Councils in England are to be banned from placing homeless families in bed and breakfast accommodation for more than six weeks. The ban, which comes into force from next April, is the result of new...
Continuing his series looking at how to have creative fun without expensive materials, Philip Waters suggests some activities with sheets if it were 31 October and I said we were going to look at some...
By Andrew Melsrose, (18.99, ISBN 9780415617505)
The children in the Treetops Room at George Dent Nursery School, Darlington, enjoy a wide repertoire of number rhymes, thanks to their exciting number chests. The nursery parents are highly involved...
New advice to parents says that babies should be put to bed with a dummy because it could prevent cot death.
Q I'm keen to get the children in my private nursery school into a proper 'afternoon nap' routine and I am searching for a set of beds that are really quick and easy to get out and put away. A Step by...
Many children will resist going to bed and going to sleep. There are numerous reasons - these might include fear of the dark, lack of security, not wanting to miss anything, being over-stimulated or...
Research published today by the charity Book Trust reveals that new parents lose 675 hours of sleep per year- the equivalent of almost four weeks of less sleep a year.