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Some food for thought in your professional career Planning an Appropriate Curriculum for the Under Fives: a Guide for Students, Teachers and Assistants (Second Edition).
When it comes to measuring children's readiness for school, some parents can have unrealistically formal expectations, says nursery manager Kathryn Peckham.
When you're on duty and emergency strikes, do you flap, or sail through it? Test your mettle with this quiz by Jan Hurst and Sue Hubberstey Are you unflappable whatever happens, or is your nickname...
Does your workplace follow the most recent laws and best practices when it comes to selecting staff and settling them in? Laura Henry gives a checklist.
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...
How well does your setting encourage staff to develop their skills, and advise them on how to raise issues? Laura Henry lists the guidelines and rules for good practice.
They keep the doctor away and they may be children's favourite fruit - and Fiona Hamilton-Fairley's, too Here it is autumn, and time for the children (and their carers) to sample some of our finest...
The Sure Start Unit offers acomprehensive guide to qualifications for working in early years, childcare and playwork. See www.surestart.gov.uk/_doc/ index.cfm?document=1181 or call 0845 602 2260 and...
Small nanny agencies across Scotland are being forced out of the market because of the 'high fees and added bureaucracy' associated with the Care Commission's registration process. Since 1 April 2003...
Settings often struggle with planning for under-threes, to the detriment of provision. Jennie Lindon explains some key aspects of developmentally appropriate planning for young children Effective...