A new training programme for childminders in Enfield is encouraging them to look after babies. Sandie Gardner reports
From next year, all early years settings will receive free nursery milk through a direct supplier, under changes to the way the scheme is run.
Children's minister Vicky Ford MP has written to the sector.
You can incorporate the use of ICT equipment in children's imaginative play. Jane Drake shows you how Children will already be familiar with many uses of information and communications technology...
How have the UK’s biggest nursery groups – and the early years sector as a whole – changed over the past two decades? Catherine Gaunt goes through the archives
Letting children make decisions and help with tasks is a good way to keep yourself from making mountains out of molehills when you disagree, says Lena Engel Generally, most adults, including early...
Find some new ways round an old folk tale with activities that involve counting, making rhythms, using tools, learning about bridges and solving problems, as suggested by Lena Engel This is a good...
Were they doomed from the start by their very nature - or could neighbourhood nurseries yet be saved to provide childcare for the neediest parents? Simon Vevers looks at what happened to a worthy...
The patterns in language, movement and music may not be immediately obvious but learning to recognise them helps children make sense of the world, says Linda Pound.
What practitioners can do to help children explore and manage their emotions. By Annette Rawstrone