The Government has provided 2 million for an Apprenticeship Bursary Scheme for 1,000 early years students.
The deadline is looming for the end of two consultations into the Government’s reforms of childcare training.
<P> When children are really concentrating they're unlikely to be sitting still and listening, writes <B> Penny Tassoni </B> </P>
Practitioners who understand children's response to emotion can demonstrate the calmness and thought to overcome it, say Jenny Mosley and Ross Grogan Q. A boy aged two and a half at playgroup throws...
Thousands of children are being wrongly diagnosed as having a special educational need, when they require better teaching or pastoral care instead, claims a report by Ofsted.
I qualified with the NNEB in 1988 and the NVQ Level 3 in 1997. I worked for more than 11 years in a local maternity unit caring for newborn babies until I left to get a job in another maternity unit,...
Introducing babies and toddlers to books will set them on the way to being confident readers later on. Andy McCormack offers some advice and explores examples of age-appropriate titles
The skill of the educator lies not only in knowing how to support children through their learning experiences, but also how to observe, document and interpret the learning process, and so become a...
With so many toys and resources available for children under three, Mary Evans suggests what to look out for when buying equipment.