Development consultancy Elizabeth Jarman has launched a new resource to help practitioners create communication-friendly spaces that support transition in the early years.
Time Out opened over a year ago as an out-of-school club. Janey Hewitt talked to its founders about the nitty-gritty of getting going hurry, hurry if you want to apply to the New Opportunities Fund...
Calls for England to have an independent children's commissioner have been renewed in the wake of the appointment of Margaret Hodge as its first minister for children. The calls were made this week by...
Language Development for Maths: circle time sessions to improve language skills (ISBN 1 84312 171 9, 18)
Nanuq the polar bear, whose habitat is disappearing due to global warming, teaches children how to boost his species' survival at the Positive Steps exhibition at Eureka!, the museum for children in...
Letter of the week wins 30 worth of children's books I was shocked and offended by Julian Grenier's 'Food for thought' article (Insight, 7 April). Jamie Oliver's campaign is flawed, you say?
* On the last day of the summer term this month, the children from Angus College Nursery had an important job to do - they released the frogs and toads they had been caring for into the wildlife pond...
If you go down to the woods today you're likely to see a teddy bears' picnic . The charity Action for Sick Children is asking early years settings across the UK to take part in its annual teddy bears'...
Private nurseries having difficulty finding the staff they need are following schools down the road to recruiting them from other countries. Alison Mercer reports
A new Government programme is set to help childcare providers overcome their lack of experience in business practice and deliver a better service, says Simon Vevers reports Childminders, out-of-school...