With digital technology now an integral part of children's everyday lives, settings must consider how they can best use it to support learning. Dr Christine Stephen draws on 15 years of research to...
National Childcare Week is under way, and that means it's also time to reveal the winners of this year's children's art competition run by Nursery World and Daycare Trust (see 'Picture this', pages...
New training initiatives promise to deliver a more dynamic and integrated workforce. Mary Evans explores the key developments.
How settings can improve how they support the Communication and Language (C&L) skills of children as seen through the lens of the new Ofsted judgement ‘Quality of education’. By Julie Kent, Caroline...
Have fun making colourful bead jewellery with simple materials. Hilary White explains how Handmade beads give you twice the fun - once you have created your beads, you get the pleasure of wearing...
10 steps to quality 1 Is your setting clean, well-lit, warm enough and furnished with appropriate chairs, tables and storage equipment for Foundation Stage children? Are all members of staff aware of...
There has been plenty of outraged reaction to the prospect of schools offering provision for disadvantaged two-year-olds, particularly from private sector nurseries and early years experts.
A committee of MPs has welcomed the overall direction of the Government's proposed legislation to reform provision for children with special educational needs (SEN), but warns that the draft...
Creative materials are likely to be available by the crateload at a scrapstore near your early years setting. Meg Jones rummages around In the run-up to Christmas, scrapstores all over the country are...