The consultation on a new apprenticeship standard is ‘deeply flawed’ and ‘bordering on a joke’, sector leaders have said.
Two- to three-year-olds’ expressive language is at a crucial stage. Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny Tassoni explain what to expect and when you should be concerned
Respecting young children's routines makes them feel safe, says Jennie Lindon, but also offers valuable opportunities to learn Young children like to know what will happen next. A regular rhythm to...
Playworkers are to be given time to bring their qualifications up to the level of those required for out-of-school care in the new National Standards for the Regulation of Daycare. Ofsted took over...
Voluntary providers will be supplying childcare services for 22,000 children at 16 new children's centres opening across Devon over the next year. Devon County Council said that Barnardo's, NCH, the...
Two nannies are launching a new membership organisation next month dedicated to raising the profile of the nannying sector and offering support, training and guidance.
Encouraging lone parents not in employment to prepare for work when their child turns three years old is just one measure being considered by the Government as part of a larger debate on welfare...
The purpose of numbers will be better understood once young children discover ways to record them, and for this early years practitioners must provide tools and activities Children learn best about...
Discover the natural author in every child by helping them to make their own book, photo album or journal at home, says Hilary White Creating home-made books is a great way to pass a spare afternoon...