Where the Department for Education has found 100m for capital funding to support early years settings to expand places for two-year-olds, is unclear.
Try a theme as overflowing with ideas for exploring as Noah's Ark is with animals, in this book-based project from Jean Evans The Other Ark by Lynley Dodd (Puffin, 5.99), author of the popular Hairy...
It's always worth taking the time to reappraise your approach to management and making sure that staff are being recognised, motivated and rewarded appropriately, says Jacqui Mann.
The children at Safehands nursery in Penrith enjoyed picking the ripe fruit from their garden fruit trees, making their own berry smoothies and adding fruit to ice cream.
Results for the Foundation Stage Profile show the number of children 'working securely' within the Early Learning Goals has dropped for a second year. In the provisional statistics for 2006 published...
Literacy is linked to a specific body of knowledge and skills, so practitioners should focus on helping children to acquire these essentials, says Vicky Hutchin.
Developmental testing should be reintroduced for children before and after school entry to improve learning skills, says Sally Goddard Blythe.
The home front Madam: I have read your new paper The Nursery World, and I am greatly impressed by the gravity of the great task you have undertaken. You have my warmest wishes for its success....
Children's salt consumption is rocketing to dangerous levels. Mary Whiting of the Food Commission offers some essential advice 'You need to have a bit of salt,' is something I often hear. And,...