Wraparound childcare and additional services that respond to community needs are being rolled out across the country The delayed publication of the Government's prospectus for extended schools in June...
Practitioners need to consider how their practice stimulates children's thinking and allows opportunities to observe the evidence for it Why is there currently such a huge interest in young children's...
Early years practitioners must take care to indulge and maintain the natural motivation that children show from babyhood, says Marion Dowling.
With a quarter of the workforce considering leaving the profession due to stress, Karen Faux talks to some of the settings that are proactively taking steps to improve staff mental health, well-being...
Help children find their place in the world with activities mapping out walks and the nursery setting itself, from Jane Drake Developing young children's awareness of geographical features in the...
What makes good practice when offering children learning experiences? Early years consultant and child psychologist Jennie Lindon looks closer.
The key to establishing healthy eating habits in later life is starting young – which is why children’s nutrition and nursery catering is not to be underestimated, says cookery writer Annabel Karmel....
In this second part of our new series on age-appropriate maths, Judith Dancer explores the needs of younger and older toddlers
A guide to the early stages of communication by I CAN speech therapist and consultant Kate Freeman Approximately one in ten children across the UK has some kind of communication disability. This means...
How can settings best support the particular maths development needs of three-year-olds, asks Judith Dancer in the fourth part of this series