Can ‘silent’ picturebooks speak a thousand words, asks Andy McCormack
Elizabeth Truss has been ordered to return before a committee of MPs for failing to give adequate answers to recommendations made by the Education Select Committee in its report on Sure Start...
It is vital for settings to build positive relationships with parents in order for them to feel included in their children's growth and development, as a new resource for practitioners from Children...
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...
This is the time of year when parents may start showing anxiety about their young child's upcoming entry to school. Penny Tassoni suggests ways to ease the transition While it is easy to focus on the...
Shopping around for holiday childcare is a thing of the past for Asda employees in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. The store is one of the first supermarkets in the country to actively encourage...
As a tutor of childminders, may I point out that professional childminders and nursery nurses do not smack children, or hurt or humiliate them in any way (News, 10 October). Rather, we choose more...
Martin Milner, managing director of Chiltern Clarkebond, designers of light-framed buildings in the residential, education and childcare sectors 'The first thing you need to know is what the client...
Use your observations and written records to tell you what you need to know about each child in your settting Observation is an essential part of early years daily practice in all kinds of settings,...
One network is creating a community for fathers to socialise and discuss their children, similar to the support already widely available to mothers.