As the summer holidays roll on, it seems appropriate that much of our news coverage this week is devoted to the issue of play.
Ofsted has launched its Big Listen – but the inspectorate is asking the wrong questions, and thereby avoiding any proper self-reflection
If the opinions of young children are valuable to adults, whether as carers or policymakers, what is the best way to gather them? Alison Clark looks at successful consultations 'Why is it that we have...
Activities and tasks to help get your children outside this month. By Julie Mountain
By the end of the foundation stage, most children will maintain attention, concentrate and sit quietly when appropriate.
Choosing toys for the rising threes should take account of their language acquisition and development of imaginative role play. Jenny Benjamin offers some pointers
An area of wasteland at a primary school has been transformed into an award-winning garden in just four months. Primary 1 pupils at Oakbank Primary School in Perth did all the planting in the garden's...
The creator of The Greenfield Method tells Hannah Crown how it is teaching children self-regulation and other life skills through the production of sound
Is phonics a panacea that comes back into fashion whenever thinking about early literacy gets confused? Julian Grenier considers what children really need to read The teaching of reading and writing...