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Some two-year-olds may have difficulty settling in, but taking steps to review your process and working more closely with parents can help to smooth the transition. Kay Mathieson explains
Part of a parent's or carer's role is to make sure activities are at the appropriate level for an individual child. Each baby or toddler will develop at their own rate, so ensure that they are not...
The right mix of quality play resources, combined with sensitive adult support, will open up opportunities for children to explore feelings.
Think again about how you work, says Melanie Pilcher, policy and standards manager at the Pre-School Learning Alliance.
The benefits of involvement in World Orphan Week and the charity behind it are explained by Linda Baston-Pitt, proprietor of The Old Schoolhouse Day Nursery in Stetchworth, Cambridgeshire.
Two partnerships have been singled out for praise for making good links with their local Jobcentres. In the winter issue of the Department for Education and Skills magazine, Childcare and Early Years,...
The choice of playmates in different contexts reveals interesting issues about friendship and about gender to Dr Maria Robinson.
Two-year-olds have a natural interest in exploration, but how can nurseries best use this to meet the learning area Understanding the World? Marianne Sargent finds inspiration in Northamptonshire
Children have a natural love of art making, but should practitioners intervene to introduce new skills? Kristen Ali Eglinton offers ways to support a child's creativity As early years practitioners,...
With the EYFS adding to pressures for better trained staff, financial stresses are pushing early years settings from the other direction. Mary Evans hears why.