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What is it like growing up with two languages, and how does it affect development? Ludovica Serratrice and Samantha Durrant address some common misunderstandings and provide the facts.
Nurseries can now have more assurance about the standards and quality of groups running activities thanks to a new sector accreditation.
Sand and water Counting Prepare a large bowl of bubbles. Invite each child to spoon bubbles into yogurt pot containers. Ask:
Dr David Whitebread is a developmental cognitive psychologist and early years specialist, and a senior lecturer in psychology and education convenor in the Faculty of Education at the University of...
What are the common problems with recruiting suitable people, and why does this come up so much in Ofsted reports? Hannah Crown looks at good practice at Elmscot
A ‘Dogs, Bones and Dancing’ project at two settings in Cumbria began with children exploring musical instruments, which led to a variety of creative activities, discovers Annette Rawstrone
Staff at a Hull nursery have won praise for their vigilance after foiling an attempt by an unknown woman to snatch a child from the setting.
The influences on today's childcare practice by the work of a pioneering European educator are explained by Mary Evans.
In this extract from the guide Playing to Learn, author Di Chilvers points out that, in order to teach children, we need to tune into their existing world of play.
The concept and practice of predicting teaches children about cause and effect. Early years consultant David Quinn looks at the science. Photographs at Oakey Dokeys pre-school, Essex, by Teri...