The report by Which? on the use of cartoon characters in food marketing and packaging releases a cry for help from parents trying to feed their children a healthy diet (see News, page 6).
Understanding the stages young children go through when developing their thinking patterns is crucial when supporting babies and infants from birth to three years, says Marion Dowling. Photographs at...
At the end of last year, childcare consultant Laura Henry's series for Nursery World on the new Ofsted daycare inspection regime, based on the five outcomes of Every Child Matters, went down a storm....
In this extract from her book, Dr Chandrika Devarakonda explains how racial prejudice develops in young children
The Magic Train Ride written by Sally Crabtree and illustrated by Sonia Esplugas, Barefoot Books, 6.99 (book and CD)
Both playwork and early years have missed out on securing Government approval for initial bids to have generously-funded organisations oversee their workforce training. Last month the Department for...
Teachers have been head-butted, kicked and assaulted by children in reception and nursery classes in primary schools in England and Wales, a survey carried out for the National Union of Teachers (NUT)...
Government measures to support childcare should be extended to poor children who live outside disadvantaged areas, says the Daycare Trust. In a report, Talking about childcare, published last week,...