The majority of parents who use childminders report satisfaction with the care they provide, a survey suggests.
Debate raged in the press last week over whether the 280m pledged by Labour to transform school meals was 'new money' or cash from the existing education budget. The Daily Mail criticised 'Labour's...
Nursery children at high risk of poor oral health should be given lessons on how to brush their teeth, recommends new advice.
In a new series on using the home environment to develop physical skills, Dr Lala Manners considers the child’s first playground
Trays of treasure This activity will allow babies to make decisions and choices, which gives you an insight into what they are thinking. Trays or paper plates are good to use because they are easy to...
Joint winner: Jayne's Nursery, Chelmsford
Is your next nanny job just a click away on the internet-or is anything that easy, dangerous? Judith Calver investigates You feel you've taken your current job about as far as it will go; you're ready...
Children are given drugs that have never been tested on their age group and doctors guess at dosages, as Wendy Wallace reports Nine-year-old Lexie McConnell had recently moved from Wales to...
The approach to formative and summative assessments is not obviously different under the revised Early Years Foundation Stage. However, practitioners will need to be alert to subtle but significant...
New initiatives are bringing together expertise from the health service, early years sector and care in an effort to improve provision for children. Katy Morton investigates.