As celebrations get underway for the centenary of Montessori education, Montessori St Nicholas chief executive Philip Bujak tells why he believes that all young children can benefit from schooling...
Adults have 'an unjustified and disturbing intolerance of children', according to children's charity Barnados. Its survey of more than 2,000 adults in the UK found that 54 per cent think that children...
We have been undertaking a 'healthy eating' policy at our pre-school when we have snacks each morning and have been promoting this instead of the usual milk and a biscuit. We recently received this...
I am a final-year A-level student hoping to train to be a nursery teacher. To become qualified I will need to train for four years to gain a degree. I chose teaching over childcare because of the...
(Photograph) - Bear doctor Susan Streete gives seven-year-old Rebekah Gahan advice on how to care for her teddy during Teddy's Day Out, part of the Teddy Bear Story exhibition at the Museum of...
By Sally Brown, an NVQ assessor in Cyprus My friend Jane is very arty. Give her a piece of rope and a block of wood and she'd fiddle for a bit, then produce a masterpiece. But she can't do jigsaw...
Another survey out this month from the trend-analysers the Future Foundation asked 522 parents who they trust the most when it comes to their child's welfare. Nannies ranked 5.8 to 6 on a 1-10 scale,...
'Scottish women are becoming the poorsisters of Europe.' Alyson Thomson of the Equal Opportunities Commission Scotland on research showing the average weekly full-time wage for a Scottish man is...
'I heard it said recently that partnership is the mutual suppression of mutual loathing in pursuit of Government funding' Ivan Lewis, minister for young people and learning, speaking at the National...
Series guide Poor resourcing and planning are the greatest barriers to high-quality outdoor play. In this series, Jan White and Gail Ryder Richardson of Learning Through Landscapes' early years team...