Some food for thought in your professional career MAKING SENSE OF EARLY LITERACY:A PRACTITIONER'S PERSPECTIVE.
A batch of light-hearted and sympathetic picture books in which younger children will recognise themselves and their own families is reviewed by Alison Boyle RATTLETRAP CAR. Written by Phyllis Root...
Books from publishers' series and one based on a popular children's television show are reviewed by Alison Boyle Small World series:
Add up the animals, play around with old rhymes, reinforce concepts and learn a bit of Swahili in a collection of new books reviewed by Alison Boyle We All Went on Safari. written by Laurie Krebs and...
Holiday plans are being made and it's time to think about ways to minimise the less pleasant aspects of travelling with children. Sue Hubberstey offers advice before you go With summer almost here,...
During the past month, Harry has shown significant development physically. He has become extremely sturdy when sitting, and can now sit and play with his toys for considerable lengths of time. He has...
Leapfrog Day Nurseries has been praised for its Advanced Modern Apprenticeship scheme, following a 20-day inspection by the Govern-ment's Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI). After visiting some of...
Jasmine is developing fast. Her mobility has increased to take her backwards, sideways and round in circles. She has not, however, mastered how to move forwards. Her legs move towards her hands but...
A recent development has seen Jasmine naming colours spontaneously. She clearly knows pink, purple, blue (boo) and orange (noringe). Sometimes she identifies green (geen) too. She likes to build...
The Foundation Stage Profile is a way of 'summing up' the accumulated observations and knowledge of the whole child, in relation to stepping stones and early learning goals contained in the Foundation...