This month has seen a significant increase in Jasmine's interest in dressing and undressing herself. She is encouraged by her parents to do as much as she can and she responds well to their requests....
Role play presents the perfect opportunity for children happily to develop mathematical thinking When planning to develop a role-play area, practitioners tend to concentrate on resources that will...
How to get children to eat fish? No problem, says Mary Whiting - go for tinned. It's tasty, quick, easy, highly nutritious and a huge bargain.
Children who spend some time in formal childcare are less likely to have behavioural problems than those that are cared for solely at home, according to new research.
Mary Dickins is an early years consultant (All Together Consultancy/London Met. University)
Early years managers will find a research project's guide to be an invaluable source of inspiration. Mary Evans reports The must-have accessory for effective early years managers this spring is not a...
Happy Days Nurseries has received £8m to open settings in 10 new locations over the next three years.
Men will not work in the early years and childcare sector unless they are invited, an international conference on the subject concluded. The support group Men in Childcare held its first annual...
Harry is extremely active, rarely staying still. When sat on an adult's lap he bobs up and down energetically, and if held under his armpits his feet slide up and down the insides of his legs, as if...