Music must not be squeezed out of early years education. Ray Cortis and Emily Franz explain its importance
By Elaine Bennett and Jenny Weidner (David Fulton, 16.99, ISBN 9780415664363)
Some essential principles should guide conversations with children, says Julie Fisher in part four of her series on adult roles in early learning.
In the fourth of a series of articles on Birth to Three Matters, Ann Langston and Professor Lesley Abbott consider the competent learner
Head teachers and staff around the country are grasping the nettle and making plans as extended schools. Simon Vevers reports The extended schools programme is the latest to join what has become a...
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on a Fit and Healthy Childhood is calling for the 30 hours of funded childcare to be extended to all UK three- and four-year-old children to help those...
The Growing Scientists programme at Bright Horizons Abbeymore Day Nursery in Reading has been encouraging children to engage in research.
What can local authorities do to match up childcare provision to the needs of parents in their area? Colin Horswell looks at steps towards sufficiency.
Ofsted is to collect additional evidence on behaviour as part of inspections to find out how the early years affect later attitudes to learning at school.