Early years organisations have welcomed Government plans to create centres providing health, education and childcare services for families in the poorest parts of England, and to create a new unit to...
Singing songs and rhymes with children may help early numeracy more than counting, a new study suggests.
How are the second wave of pathfinder local authorities going to slice their single funding formula for childcare providers when they start next month? Melanie Defries asked them.
* About 500 children in Northern Ireland have given the Government their views on a better future for the Province. Pre-school and primary school children responded to a consultation by using a...
Two gold, four silver and eight bronze medals were awarded.
<P> The best way to share good practice is to go and see how other nurseries work, as June O'Sullivan found when she invited early years practitioners from Scotland to London </P>
Providing a range of exciting end-of-day snacks can help keep children going until dinner. June Graham shares some ideas for sweet and savoury foods that pack a punch.
Government plans to expand the early years sector will be undermined by the low pay and low status of childcare professionals, the Daycare Trust has predicted. A report, Who will care?, launched by...
There is 'overwhelming' support among most early years practitioners for the EYFS framework, new research by the Institute of Education suggests.