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Current early years policies betray a lack of understanding of very young children's needs, argues Pre-School Learning Alliance chief executive Neil Leitch
Children and adults alike know and love nursery rhymes, but what's the best way to use them for learning opportunities across the curriculum? Judith Stevens offers ideas Children love rhyme and should...
Use a popular children's story to explore the delights of all kinds of fruit with these activity ideas from Sue Sheppy Adult-led activities.
Nearly 16,000 babies under the age of one are growing up in ‘toxic’ households at risk of severe harm, warns a new report from the children’s commissioner.
Out-of-school care provider Schoolfriend etc failed to apply for funding from three county councils, despite its claim that the closure of 150 clubs in November was due to a lack of local authority...
A lack of social housing suitable for families means hundreds of thousands of children are living in overcrowded homes, according to a new report from the housing charity Shelter. The report, 'Full...
Lynne Murray is author of a new book, The Psychology of Babies: how relationships support development from birth to two years, out on 19 June.
In response to the letter 'A life balance issue' (19 October 2006), I still found the pressures of working in daycare too much, even without having a family to look after. At the time I thought it was...
Education secretary Alan Johnson was handed a collection of stories demonstrating the value of inclusive education by a group of disabled children from the Alliance for Inclusive Education, on the...