Early years workers give case studies of children they observed using schemas and list how they shared their understanding in the setting and with parents at home Understanding schemas can help...
Children's growing feet are vulnerable to ill-fitting shoes and infections. Maggie Jones gives tips on taking care of them
The recent flooding didn't act as a deterrent for a ten-year-old Brownie who camped in her leader's back garden to earn her last badge.
Making children feel secure and content is essential, but settings often have a narrow view of how this should be achieved - creating an environment of forced gaiety, for example, which although...
Since 1983 Pen Green has evolved as an outstanding example of all a children's centre should be. Margy Whalley and Barbara Riddell outline its achievements and make the case for continued support for...
A nursery group has succeeded in having its Ofsted grade successfully re-instated to a ‘good’ grade after campaigning for seven months to have a ‘satisfactory’ inspection judgement overturned.
Many nursery managers are still trying to gauge what the Early Years Educator and Early Years Teacher roles are really going to mean from a practical perspective. Karen Faux reports
Cheshire based nursery group Kids Planet has opened a new 1.2m setting, bringing the total number of nurseries in the chain to seven.
Books from publishers' series and one based on a popular children's television show are reviewed by Alison Boyle Small World series:
Besides working hard, medieval children and adults enjoyed many more holidays (holydays) than we have bank holidays. In the 1500s there was concern that people were on holiday so often, the national...