If our child safety quiz on page 6 shows that you're dangerously clueless in such matters, you could ask your employer to send you on a first aid course tailor-made for nannies and au pairs. Safe and...
Political party manifestos have been emerging left, right and centre over recent days. And as the NSPCC points out this week (see News, page 5), politicians of all persuasions have been quick to grab...
In practice, treasure baskets are a tried and tested resource that provide endless fascination for the babies who explore them, but their originator was strict about how they should be made and used....
Early years settings are busy fundraising for Red Nose Day on 4 March with the help of kits sent to nurseries across Britain to help them organise fundraising events. They feature the faces of the...
Staff and parents were informed of the collapse of a leading Scottish childcare provider just hours before the service was terminated last Monday. KidCare, a not-for-profit organisation whose parent...
Are we getting any closer to understanding childhood obesity? And what should early years practitioners be doing to help prevent it? Professor Pinki Sahota offers expert advice.
No sooner had Nursery World gone to press last week warning readers to expect a backlash over the forthcoming Sure Start evaluation findings, than The Guardian ran a lead story exposing 'doubts' over...
There are at least two sides to every story, and while accountants are currently urging nannies to set themselves up as service companies, in this issue we consider the other side of the sales pitch....
Children need to learn only 100 words before moving straight on to reading books, a new study claims. Researchers at Warwick University Institute of Education analysed more than 900,000 words from...
Two of the biggest headaches for anyone holding a children's party - how to keep the kids busy and what to give them to take home with them - could be solved in one go thanks to a new business called...