Small resources can help children to develop some big ideas in their imaginative play, as Jane Drake explains Long-term planning
Children's inspired artworks were snapped up at a show held in their pre-school. Katy Morton reports.
In the absence of governmental criteria for nursery meals, Mary Whiting recommends checking out the Caroline Walker Trust, which has a wealth of good advice and resources on eating well for...
Children need time to think and lead. This important concept requires training, says Mary Evans.
What has been done in the past ten years to implement children's right to be consulted for their views? Professor Priscilla Alderson looks back.
A food ethos which encourages quality, independence and an understanding of the origins of what we eat bagged one setting first prize at the Nursery World Awards earlier this year. Meredith Jones...
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Local authorities have raised concerns that many of the childminders coming forward to offer funded places for two, three and four year olds are not sufficiently well-qualified to provide high quality...
The Government is consulting on proposals to establish rigorous standards for Level 3 vocational qualifications taken by 16 to 19 year-olds in schools and colleges from September 2014, so that only...
Although not a childcare expert, the French philosopher Rousseau has had a far-reaching influence on our ideas about childhood, says Professor J Eric Wilkinson