A study on the lasting impact of ‘childhood verbal abuse’ highlights the need for all adult caregivers to be mindful of how they communicate to children, finds Caroline Vollans
Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin, the co-authors of The Nanny Diaries, no longer work as nannies, but not for so long that they've forgotten the funny side of it. Their Top 10 Rules of Nannying...
Stuffed mixed peppers This is a great recipe for using leftover rice.
Early years consultant Margaret Edgington has started a petition seeking to protect the Foundation Stage for three- to five-year-olds, which has a firm emphasis on learning through play, from the more...
The head of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) has admitted that nannies deemed unsuitable to work with children could still be able to get jobs with families after the CRB comes into force from 1...
Nurseries should shop around for healthy eating, says Alan Bentley.
Hannah Belton, director and head of employment law at Morgan LaRoche, on the rules on pay for quarantined staff
The child protection system would be stronger if social workers were relocated from town halls to multi-disciplinary teams based in schools, health centres and other community-based facilities, claims...
A project on building takes various materials and calls for a lot of rewarding work, just like the real thing, as Helen Shelbourne shows. A project on buildings provides the basis for an exciting and...
Use your setting's resources to help children measure how they travel, in the second part of a project on journeys by Judith Stevens.