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What do we know about the science behind learning through play in early childhood development? And how can we use it to move the field forward for all our children, asks Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff, the 2019...
'Training the trainers' has become something of a buzz phrase of late, and it is likely to stay on everyone's lips as the drive to reform the early years workforce steps up. If there aren't enough...
You might not appreciate how much there is to know about nannying until you've seen The Nanny Handbook: The essential guide to being a nanny, by Teena Kamen. It has an accessible textbook style that...
The call by Alan Bentley, chairman of nursery group Childcare Corporation, for the private nursery sector to form a new trade association to represent its interests may seem to have come out of the...
In response to 'When an inspector calls' (Letters, 4 August), while I empathise with the situation of private nurseries, I can assure the writer that inspections in schools are no easier. I was a...
The Nursery World Show 2010 last weekend was a fantastic occasion, with the stands bustling and the seminars packed out with visitors eager to hear from leading experts in the early years sector (full...
Have oodles of fun keeping children busy with an art kit from Bostik full of pipe cleaners, beads, felt shapes, pom poms, straws and Blu-Tack, plus an instruction leaflet suggesting lots of things to...
Despite its many plus points, it is time to update Development Matters, explains Dr Julian Grenier, who is leading the work to revise it
Children and their parents cannot be forced back into traditional roles.
Sharing a book creates a partnership between a young child and their carer that will promote their attention, social awareness and a habit of reading for pleasure. Anne O'Connor shows why. Photographs...