The Breakthrough Britain report from former Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith is likely to be influential in the policy-making of David Cameron's Tory party.
A child's communication begins at home, and early years practitioners need to promote it there and in partnership with the nursery, as Helen Moylett explains.
Blackpool Council has appointed head teacher and Nursery World columnist Pat Wills as the town's first parenting co-ordinator. She takes up the post on 4 June after 36 years in teaching - the last...
The free entitlement for three- and four-year-olds with working parents will increase to 30 hours in 2017,but a trial is taking place next year. Charlotte Goddard meets some of those taking part
How noisy is your workplace? From February next year the new European Noise Directive will come into force, setting decibel limits and requiring 'noise risk assessments' (see News, page 8). There's no...
Small resources can help children to develop some big ideas in their imaginative play, as Jane Drake explains Long-term planning
Make-believe is integral to a child's development, and the more open-ended the resources, the greater the scope for imaginative play, says Helen Bromley.
In part 2 of our series, we look at how settings in Scotland are coping with the country’s funded offer. By Leah Jones
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