As the days get longer and brighter, and spring is in the air, you could well start to notice that your setting is in need of sprucing up. Perhaps your paintwork is peeling, your carpet is wearing...
High quality outdoors provision is vital for children's development. <B>Jan White</B> looks at a new scheme to help settings deliver it
By Elaine Wain, a lecturer and NVQ co-ordinator for North West Kent College in Dartford Both the key skills and framework set out by the Early Years National Training Organisation are unrealistic. I...
Children at Happy Days Nursery in West Bromwich have been attending regular meet-ups with a local group of elderly people who attend a tea dance at the local community centre.
An independent selection of new products and resources The Staples Christmas book containing 100 stories written by children is on sale again this autumn. Each 'short, short' story is 100 words long....
Use a favourite picture book both to learn about birds and to explore feelings with these project suggestions from Judith Stevens Projects should always be informed by observations and planned to...
The Final Report issues a challenge to both the Government and the sector itself, says Helen Moylett.
1. Revised Early Years Foundation Stage: New framework is out
Childcare industry leaders have called on the Government to review pay and subsidies in Scotland. Figures published last week by the Scottish Executive revealed that more than one-third of childcare...