Zaynah is the first child to feature in our series on the Celebrating Young Children project by Jane Cole, regional adviser for the Foundation Stage Zaynah was the first child in her family so her...
... Or in the pink? Colour-coding and crass gender signalling persist even in these times of presumed equality. Anne O'Connor helps practitioners to negotiate the minefield of bias.
What happened when early years teacher Jessica Holme used ‘story grammar’ to get children really involved in storytelling
Early years settings may soon face stricter guidelines on exposing young children to animals that can harbour dangerous bacteria. Melanie Defries hears the arguments.
It's a high-risk business but, with the right expertise, opening up to public investment can raise serious cash. Hannah Crown reports on the nursery as a marketable enterprise.
Funding from the Early Years Pupil Premium led to a Natural Explorers project in Hackney that benefited the whole nursery and children’s centre, write Lisa Clarke and Fran Paffard
Wait for a blustery day and take the children outside to witness the effects of the wind. Jane Drake offers activities and ideas to engage the children's senses Adult-led activities.
Loopholes in Ofsted's Voluntary Childcare Register (VCR) mean that the inspectorate is approving nannies with inadequate documentation who in some cases do not even have the right to work in the UK,...
Children’s House Nursery School in Tower Hamlets has been named early years setting of the year at the 2018 Shine a Light Awards.