Zaynah is the first child to feature in our series on the Celebrating Young Children project by Jane Cole, regional adviser for the Foundation Stage Zaynah was the first child in her family so her...
In a tribute to childcare pioneer Elinor Goldschmied, Anita Hughes looks at Treasure Baskets, Heuristic Play and her unique legacy.
Scotland’s Named Person scheme is planned to go national by September, but the policy has divided opinion, reports Charlotte Goddard
Inclusion strategies for a child with special needs are described by Jane Cole in our series on the Celebrating Young Children project Bailey has a physical disability caused by cerebral palsy and, as...
Karen Hart unpicks Standard 2 of the Early Years Teacher criteria and suggests how practitioners might best demonstrate it.
What the ‘20 per cent off-the-job training’ rule means exactly, and how it can be delivered, have been causing headaches for employers and training companies alike. Ross Midgley has some answers
In her second article on Early Years Teacher training options, Charlotte Goddard looks at how working abroad led an aspiring actor down the graduate employment-based pathway.
The benefits of 'superhero play' are now understood by early years settings, but can cause concern at home. Here's our advice on how to reassure parents, plus a parent's guide to resources and...
In the second part of our series on inclusion, Collette Drifte looks at cognition, and at how practitioners can set targets for children with learning difficulties Cognition and learning is one of the...
What does the future have in store for the early years workforce if current trends continue? Sara Bonetti, associate director of early years at the Education Policy Institute, makes some exclusive...