As the nine to five working day becomes ever less common, the need grows for childcare in what used to be called unsocial hours. Evening work, night shifts, weekend work - parents who have little...
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.
Children progress by facing challenges, and good practitioners have a sense of when to step in and when to hold back. Jennie Lindon advises.
A lot hangs on the success of the Early Years Single Funding Formula to deliver sustainability when it comes to the free entitlement.
The Open University has developed a free online physical development (PD) course, which is due to launch on 27 July and is now open for registration.
The joy and success of Sure Start has been the individual nature of its programmes, with services springing from each community, tailored to meet the needs of the families within the area. What helps...
1.5bn a year is a huge sum of money, and Gordon Brown's doubling of the childcare budget in last week's spending review is probably more than most interested parties had dreamed of (see News, page 4,...
* We have ten copies of the Dear Zoo 25th anniversary edition (Campbell Books, 4.99, ISBN 0230015255) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or...
Children are being urged to ‘get reddy to let loose’ and do something funny for money this Red Nose Day (Friday 15 March).
Life as a student can be tough - and that is down to the financial pressures as much as any academic demands of studying.