Many settings are spending EYPP money on communication and language schemes. Charlotte Goddard reports
Children’s centres provide childminders and parents with a crucial place to meet and access services, but many are closing. New mum Gabriella Jozwiak finds out what is replacing them
Can the Government deliver its commitment to vulnerable families - or indeed to all families - given the alarming decline in health visitor services? Mary Evans reports Parents face a postcode...
Wait for a blustery day and take the children outside to witness the effects of the wind. Jane Drake offers activities and ideas to engage the children's senses Adult-led activities.
Sometimes female genital mutilation is carried out on very young girls. With changes to safeguarding law, Charlotte Goddard asks what practitioners must do
Does nursery care help or hinder? Mary Evans considers two conflicting studies on stress in children Parents are faced with a dilemma. Children's stress levels soar when they start attending nursery,...
Carers can support children's better behaviour by regularly consulting them and involving them in decisions, writes Jennie Lindon Good early years practice emphasises paying proper attention to...
Look at how discrimination begins among children, parents and early years practitioners and at the way settings accommodate children to see what could be changed. Legislation and the new national...
Breakfast clubs are playing an increasingly important role in the early years. Katy Morton reports.
How assessment could change for the better from September. By Dr Julian Grenier, who led on the revised EYFS guidance