Smarty Pants Day Nursery in Plaistow, London is raising money for two-year-old Bella, who was due to join the setting in January where her older sister attends but has been diagnosed with a rare brain...
Requiring only simple materials, block play nevertheless gives children the power to bring imaginary worlds to life. Michael Follett suggests handing over creative control.
3 February 'Stig of the Dump' (BBC 1, 5.45 to 6.15pm) In this fourth episode of Clive King's children's classic, a policewoman follows Barney to Stig's cave in the quarry. She tells Barney's...
In response to Adriano Caria (Letters, 10 November), at Discovery Childcare we work as a team and I am sure that all of the staff members who are part of this team would agree that our standards are...
Much has been said about the need to integrate services for young children and their families, and some moves have been made towards this with initiatives such as Sure Start and Early Excellence....
Early years practitioners learned to understand and promote the connection between movement and brain development in babies during a special council-funded project described by Ro Lynam, Juliet...
Men know their place, and up to now it hasn't been in childcare. But, asks Wendy Wallace, can a Government drive persuade more men to take up a career in the early years sector? The recent success of...
Happy Days Nurseries & Pre-Schools is expanding with the opening of two new purpose-built sites this year.
Ed Miliband is due to unveil proposals to make the "living wage" the norm under a Labour Government.