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Can daily sessions of focused physical activities help children develop the gross and fine motor skills they need to become confident writers? Helen Chilton reports on her school's progress.
At the Thomas Coram Early Childhood Centre, observation and assessment is the key to effective planning - and a powerful tool for staff development and parent involvement, says <B> Wendy Scott </B>
Kate Cairns Associates, which specialises in training on attachment, early brain development and developmental trauma, has just launched a new series of one-day national training events.
The debate over the pros and cons of the Early Years Foundation Stage continues to rage in these pages and elsewhere - see our Letters (page 17) and In My View (this page), for a start.
How can leaders ensure that staff are supporting the setting’s outdoors provision to the best of their ability, asks Professor Jan White
How one nursery chain is helping children from deprived households close the gap with their ‘lucky’ peers. By Annette Rawstrone
Sight and sound are the names of the game for children exploring their environment in more activities from Jean Evans and Dianne Irving Activity 1
Further to the news story about Ofsted's intention to make complaints about daycare providers available to parents ('Publish childcarers' history, say MPs', 31 July), I think it is crucial that...
At least 630,000 families were 'pushed' onto universal credit between November 2019 and 2022, reveals new analysis.
In the first of a new series on strategies for coping with the current severe shortage of staff, Charlotte Goddard sets out the key barriers facing the childcare sector