Britons owe more money than ever, and the childcare sector is going to feel the crunch when it comes, as <B>Simon Vevers </B>explains
Imaginative play is enthusiastically encouraged throughout the pre-school years, but after that it is often squeezed out by the other demands of the curriculum. However, you can make up for this in...
Childcare providers are relying on financial support from family and friends or additional income revenues to keep their businesses afloat.
The Government last week launched a raft of new goals and commitments covering children from infancy to adulthood. Ruth Thomson outlines the points in an ambitious agenda for the next two to 12 years.
The Government wants a new definition of ‘human capital’. Plymouth Institute of Education’s Verity Campbell-Barr asks what this means for the early years
Working parents are increasingly demanding good quality childcare for a basic standard of living, according to a child poverty charity which is calling for a ‘real living wage’ to help reach that...
Let children's imaginations soar as they go on journeys through books and nursery rhymes, suggested by Helen Bromley Having built on the children's perceptions and interests in the first part of this...
Hannah Crown and Katy Morton speak to the chair of the education and childcare route panel, Mary Isherwood, about the progress of apprenticeship standards currently being developed at Levels 2, 5 and...
Why settings should introduce magnification to children, with a selection of useful resources to purchase. By Nicole Weinstein
If a child relatively new to the nursery shows troubled behaviour, think again about the process of settling in. Penny Tassoni offers some practical tips.