The newly-appointed Early Years Trailblazer group has launched a three-week consultation on the development of the EYE Level 3 apprenticeship standard.
The EYFS has weaknesses and should be improved to ensure children are better prepared for the national curriculum, Ofsted has said.
How – and why – one setting created a library for two-year-olds and their parents. By Amina Khan, early childhood educator at Everton Nursery School and Family Centre in Liverpool
Think about ways to encourage children to be independent, to express their preferences and gain a sense of personal identity with these examples of practice from Plum Harrison.
Face blindness – not being able to recognise familiar people’s faces – is a very misunderstood condition, explains Caroline Vollans
Offering high-quality food within budget is undoubtedly a challenge, but can be achieved with careful food management, says Karen Faux.
As the Online Safety Bill goes through Parliament this year, national media headlines are focusing on the risks associated with teenagers. But for many years, early years practitioners have been...
Margaret (1860-1931) and Rachel (1859-1917) McMillan made real advances in early childcare, and their ideas still resonate today, says Linda Pound
Why not use the Christmas countdown as a chance to focus on writing? Marianne Sargent offers pointers.
Smell is a potent sense that adults take little notice of, but it provokes strong responses in the youngest children, writes Jennie Lindon Of all our five senses, smell is probably the one that is...