In the third of a series of articles on Birth to Three Matters, Professor Lesley Abbott and Ann Langston consider how to respond to the needs of the 'skilful communicator' Birth to Three Matters...
Nicole Weinstein checks out how sensory play and movement shapes a baby room in a north London nursery school.
Charter for Childhood is a two-pronged attack on the commercialisation of childhood, calling for restrictions on advertising to children and better provision for outdoor play.
Towns built for the convenience of 'the car and the shopping trip' are anti-social to children and exclude them from their communities, according to a new report commissioned by Play England.
Effective management remains key to tackling the sector's ongoing challenge of recruiting and retaining enthusiastic and capable early years practitioners.
Director of PBD training and nursery owner Ross Midgley critiques the Department for Education's (DfE) survey for parents on ratios and the qualifications of practitioners.
Children under five who are close contacts of a positive Covid case no longer need to take a test or self-isolate, according to updated government guidance, leading to calls from the sector for...
Outdoor play is the clear favourite of UK children - with 80 per cent them preferring to play outdoors rather than indoors, according to a survey to mark Playday 2006. The Children's Play Council...