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In the second part of his series exploring the revised Development Matters guidance, Dr Julian Grenier looks at the newly included terms ‘curriculum’ and ‘pedagogy’ and explains what they mean in the...
A single parent has launched a campaign to protest at the lack of local out-of-school and holiday childcare provision available for disabled children. Sophie Ugle, from Kingston upon Thames in Surrey,...
'I am a Unique Child. I am Two. What I can do' is a Wokingham-wide assessment tool developed in response to settings' anxieties over the Progress Check at Two. The success of the new resources lie in...
A setting rescued from closure by parents is providing outstanding provision with creative and critical thinking at the heart of its practice. Marianne Sargent explains
What is empathy, how does it develop in the early years, and what can practitioners and parents do to support it? Ruth Thomson explains
Managing behaviour is a huge topic, for which a sound knowledge of child development is crucial. Molescroft Farm Nursery shares some tips with Hannah Crown
A research paper published earlier this year has major implications for the early years because of the challenges it makes to some of the ideas that have become 'best practice', says Julian Grenier
Learning & Development at the London Early Years Foundation, London
A new BA in Education, Culture and Childhood, invites students to engage critically with issues around child development and the meaning of childhood, and provide a detailed understanding of the...
Staff-to-child ratios, and more importantly, staff qualifications and in-service training can predict the quality of pre-school childcare settings, a new study has found.