Construction kits encourage children to develop problem solving skills, improve their manual dexterity and concentration and to work imaginatively - but just as importantantly, they also help...
The writing's on the wall with a simple, fun game from a new book by Penny Tassoni helping children to develop their numbers and letters.
Parents and a local community association got together and used their combined business acumen to rescue a council-run nursery that was threatened with closure, as Karen Faux reports.
Thousands of children are being wrongly diagnosed as having a special educational need, when they require better teaching or pastoral care instead, claims a report by Ofsted.
Children's salt consumption is rocketing to dangerous levels. Mary Whiting of the Food Commission offers some essential advice 'You need to have a bit of salt,' is something I often hear. And,...
The Scottish government has launched a campaign to recruit 11,000 childcarers ahead of the introduction of the 30 hours.
Modern Apprenticeship The Government has just relaunched the Modern Apprenticeship scheme, which it hopes will offer a combination of on-and off-the-job education and training to people aged 16 to 24...
Explore how artistic effects can be achieved through using different readily-to-hand materials for painting Plan some art activities that will also help to develop children's understanding of...
Nursery World has teamed up with the Meningitis Trust to raise awareness of life-threatening meningitis. In the first of four articles, Jane Edmonds talks to a mother whose daughter contracted the...