(Photograph) - Twenty children, aged four to 15, from Barnardo's projects in Belfast, Lisburn, Bangor and Banbridge in Northern Ireland visited 10 Downing Street last week for a Christmas party with...
(Photograph) - Oliver Bevan's 'The Full Swing' is one of a series of his paintings on the theme of play currently on display at the Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank. Many of the 40...
With men making up 10 per cent of lone parents, how father-friendly are childcare arrangements? Judith Napier investigates some of the issues confronting them Feeling stressed over their children,...
While the Irish market booms, the growth in places and settings among the largest players in the UKis pretty much at a standstill, finds Catherine Gaunt The fortunes of the 20 biggest nursery groups...
Role play presents the perfect opportunity for children happily to develop mathematical thinking When planning to develop a role-play area, practitioners tend to concentrate on resources that will...
Use squares, rectangles, circles and triangles to introduce fun learning opportunities. Helen Shelbourne shapes up activities Adult-led activities
Try some tasty, fragrant, noisy, squishy and fruitful activities to explore what can be experienced through the senses, with early years adviser Judith Stevens Project guide The Curriculum Guidance...