As more children are absorbed into school nurseries and reception classes, nurseries are focusing on younger age groups, some taking infants as young as six weeks old. What is it like to actually work...
Hundreds of Lewisham toddlers and their parents have been building snowmen to protest against the threatened closure of their council-run stay and play clubs.
Celebrate the individuality of young children's achievements with the following ideas: * It has long been the tradition for a child to have his or her own peg at nursery. Offer children a special...
The Government's policy of targeting investment on disadvantaged areas and families while relying on the private childcare market to cater for working parents has hindered moves to integrate childcare...
The early years sector is the talk of the town, but the role of gender equity needs to be brought more into the conversation, says Sarah Mackenzie
The omission of qualification requirements for staff caring for school-age children from the Scottish Executive's latest proposals for the regulation of daycare has been criticised by the Scottish...
It's good to know readers' comments about products are taken seriously by suppliers. One nursery owner wrote to us about a steriliser we had featured in our spring issue. She used several of these in...
The first Children's Commissioner for Wales, Peter Clarke, took up his post on St David's Day, 1 March. Mr Clarke's brief is to promote and safeguard the rights and welfare of children and young...
(Photograph) - Television personality and mother of three Carol Smillie teamed up with children from Beech Drive Nursery at Belahouston Park in Glasgow to get into training for this year's Barnardo's...
(Photograph) - Isabel Armand stands beside sunflowers grown by her home in the Niassa Province of Mozambique, one of the regions benefiting from the work of WaterAid. The charity has teamed up for...