Nursery group Caring Daycare now has two-thirds of its settings graded as outstanding by Ofsted, following the results of its latest inspections.
Encourage children to be creative with crayons. Hilary White explains how they can be used in a variety of ways to make some fantastic pictures wax crayons are one of the cheapest art materials around...
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Scientists now think that the two sides in an old question are not mutually exclusive, say Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith.
Test your understanding of child development, or add to it, by following the progress of Jasmine over the coming months. Each column will note specific milestones and allow comparison of Jasmine, a...
Nanny agencies will be required to confirm to parents that prospective nannies are suitable for working with children, under new employment agency regulations announced last week. The move is part of...
This week's columnist Helen Penn wants our Government to avail itself of international ambitions for childcare and education Recently I co-organised a conference in London with Professor Peter Moss...
The chief executive and founder of Connect Childcare says that early years settings should only use paper for drawing and sticking.
We take a look at some of the biggest stories of 2013 and consider what lies ahead.
Plan activities that will lead to the achievement of the early learning goals for physical development Three-year-olds are usually exclusively motor-active. They have been 'learning through doing'...