An American study in academic journal Frontiers in Psychology has found that Montessori early years settings can improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.
Most large nursery groups have their own training programmes in place – but one has gone a step further and launched a degree. Meredith Jones-Russell and Hannah Crown report
Local authorities have been accused of dull, unimaginative playgrounds because of an over-reliance on an identical 'KFC' approach ('kit, fence and carpet'), which has grown out of the pressure to...
Children's communications skills will be the focus of a 'National Year' campaign in 2011 spearheaded by the Communication Trust, a 38-strong consortium of private and voluntary sector providers, set...
A nursery is helping to meet the needs of local families with a wraparound and holiday care arrangement. Karen Faux reports.
An alternative form of circle time is teaching young children to listen and concentrate. Sharon Garforth explains the programme and training.
A free, online course about how babies’ brains develop has been launched by the University of Oxford.
You'll find seven stories and more in a unique new centre dedicated to the making and enjoying of books for children. Dan Levy takes a look Last summer saw the launch of an exciting new exhibition...
A fifth of seven-year-olds in the UK live in severe poverty with both parents combined earning less than half the national average, according to new research.