Dr Helen Penn is professor of early childhood at the University of East London and visiting research fellow at the Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, London University. She has...
The bright colours, the sound of air rushing through fabric and the feel of the kite pulling, or the parachute billowing overhead, can all help provide children with a sensory experience which is both...
The new childcare tax credit may be failing to hit its target of helping unemployed parents into work, while bogus claims cause problems for carers. Mary Evans reports
It's not enough to just watch and record what a child does at play. Mary Evans considers how to make observation true to its purpose.
Simple physical play with a child's carer can stimulate a function that is linked fundamentally to language and sensory development, says Anne O'Connor.
The leading theories about how young children acquire and develop language, and how early years workers can use them, are outlined by Tricia David Young children become amazingly proficient...
Danish early years practitioners view outdoor play as essential to children's development, explains Jane Williams-Siegfredsen There are huge concerns about the extent to which children in the UK are...
Micro nurseries, tiny settings offering better than the statutory ratios, are on the increase.
The Government is going to have to make up its mind what to prioritise if the neediest children are to gain from early years services, says Vidhya Alakeson Should the Government increase paid...
The Government’s dreams of a childcare sector led by graduates could remain just that if proposals to strip town halls of powers to pay ‘quality supplements’ get the go ahead, sector leaders have...