Children today are more likely to have older parents who are in paid work, be in smaller families, and have more formal education than the previous generation, according to a report out today.
Are we getting any closer to understanding childhood obesity? And what should early years practitioners be doing to help prevent it? Professor Pinki Sahota offers expert advice.
A scheme to help small community organisations develop policies and practices to keep children safe from abuse is to be piloted by the NSPCC with a grant of 717,000 from the Big Lottery Fund. The...
This year's London Early Years and Primary Teaching Exhibition, held at the Business Design Centre on October 3-5, was the most successful yet, and it was great to meet so many Nursery World readers...
Charities for families and disabled children have spoken out against the Government's plans to limit the rise to benefits and tax credits to 1 per cent, ahead of the second reading of the welfare bill...
Delegates to a conference in the Scottish Borders tomorrow (2 November) will be considering questions such as, 'Do we listen to children enough?'. Organised by Children in Scotland and held at Peebles...
The children will love making these tactile puppets and learning some French at the same time. Each set contains two fabric faces measuring 22cm in diameter, ten Velcro facial features and six labels...
For a long time, the protests about the provision in the national care standards to allow childminders to smack the children in their care and smoke in front of them with parental permission seemed to...
The current climate is not proving too comfortable for the private nursery sector. A recent survey has shown occupancy in nurseries continuing to fall, with dangerously low levels in some parts of the...
Great news for the many early years practitioners who care for the rising number of babies and toddlers in daycare settings, with the launch of Birth to Three Matters: a framework to support children...