In the final part of her training series, Charlotte Goddard discovers how one Teach First graduate went from working with very small life forms to educating very small humans.
How twins were happily settled in is described by Sue Ellis in our series about the Celebrating Young Children project When our crew arrived at Lemon Tree Nursery School, a private day nursery near...
The eatwell plate is an essential guide to understanding nutritional requirements. Diana Hawdon considers how it might work best for children.
Teachers at primary schools must now do so many in-service training days a year when the schools are closed. Why not arrange to entertain the children of hard-pressed working parents on these days,...
Find the best way to awareness of geography with advice from nursery teacher Jane Drake
‘Action schemas’ are reflected in young children’s emerging language, explains Dr Cath Arnold, using observations of three children in conversation
Early years sector organisations have reacted with alarm to more details of funding for the next three financial years, which confirms that the extra money announced for early years entitlements in...
A war veteran’s correspondence with children at one setting has sparked a keen interest in his experiences of being in the Navy, and particularly in naval ships. By Annette Rawstrone
Rewards and incentives that settings can use for teaching children to follow shared moral rules are described by Jenny Mosley and Ross Grogan Q We work in a big nursery and our children come from a...
In the first of a four-part series, Rachel Buckler, a trainer and consultant specialising in safeguarding, looks at ways to strengthen safe practices in the early years workforce.