Children's charity Coram Family has named Carol Homden as its new chief executive. Formerly commercial director of the Prince's Trust, she succeeds the interim chief executive John Hart, who took over...
Early years practitioners in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland say what the important training issues are from their perspective Ian Maxwell, co-ordinator, Men in Childcare Scotland, and...
More than a million children and parents took part in the 5,000 events held across the country in June to celebrate National Sure Start Month, the Pre-school Learning Alliance, the charity leading the...
There are so many ways to monitor a child's progress and, says <B> Jennie Lindon </B> , good practice will include staff reflecting on observations of their own behaviour
Two nursery schools in west London have been saved in what has been hailed as 'a landmark case' of value for money over cost per child.
<P> Jealousy can be better understood and dealt with if it is seen as a sign of some insecurity a child is feeling, writes <B> Penny Tassoni </B> </P>
Ferre Laevers' Process-Oriented Monitoring System builds on his 'well-being' and 'involvement' scales to create a highly sensitive form of assessment. Jan Dubiel takes a look at how it works.
I am a nursery teacher in a small local authority-run primary school. I have the pleasure of working with a fully-qualified, very experienced and knowledgeable nursery nurse. We work as a team and...