In the first part of a new series on extending your Foundation Stage book collection to support themes, Judith Stevens looks at vehicles All early years practitioners know how important it is that...
A child psychologist has told carers and parents to expect to see some children playing at pretending to be aircraft crashing into buildings, in order to make sense of last week's tragedy in the...
In 'Strength in numbers' (23 August) Peter Moss suggests that the apparent decline in the number of childminders could be due to better-paid jobs on offer and says that childminders 'are nearly all...
A CD-Rom resource pack from Speechmark has been designed for professionals working with children and their families; its purpose is to provide clearly written guidance on many of the common problems...
If your early years services and staff deserve recognition, make sure you enter the Nursery World Awards 2009. The closing date is 5 June: www.nurseryworldawards.com
Children's health is an area of growing concern for parents and Governments alike, and in Wales we have launched an exercise programme that focuses on young children's posture, movement and...
* Camden Council's Families in Focus project has been short-listed in the Community Cohesion category of the national Sustainable Communities Awards 2006. The project is aimed at hard-to-reach four-...
Early years practitioners can help the parents of autistic children find some of the support that they so desperately need, writes Kerry Evans, mother of two autistic sons Imagine being a parent who...
Try a theme as overflowing with ideas for exploring as Noah's Ark is with animals, in this book-based project from Jean Evans The Other Ark by Lynley Dodd (Puffin, 5.99), author of the popular Hairy...