The National Day Nurseries Association has appointed Sandra Welsby as its new national development manager for Wales. Ms Welsby's brief is to work with a number of partners and agencies, including the...
A 3m package to help early years professionals with using computers in a pre-school environment has sparked claims by practitioners that the money could be better spent elsewhere.
The deadline for childcare agencies to apply to register under new Scottish Executive legislation has been extended by two weeks by the Care Commission.
Let children's imaginations fly high, while steering their learning with activities based on a favourite story book as suggested by early years adviser Judith Stevens.
Juice Nursery in Altrincham has trained 75 per cent of its practitioners in incorporating a 15-minute yoga programme into everyday routines, to achieve Mini Me Yoga accreditation.
Every playworker hates to hear this dreaded phrase. Alex Marker looks at some of the reasons behind its utterance, and some stratagems to get around it one of the pleasures of teaching at a youth...
In this extract from her book, Dr Chandrika Devarakonda explains how racial prejudice develops in young children
There are important differences in the adult role when supporting child-led, rather than adult-led, learning, as Julie Fisher demonstrates.
* A grant awarded to Lea View Community Nursery brought the Charities Board in London up to its 200m milestone, last week. The Hackney nursery was awarded more than 65,000, bringing the total amount...
Puffin and Comic Relief have donated prizes that you could win for your setting. There are five hampers full of Charlie and Lola goodies, including books and DVDs, Dubble bars and much more, worth...