Early years practitioners are caught between what policymakers and educationalists mean by readiness for school, as David Whitebread and Sue Bingham explain.
Un Deux Trois - First French Rhymes selected by Opal Dunn (Frances Lincoln, book, 5.99; cassette, 3.99; book and cassette, 8.99, tel: 020 7284 4009) is a collection of French rhymes with English...
This season offers endless opportunities to extend children's learning in the great outdoors and we have plenty of resources to help you make the most of your summer activities. Many nurseries and...
Childhaven Community Nursery School in Scarborough has become the first local authority-maintained nursery school in England to be given a nationally accredited quality assurance award. Betsy Hill,...
(Photograph) - Five-year-old Andrew Cowan from Glasgow won an encyclopaedia on World Book Day (1 March). He was one of five winners who matched local community figures, including a police officer,...
The Nanny Diaries has just been published by Penguin at 6.99, but we have five free copies of the book to give away free to Professional Nanny readers. Just send your name and address on the back of a...
For the past two years, the school has received Education Action Zone money to fund a Forest School within its grounds, but this term the nursery children have started making weekly trips to woodland...
The Playhouse Set is suitable for babies from the age of 12 months. It features a double-sided soft playhouse with soft boy, girl and dog figures. The figures, which canbe stored in the mesh pockets...