I am really sad that Hazel Robinson had such a negative experience of trying to register as a childminder (Letters, 23 August), for I have been a registered childminder for 12 years and have found it...
One of the bonuses of producing a weekly magazine is that we can keep readers right up to date with all the hottest news. This week's news pages are packed with the latest stories on pay and...
What qualifications and training are available in the specialist approaches of Montessori and Steiner? By Hannah Crown
The door to management positions and business ownership is being opened to women in childcare, as Mary Evans reports.
Early years settings in Ireland are being stretched to breaking point due to increased running costs and inadequate state funding, while staff are exiting the sector en masse.
Scotland came a step closer to giving children their own human rights champion after a Bill to establish a Commissioner for Children and Young People was passed last week. The commissioner, expected...
Meg Jones, childcare and early years consultant Winter is a lean time for wild birds. Show the children how they can be kind to their feathered friends by making seeded cones. It is easy, it has an...
Toys and other resources that children can push, pull, turn and stretch help them learn about the effects of forces, says Jane Drake It is important that the environment set up for young children,...
We all need to question our assumptions about learning through play, argues Dr Elizabeth Wood, Professor of Education, University of Exeter.