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Just because someone has Doctor or Professor in front of their name, it doesn't necessarily mean they have all the answers. Jennie Lindon offers some healthy scepticism. A spate of recent court cases...
A welter of statistics and reports has been released in the past week or so despite the fact that it is summer holiday season. Perhaps government and other bodies are hoping that no one will be...
The pre-school movement is staging a comeback with moves to empower parents and extend services. <STRONG> Catherine Gaunt </STRONG> reports on its new campaign
One of Northern Ireland's leading playgroups has changed its name and legal status in a bid to help it survive after a local authority nursery unit opens nearby later this year. The award-winning...
The growth of the school workforce may be having unintended consequences.
Increasing the ‘free’ childcare offer does not address the need for family support that was previously met by the decimated Sure Start programme
We need to help families break the cycle of poverty, says Pat Wills.
By Pat Gordon-Smith, early years writer and editor and supporter of the Children are Unbeatable! Alliance for equal protection from violence.
'Bucket and Spade' is a CD-Rom from Sherston aimed at children from four to seven years old. It features eight entertaining activities, covering almost every aspect of infant shape and space work,...
Poppy Cat, one of the stars of this year's World Book Day on 3 March, could be paying your nursery or playgroup a visit. Poppy Cat's adventures have filled 12 books and she has emerged as the little...