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Involving children and young people is no longer an optional extra. National developments such as Every Child Matters and the Children Act, set in the context of international policy like the UN...
There are many theories of children's play. I doubt that any of them, even combined, fully encompass the range of activities and experiences that children undertake as play.
The problem of violence impacts on us all. It uses our taxes in imprisoning young people and paying for their wounded victims. It's like a virus, forcing children who are protected to become more...
When Government and opposition reshuffles come along, it's very hard to predict what will happen and impossible to know the machinations and trade-offs that go on behind the scenes.
Early years practitioners are caught between what policymakers and educationalists mean by readiness for school, as David Whitebread and Sue Bingham explain.
What in the world is OMEP? Wendy Scott introduces a global early years organisation Nearly 60 years ago Lady Allen of Hurtwood, with colleagues from Sweden, France, Denmark and Norway, conceived the...
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Nursery chains have said they are unlikely to follow the example of Jigsaw Day Nurseries in scrapping its registration fees for parents, warning that the move only encourages parents to put their...
After decades in the backwaters, children's play is moving closer to the mainstream of public policy debate. The centre-left thinktank Compass has launched a 'Charter for Childhood' that rightly joins...
In a quick-fix culture, it's easy to imagine children can grow up faster too. But you can't speed up the growth of an organism as complex as a human being.