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Mixed and biased messages that even young children can pick up about sexual orientation are more prevalent and more damaging than many people might think, says Anne O'Connor.
How can practitioners convince sceptical or worried parents that learning outside is safe and involves much more than just playing? Gabriella Jozwiak reports
How the tactile sense develops in young children, and its purpose in relation to physical and emotional health. By Anne O’Connor and Dr Kath Dickinson
In the face of much concern about some aspects of the draft Early Years Foundation Stage, welcome news came this week that the Department for Education and Skills is proposing to put back the...
More reassuring noises came from the Government in the past week about its continuing commitment to expanding childcare, as trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt took to the stage at the...
The Government's 'cross-cutting' review of childcare policy which has finally been published makes for fascinating reading (see News, page 4), not least for the acknowledgement that 'important...
The news that neither early years nor playwork have succeeded in their bids to be one of the trailblazer Sector Skills Councils (see page 4) is not a terribly encouraging start to the new year, when...
The early years sector has consistently called for direct subsidies to help private and voluntary settings pay higher wages for more highly-qualified staff. Now it seems that this may indeed be...
With tough trading conditions, Government competition hitting occupancy rates and a run of negative national news stories, the private nursery sector is in need of some cheer! So it's great to be able...
When it comes to evaluating the effects of pre-school education on children, there is no substitute for large-scale, long-term research. The results of two such studies have just been released - the...