Up to 1,500 funded places will be available for early years practitioners to train on the new Early Years Professional programme, which starts in January.
Now is the time to employ staff to cover the school summer holidays. How will you build your team? How will you provide support and training? SPRITO development officer Gail Bushell gives advice....
Playleaders may feel anxious if a 'gifted' child is to join their club, but there are ways to ensure the child is accepted, explains Andrea Clifford-Poston club enhances children's lives in many ways,...
Close observation of children involved with small-world play can provide a wealth of opportunities to develop their oracy and language skills, writes Anne O'Connor
As a childminder in the remote Western Isles, 'wet play' takes on a special meaning for Donalda Campbell. Here she describes her average working week Monday Children today: Andrew (three) 8.45am to...
A revised strategy to reduce child poverty is to be set out by the Department for Work and Pensions in response to recommendations made by the Govern- ment's child poverty tsar, Lisa Harker. Speaking...
Personal development is difficult to quantify but early years practitioners can set examples and provide experiences for children to learn to respect others, writes Julian Grenier How you go about...
As a qualified nanny with more than ten years' experience, I was angered by the letter 'All childcarers need to be checked' (29 January). Although I agree with most of what was said about having...