A petition with more than 11,000 signatures calling on the Government to make sensitive testing for group B Streptococcus (GBS) available to all women on the NHS was presented to Prime Minister Gordon...
Listen sensitively to early communication efforts Two-year-olds are busily gathering more and more tools to add to their existing repertoire of communication strategies. They already have a refined...
Information about complaints made against daycare providers in England is to become available to parents under a new scheme by Ofsted.
A proposal to provide a fixed fee state-subsidised childcare scheme for children under the age of three, based on a system operating in Quebec, Canada, has been unveiled by the Scottish National Party...
The Daycare Trust has teamed up with the Pre-school Learning Alliance to launch a childcare assistance project in London to help PVI providers influence the strategic plans of their local councils.
Free school meals are to be available to primary school children living in deprived areas in three local authorities under a two-year pilot scheme revealed by Ed Balls at the Labour party conference...
Two recent issues have featured articles on outdoor play using natural materials and both mentioned soil - 'Dig and delve' (7 April) and 'Go to ground' (14 April). However, there was no mention in...
Children as young as 12 months can understand how to help their parents, according to a new study published this month.
25 May An introduction to Piaget's theory of cognitive development This seminar by Ranelagh House will look at how Piaget's theory of cognitive development relates to the child's play and moral...
Scotland's education minister Peter Peacock met with local authorities, voluntary organisations and parent associations in Edinburgh last week to discuss the Additional Support for Learning Bill, due...