The author of How to Train Your Dragon, the Wizard of Once series and the Emily Brown picture books has been named the children’s laureate for 2019–2021.
The relentlessly determined effort to keep the children's centre roll-out on track has seen the programme expand to the point where it is now reaching one million children and their families. Some 500...
Do you have CCTV in your nursery or school? Do you believe it is now crucial to have this type of round-the-clock surveillance in order to keep the children safe? If this is one of your current...
Sometimes I consider the subjects in Professional Nanny and wonder if it's all getting a bit too touchy-feely. There's such a lot of emotional content - in this issue, for example, we look at a book...
The Government has recently announced a raft of initiatives targeted at closing the disadvantage gap in the early years. Hannah Crown disentangles them
The actions of the youngest children who have not developed verbal expression show what's on their minds, says Jennie Lindon It is easy for early years practitioners and parents to overlook the...
High-quality childcare is definitely something to celebrate, and our annual competition, organised with the Daycare Trust for National Childcare Week, does just that. This year, we're running a...
Parents and carers across Britain are being encouraged to 'detox their toy box' before Christmas and donate good-quality toys and games to children's charity Barnardo's. The annual Foresters Toy and...
In our news story 'Scrapping of tax credits proposed' (24 April), we quoted directly from the Policy Exchange report a phrase including 'parents who prefer informal care (grandparents, childminders)'.