During the past month, Harry has shown significant development physically. He has become extremely sturdy when sitting, and can now sit and play with his toys for considerable lengths of time. He has...
Part 9: In the final instalment of her diary, newly qualified EYT Emma Davis jumps the final hurdles to achieve her qualification
* Real-life accounts from the brothers and sisters of children with special needs, disability or serious illness form the basis of a new book by Annette Hames and Monica McCaffrey. Special Brothers...
Early years workers give case studies of children they observed using schemas and list how they shared their understanding in the setting and with parents at home Understanding schemas can help...
What influences learning? Marion Dowling explores how children develop the inner drive to learn things for themselves
It's a real shame that we need to look abroad for nursery staff when we have some excellent staff here in the UK (News, 10 January). We wouldn't have this problem if the pay wasn't so poor. Working...
Making children feel secure and content is essential, but settings often have a narrow view of how this should be achieved - creating an environment of forced gaiety, for example, which although...
Many nursery managers are still trying to gauge what the Early Years Educator and Early Years Teacher roles are really going to mean from a practical perspective. Karen Faux reports
A nursery group has succeeded in having its Ofsted grade successfully re-instated to a ‘good’ grade after campaigning for seven months to have a ‘satisfactory’ inspection judgement overturned.
Cheshire based nursery group Kids Planet has opened a new 1.2m setting, bringing the total number of nurseries in the chain to seven.