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Maxamec is a new wooden construction kit system from Direct Educational Services which enables children to build structures large enough to sit on, ride or push. The system consists of 5-ply painted...
So you think you're ready for any emergency? Test yourself with this quiz by Sue Hubberstey and Jan Hurst. Do you ever think about how you would react if the child you care for was involved in an...
Faced with a number of Freedom of Information requests, Ofsted has bowed to pressure and published more information on the methodology of the Bold Beginnings report.
In the second part of his series exploring the revised Development Matters guidance, Dr Julian Grenier looks at the newly included terms ‘curriculum’ and ‘pedagogy’ and explains what they mean in the...
The latest DfE Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey shows the number of early years providers has fallen by 5 per cent in a year, mainly driven by a loss of 3,200 childminders.
Going on a fossil hunt showed children a new aspect of their local area and was a rich opportunity for exploring the outdoors, says Tessa Fenoughty.
Dr Jools Page of the University of Sheffield is carrying out a research project on 'Professional Love in Early Years Settings.
If the Government wants to play Santa Claus to the UK's working parents, it could start with the incentives to expand employer-supported childcare that chancellor Gordon Brown alluded to in his...
The new national occupational standards for classroom assistants (see News, page 4) are welcome for several reasons. The standards, and the forthcoming NVQs/SVQs that will follow, will be a big step...
Treating males and females as equal is not always easy in early years settings dealing with an unbalanced workforce and families' different cultural beliefs, says Anne O'Connor.