Like it or not, nurseries are going to have to find ways to work with the changes to staffing ratios and their links to qualification levels. Mary Evans hears what some managers think about it.
For Sustainable Development Goal 15, Dr Diane Boyd examines how early years settings can introduce the topic of trees, and their importance, to young children
Our special dietary needs series continues with advice from <B> Suzannah Olivier </B> on how nurseries can provide for Jewish children who may follow a kosher diet
First-hand experience: what matters to children. By Rich, D, Casanova, D, Dixon, A, Drummond, M-J, Durrant, A and Myer, C (Rich Learning Opportunitites, 0-9549683-0-1, 25 inc UK p&p from...
The Government's 'cross-cutting' review of childcare policy which has finally been published makes for fascinating reading (see News, page 4), not least for the acknowledgement that 'important...
The news that neither early years nor playwork have succeeded in their bids to be one of the trailblazer Sector Skills Councils (see page 4) is not a terribly encouraging start to the new year, when...
In the face of much concern about some aspects of the draft Early Years Foundation Stage, welcome news came this week that the Department for Education and Skills is proposing to put back the...
More reassuring noises came from the Government in the past week about its continuing commitment to expanding childcare, as trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt took to the stage at the...
Babies and toddlers learn from experience and love to explore all sorts of shapes, sizes and textures of even the most basic household items. Nicole Weinstein explains the joy of treasure baskets and...