The humble building block offers children endless scope for making social connections, writes Anne O'Connor Blocks are one of the most open-ended and unstructured play materials available. They...
Busy Bees is undertaking a multi-million pound refurbishment of nursery buildings and outdoor areas, as part of a nationwide programme to re-brand the former Leapfrog sites.
Play programmes are to benefit from 67.5m in grants from the Big Lottery Fund under the 124m Children's Play initiative.
Lesbian and gay issues need to be addressed by all practitioners in the early years, says Kath Tayler.
New analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) suggests that the upcoming Budget on Wednesday risks keeping the UK economy on a course which would see household worse off by £1,300 a year,...
National Childcare Week is under way, and that means it's also time to reveal the winners of this year's children's art competition run by Nursery World and Daycare Trust (see 'Picture this', pages...
Two gold, four silver and eight bronze medals were awarded.
A playdough bakery and hidden object game are ideal activities. By Georgina Durrant
Play daysJob opportunities are opening up for playworkers, as 60,000 new staff will be needed over the next five years for expanding out-of-school provision. Anne Longfield, chief executive of the...
In the final part of this series on introducing UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Goals to an early years setting, Dr Diane Boyd joins up all the goals