11 APRIL Literacy play: using fun activities to develop literacy skills.
The Department for Education has updated its Covid guidance for early years settings to reflect the latest changes to testing and self-isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.
Since enrolling as a student of the new NVQ in Children's Care Learning and Development, Carmen Robinson has completed her first unit on health and safety in the environment. Here she describes the...
Nursery nurses and other early years staff working for local authorities do not appear on the Government's list of key public service workers eligible for its 5bn affordable housing initiative in...
Prime minister Tony Blair recently said that there would be free education for two-year-olds, then corrected himself and referred to 'early years care'. So even people at the top appear to think of...
It's time to get yourself nominated for the Professional Nanny of the Year award. Given by the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses, this honour is now in its third year. Candidates have to be...
Hazel Robinson writes that she 'found it impossible to get registered as a childminder in the changeover months from local social services to the Ofsted Early Years Directorate'. Had she applied...
This month, Julie Mountain is focusing on STEM because quick science, technology, engineering and maths projects are great when the weather is so unpredictable
The National Children’s Bureau has appointed Anna Feuchtwang as successor to outgoing CEO Dr Hilary Emery.