Narrative boosts language skills and lays the foundations for reading and writing.
When parents split up, practitioners can be pivotal in helping children feel secure and understand the situation. Annette Rawstrone explains what staff can do to help both children and parents
Adult-child interaction needs to enhance learning and development while supporting the child to meet their own agenda – and without any unnecessary interfering, explains Julie Fisher
The focus of this area of learning is now on understanding people and communities, the natural and built environment, and everyday objects with functions created by technology.
In the first of a four-part series, Julie Mountain explores what Japanese kindergartens can teach us about risk-taking and resilience
Why movement is important for the youngest children and how settings can best provide opportunities to practise it. By Carol Archer
The numbers of settings working with vulnerable twos is on the rise, but what are the challenges faced by these children and their families, and what approaches should the early years sector employ...
Organisations representing nannies and nanny agencies have welcomed the Government's decision to introduce a new law that will require all nanny agencies in England to carry out proper checks on job...
Sky-rocketing energy prices, increasing staff costs and an ongoing recruitment crisis mean that early years groups have had no respite in the wake of the pandemic. Annette Rawstrone speaks to some...
How can primary schools create emotionally and socially safe environments for the rising number of children with autism and social communication needs? Nicole Weinstein speaks to experts and teachers...