Childcare practitioners should be taught about the effects of poverty as part of their professional development and training, according to a public interest body for children's services. A report, The...
Elaine Morrison has transformedthe way she thinks about play after doing this online course. By Gabriella Jozwiak
Winner of the Nursery World Nursery Food Award 2013, Tootsies Private Day Nursery in Farnham, Surrey, is serving up something unique. Ruth Thomson visited to find out what makes it special.
Get children in the habit of exploring, observing and recording their environment as they embark on a new project with activities from Jean Evans This four-part project on 'My Neighbourhood' starts...
Following a report on the mental health, wellbeing and happiness of three- to five-year-olds that asked children about their emotions, Annette Rawstrone looks at the findings and asks what early years...
The third phase of the Government's national childcare recruitment campaign was launched in London this week by Sure Start minister Baroness Ashton. The four-week, 4m advertising campaign stresses the...
The Criminal Records Bureau has decided to remove the volume-related acceptance criteria from the terms and conditions of its 'payment on account' (POA) facility, giving at least 500 more...
(Photograph) - Green-fingered youngsters, Hannah, aged five and Sammy, four, learn about nature and secrets of the garden from CBeebies character Gordon the Garden Gnome at Eureka! The Museum for...
I am a learning support assistant in the reception class of Lincewood Infant School, Langdon Hills, near Basildon in Essex. I was interested to read Jean Evans' ideas for gifts for children to make...