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The word 'stress' may be over-used but playleaders do face an often complex task in helping the children in their care to cope with life's pressures, explains Andrea Clifford-Poston molly, aged 10,...
New standards for the NVQ Playwork Level 2 recognise the challenges that older children need, says Gail Bushell 'Play is what I do when everyone else has stopped telling me what to do.'
Playing ball games advances a range of developmental skills. Penny Tassoni explains how to help children play and learn.
Future childcare graduates with a standard GCSE 'equivalent' will not be able to count in ratios because the Government no longer recognises the tests, it has emerged.
The NSPCC is calling for a ban on the inclusion of children aged under five in reality TV programmes, following the controversy surrounding Channel 4's 'Bringing Up Baby' series and other parenting...
An 'Under the sea' topic inspired this colourful display to develop an awareness of pattern and to encourage children to write for a purpose Planned learning intentions
Nurseries provide far better food education than primary schools, according to a report published by Ofsted and the Food Standards Agency last week. An investigation into nutritional standards in 25...
Sunflowers were blooming all round when children from a Middlesex day nursery came to London Zoo last week to help launch the UK's first National Childcare Month. The children, from Knowle Green Day...