children, says MP Cherilyn Mackrory
Moving away from the deficit model of difference means more than enabling diversity, so that everyone feels genuinely included, says our regular columnist Michael Pettavel
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'...
Regular in-house training ensures high quality care and helps to recruit and motivate staff, explains Karen Faux When Manor Tree Group set up a simulated room for three-to-five year-olds it became a...
Continuing her series on harnessing the potential of the outdoors environment, Professor Jan White considers what materials and resources to provide for outside play
* Childsplay Nursery in Claremont Place, Newcastle, a non-profit-making co-operative nursery, has been described as 'outstanding' in its Ofsted report. Inspectors praised staff for their commitment to...
I agree with much of Marcella Cunningham's letter about the private sector (Nursery World, 30 August).
Free school meals for Scottish primary school children and an expansion of childcare provision have been announced by First Minister Alex Salmond today.
The LEAP programme in Lambeth succeeded in making a real difference to children and families during its three years, as Karen Hart discovered when she attended a conference to celebrate its...