More than 20 projects are now up and running in a Government-funded pilot programme to provide multi-agency support services to families with disabled children under two. The Early Support Pilot...
With adult help, computer games offer children opportunities for sorting and grouping objects. By April Jones, director of Computer Kids Children need lots of experience of sorting and grouping...
Once again, another country's practice seems preferable to ours, says Helen Penn.
The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) is calling for a stronger focus on developing childrens social skills and emotional resilience to prepare them for school.
All early years and childcare staff could be required to hold at least a level 3 qualification, in measures proposed by the Government to boost social mobility.
The mother of a child who attended the nursery in Plymouth that is at the centre of a child abuse inquiry has started a campaign for stricter controls on the use of camera phones in nurseries.
The First Minister of Wales, Rhodri Morgan, has personally intervened in a row over how some Welsh local authorities are providing the free education entitlement for three- and four-year-olds.
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell sees nothing to get excited about in the Conservative Party's childcare agenda You would not want to go into a general election promising to match pound for pound...
Many children with special educational needs (SEN) are being let down by the education system, children's secretary Ed Balls said last week, as he unveiled a 38m funding package aimed at boosting...
Speakers at the Kids Clubs' Network's tenth annual conference last week moved to allay concerns about schools offering extended services such as childcare to local communities. One member of the...