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Letting children invent their own rules ensures creative and unusual board games, says Miranda Walker Over the winter months children play plenty of table top games. No wonder they're often fed up...
What are the implications for early years settings, practitioners, trainers and employers in the new Qualifications List? Karen Faux takes a look.
A new screening tool aims to make it easier for early years professionals to spot early signs of abuse and neglect in babies and toddlers.
Anne Hayes explains what it takes to be a college tutor for childcare and early education courses
The children’s commissioner has called for better regulation of home education in England.
Specific outdoor teaching qualifications are not necessary for early years practitioners to work with children outside, but they are very valuable, finds Gabriella Jozwiak
A petition signed by more than 112,000 parents, teachers and campaigners calling for an end to new Baseline tests for children starting school this term was delivered to Downing Street on Thursday.
Name: Lex Hamilton Position: Works at the Co-operative Childcare in Rose Hill, Oxford