* Alfie's Numbers by Shirley Hughes (Bodley Head, 0 370 32591 5, 7.99) * How Many Monsters? by Mara van der Meer (Frances Lincoln, 0 7112 1499 9, 10.99)
* Modern Apprenticeships were re-launched at a summit in London earlier this week by the Learning Skills Council (LSC) in a bid to tackle skills shortages in a range of industries and services,...
Why are childminders allowed sole charge of up to six children? A day nursery would have to provide two members of staff to care for one child, let alone six. Childminders should have to employ an...
Annette Rawstrone, editor of Nursery World’s 75th, 80th and 85th anniversary supplements, takes a look at the rise of technology through the pages ofthe magazine
Charlotte Goddard finds out how the 30-hour pilot in Swindon is being extended to offer flexible childcare to shift-workers
Stacking Hoops from Play to Z are an interesting, and natural, take on the traditional stacking toy.
Every year the Whitechapel Gallery in London invites a contemporary artist to create new work for the Children's Art Commission.