Early years professionals know from their work with young children that formal instruction at too early an age is counter-productive, but getting this message accepted and understood is not easy. So...
Children as young as six months can spot mathematical errors, according to a new study. Researchers showed 24 babies aged six to nine months a video of a puppet show.
Projects run by early years workerscan by honoured in the annual Jenefer Joseph Award for Creative Arts in the Early Years, organised by TACTYC (Training, Advancement and Co-operation in Teaching...
I am one of eight nursery nurses working in nursery, reception and Year 1 in a school in Southport, Merseyside. Five of us are being made redundant at the end of this month due to the current...
Children's favourite playthings can serve as tools in activities that will provide plenty of fun in learning with these ideas from Wendy E Scott Toys are invaluable for literally learning through...
Along-running dispute between term-time school staff in Northern Ireland and the Province's five Education and Library Boards looks set to end following a management offer put forward last week, with...
The system of tax credits to help parents pay for childcare has been beset by problems of fraud and misuse since it started, but there are now signs that the current economic conditions will lead to...
Alan Milburn's report for the Government on social mobility has prompted much debate, with the role of higher education institutions in helping to eradicate the disadvantage of a less privileged...
The baby room at the Thistle Street nursery at Glasgow College of Nautical Studies is the latest campus childcare provision to face the axe.
Parents of reception class children will be able to view what they are having for their school dinner via Twitter in a trial scheme from September.