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Children learn best when engaged in something important to them, say Ros Bayley and Lynn Broadbent.
The approach to early years practice in New Zealand was an eye-opener for Nicola Smith, who hopes that UK practitioners can learn to be more daring and imaginative I have wanted to go to New Zealand...
From family members to the police and shopkeepers, the local community is part of nursery life, as are political issues and making plans. By the Rachel Keeling Nursery School team
A unique structured therapy programme is changing the prospects of nursery children with speech and language delay. Ruth Thomson reports.
A 'language-rich' environment both at home and in the nursery is vital if a child is to progress easily through the many stages of early speech development. In the first of a series on communication...
Sharing books could significantly improve the development of toddlers living in the poorest parts of the world, according to a new study by the University of Reading.
Childcarers should be alert to the symptoms of a severe allergic reaction and know how a child at risk can be prepared to deal with it.
Day nurseries in Northern Ireland fear that unsuitable people could get jobs working with children despite new child protection legislation. Nursery owners have said they feared that even with the...
With local authority training increasingly scarce, and policy changes leading to new CPD priorities, Meredith Jones Russell looks at how early years providers are responding.
Understanding proprioception leaves settings better placed to meet the physical developmental needs of young children, says Anne O'Connor.