Free childcare for all working parents should not rise to 30 hours a week, but instead extra childcare should be provided free to low-income parents, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has said.
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Numbers mean fun in an exciting new book designed to help early years practitioners introduce mathematical ideas to young children in ways meaningful to them Introducing mathematical concepts to young...
Every playworker hates to hear this dreaded phrase. Alex Marker looks at some of the reasons behind its utterance, and some stratagems to get around it one of the pleasures of teaching at a youth...
SPONSORED CONTENT It is increasingly important that bilingual and multilingual children are supported and celebrated in early years settings. Nursery World and Polylino brought together a panel of...
Early years qualifications, ratios, regulation and diversity of provision are all in line for change under the Government's recently announced policy proposals. Here are the key points from the report...
The transfer of care inspections and registration to Ofsted has been steeped in chaos. Mary Evans talks to nurseries about their experiences
What makes good practice when offering children learning experiences? Early years consultant and child psychologist Jennie Lindon looks closer.
The Children's Fund budget is to be spared the Pounds 20m cuts that charities in England feared would close local programmes for vulnerable children, the Government has confirmed. In a letter sent to...