Budding Picassos have just three weeks left to enter Children in Scotland's national 'My favourite place' art competition. Aimed at children aged up to 11, the deadline for the receipt of entries is...
Teddy bears are forever popular. Miranda Walker recounts the origin of these companions and shows how to use teddies for fun activities - and even a spot of fundraising Whatever their age, chances...
Providers are having to manipulate claims for the funded hours because local authorities’ systems won’t allow for the 30- or 15-hour entitlements to be taken as stretched offers.
Early years practitioners learned to understand and promote the connection between movement and brain development in babies during a special council-funded project described by Ro Lynam, Juliet...
Ensuring that outdoors learning and play experiences are available to all children regardless of need and ability is a priority at some early years settings. By Karen Hart
Requiring only simple materials, block play nevertheless gives children the power to bring imaginary worlds to life. Michael Follett suggests handing over creative control.
Liz Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of Nursery World, is to step down from her role at the end of the year, after 26 years working on the leading early years title.
Happy Days Nurseries & Pre-Schools is expanding with the opening of two new purpose-built sites this year.
I was disappointed to learn that Mairi Maciver Clark regards the anxieties of a parent about a possibly inheritable illness, and the problem of a staff member wishing to help out with a neighbour's...
Watchsted now collects inspections for a wider range of early years providers such as childminders, childcare on domestic premises and childcare on non-domestic premises.