Repeating favourite rhymes and acting out gestures to songs are more than just fun for the youngest children. Jennie Lindon explains their role in development Babies are born ready to be social, to...
In an open letter to Margaret Hodge MP, Sally Eaton says that the childcare market is at risk if new state providers continue to overlook existing good practice There cannot be a private provider in...
Nursery nurses and classroom assistants are being put under pressure by the growing teacher recruitment crisis, often left to cope alone. Mary Evans investigates Schools are beginning the new year...
Help children to develop independence by encouraging them to practise self-help skills, says Lena Engel Early learning goal
Now that you're finally working in the early years, you can evaluate how successfully you are applying your professional training with this quiz set by Ilse MacLean If you have just finished a nursery...
Children discover how to invent stories at a unique new centre. Liz Fox explores In a once-derelict Victorian building in London's East End, sandwiched between warehouses and rows of garages, lies an...