UK play specialist <STRONG> Jo Tyrrell </STRONG> explains how she helped one hospital in South Africa take the first step towards using play as therapy and preparation for treatments
Practitioners need to be sensitive to the tendencies that children exhibit in their learning and encourage those that will lead to independence, says <STRONG> Anne O'Connor </STRONG>
My advice would be to get out of working in private nurseries and go work in a local authority pre-school - better hours, better pay and you get the school holidays off!
Is an early years degree course the way forward for ambitious childcarers? Mary Evans finds out whether the graduates consider it time well spent Britain's first degree course in Early Childhood...
Questions for practitioners to consider about how they support communication are suggested by Anne O'Connor We want children to be able to interact positively with others, to communicate ideas and...
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The longer children spend in group daycare, the more aggressive and disobedient they are throughout primary school, even if they attend a high-quality setting, according to new research.<BR>
As phase one of training for the EYP begins to unfold, the CWDC's Jane Haywood kicks off a new series explaining the standards against which candidates will be assessed. Standard 27 'Listen to...
Disruptive behaviour and boredom have been banished from a school's lunchtime through an innovative initiative redeploying support staff. Dr Alan Marr investigates Once the part of the day dreaded by...
We don't play with guns here: war, weapon and superhero play in the early years Penny Holland (Open University Press, 14.99, 01628 770224)