18 January 'The Saturday Play - His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass' (BBC Radio 4, 2.30 to 5pm)
Scotland's proposals to ban all physical punishment of children under three and to prevent any children from suffering blows to the head, shaking and the use of implements are a considerable step...
As soon as any kind of assessment is formalised into a league table, it will be seized upon and interpreted in a misguided manner. Just look at what has happened with SATs. So it is with the 2005...
Unease is growing over some of the proposals in the Childcare Bill, with early years and childcare professionals raising their voices at several recent events (see News, page 4). There has been such a...
Page references for Curriculum guidance for the foundation stage Principle
There's a distinct end-of-term feeling about this week, with some very important Government initiatives hurrying into the open before everybody heads off on holiday. The long-delayed Youth Green Paper...
In providing resources for playful learning we need to remember the process in which they will be used, not just the outcome at the end, says Anne O'Connor.
Celebrating diversity is a theme running through this week's Nursery World. We report from the World Forum on Early Care and Education held in New Zealand last week, where delegates from more than 50...
How can settings best support the particular maths development needs of three-year-olds, asks Judith Dancer in the fourth part of this series
One boy's schemas are observed by Daryl Ormond, a family worker at Pen Green Nursery, Corby.