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In this the eleventh National Strategies feature on the Early Years Foundation Stage, Kim Porter, senior adviser at Every Child a Talker, and early years regional advisers Jonathan Doherty and Kairen...
The different aspects of a new early years guidance document for Scotland are weighed up by consultant and trainer Ann Langston.
The winner of the Community Playthings storage chest competition (Nursery World, 11 August) is Rebecca Taylor from Birch Grove Day Nursery in Cheshire.
How can practitioners sustain children's attention and involvement when they don't share a language? Michael Jones shows one way.
Much emphasis is put on academic achievement, but how do we support each child to become a person? Marion Dowling begins a three-part series
Picking up rhymes supported by physical actions seems to be innate in children. But how adults mediate is important for later literacy development, says Opal Dunn
The research and thinking about infant development available to early years practitioners is highlighted by Jools Page and Cathy Nutbrown from the University of Sheffield's School of Education.
A Reggio Emilia-inspired nursery has been exploring the ingredients and processes involved in baking - and has documented its approach in a new book, as Hannah Crown explains
Children's physical responses to the frustration and anger they may feel are often misunderstood, and labelling them is counter-productive, says Karen Faux.
The next government is being called on to launch a national commission into the future of early education and care in the first 100 days of being elected.