A star nanny tells Helen Kewley how she overcame an occupational hazard - under the glare of TV cameras As Christmas approaches, it brings with it what seems like an inevitable growth in the...
To college leavers, the early years field may look like a maze. What do the private, voluntary and maintained sectors each have to offer a nursery nurse? In a two-part feature, Patricia Slatcher talks...
In the 'developed' world of today the birth rate is under two children per family (about 1.9 here, 1.7 in Australia and 1.2 in Japan). The divorce rate is approaching 40 per cent in the UK, North...
Early years provision is undergoing great changes in a land where change has almost become the norm, as James Tweed reports
When wakeful children are disturbing the whole family, Dream Nannies teach them to give it a rest. Eve Boggenpoel hears how Dream Nannies founder Kim Martin knows what it's like for a parent to suffer...
During sleep there's even more activity and more learning going on in an infant's brain than an adult's, as Annette Karmiloff-Smith explains.
Nurseries are being encouraged to stay open for longer hours to offer funded places for three- and four-year-olds between 6am and 8pm, to offer more flexible childcare for working parents.
Changes to how the early years workforce can develop will impinge on the quality of provision available to young children, argues Pamela Calder.
What will be the most important factor determining how many adults are in charge of how many children in a nursery, if early years settings are released from stringent rules, asks Annette Rawstrone.