'People who help us' is the theme of a new free resource for early years workers from toy manufacturer Fisher-Price. The pack, which comes with a cassette of stories and songs and a reversible height...
Problems can arise when a member of staff is promoted to a management role. Mary Evans suggests ways to achieve a smooth transition. 'Six months ago I was promoted to deputy manager. It was my first...
We have been undertaking a 'healthy eating' policy at our pre-school when we have snacks each morning and have been promoting this instead of the usual milk and a biscuit. We recently received this...
For my ADCE qualification I am researching practitioners' regard for combined outdoor play and learning environments. I have prepared a questionnaire that takes about ten minutes to complete. I would...
Ask yourself how you ask questions, and how you handle children's responses - are they learning anything? Helen Bilton explains.
Most parents find that there are moments in their children's lives that seem particularly special. One of those must be the point when your child turns around and says 'Look, I can write my name now!'
Nursery chains with an eye on development might be wise to link up with schools, says Simon Vevers The plan to concentrate a wide range of services, including childcare, in clusters of extended...
Looking back over nine decades of Nursery World magazines, from the Jazz Age to the Noughties, gives a wonderful insight into changing attitudes to children and the professionalisation of the nursery...
Get in the groove with a dinosaur dance and develop children's motor skills negotiating a simple obstacle course, as Lena Engel suggests Area of learning