The process for identifying and supporting those with special educational needs and disabilities has been given an update. Kay Mathieson considers how the changes will affect practice.
Has the slimmed-down Understanding the World impacted on teaching and learning? And what can we do to ensure we inspire children's interests and consolidate their knowledge? Lena Engel writes the...
Set the tone for a project on sound by starting with music the children can make themselves. Helen Shelbourne suggests fun activities In the first part of this project children can explore the sounds...
Leapfrog, the UK's second largest nursery chain, is living up to its name in terms of the way its growth has bounded along since it launched in 1998. In less than four years it has set up 34...
Are you making the most of your stock of jigsaws? Nursery teacher Brenda Kay offers some fitting tips You can never have too many puzzles in an early years setting. Our own cupboard is bursting at the...
Nearly half a million children with disabilities and special needs are missing out on a childcare places, according to a report published last week by the childcare charity Daycare Trust. The report,...
By Mary Dickens, early years consultant (All Together Consultancy and London Metropolitan University)
Mary Dickins is an early years consultant (All Together Consultancy/London Met. University)
Anational working group of nanny agencies and nanny representatives is set to lobby the Government to introduce a register of nannies.