Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell looks at the Muslim community now confronting the possibility of child abuse The Muslim Parliament of Great Britain has launched a pro-active approach to child...
The age at which children can pedal and steer varies but these skills can be encouraged with a range of safe and appealing ride-on toys. They will soon be happily propelling themselves around the...
Increasingly, current educational policy seeks measurable academic results rather than a child's holistic development. In her new book A Child's Work, early education pioneer Vivian Gussin Paley...
Valuable as an end in themselves, activities that encourage the development of fine motor skills are also a prerequisite for writing, says Judith Stevens
Becky Watanbe, early years trainer and consultant, and Kim Langstaff, early years manager, work at Acorn Early Years Foundation,a charitable social enterprise which operates 17 nurseries, several...
Children's use of artistic expression tends to follow recognisable stages in development Early years practitioners will be better able to support children's learning if they are aware of how...
The latest Government research on early years provision reveals a complex picture, with better qualified staff, more loss-making providers, but a rising numbers of places, says Ruth Thomson.
You may be a stronger influence than you realise on a child's self-esteem, as this quiz by Jan Hurst reveals Is self-esteem something that you seek to nurture like a young plant, or do you unwittingly...
The cost of conducting criminal record checks on people working with children in England and Wales is set to more than double in price and will take up to a week longer to be processed from next...
Early years experts and organisations in England have welcomed the Government's decision to give the Early Learning Goals set out in the Curriculum guidance for the Foundation Stage statutory force as...