What are the elements of a good environment for developing speech and language skills? Dr Tanya Richardson at the University of Northampton has codified them
The Liberal Democrats have announced plans to give all two-year-olds 15 hours of free childcare, if elected in 2015.
There are real benefits to using locally grown food all year round, as Snapdragons' Mary Llewellin explains.
Whatever new criteria are given to us, assessment remains an essential expression of our values as practitioners and defines how we support children as learners, argues Jan Dubiel of Early...
Hampshire County Council is closing most of its children’s centres as it moves from offering universal services to targeted support for vulnerable families.
...the Government's command? Mahrukh Choughtai spoke to a cross-section of those working at the frontline of the early years sector to find out what is on their wish-list for care and education in...
A new book from Nursery World on working with babies and the under-threes explains their development and suggests activities for encouraging it. Here we offer an extract from the book on how you can...
A study comparing different types of early years provision has raised many eyebrows. Alison Mercer reports
Boost your knowledge of the key person role, says Mary Evans.
How children enjoyed learning a game that staff thought might be too hard for them is explained by Audrey Hinton, nursery teacher at Holy Family Nursery School in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire...