The Big Lottery Fund has launched a multi-million-pound package that puts young people across the UK at the 'heart of its delivery'. Individuals, groups of young people and voluntary organisations can...
At Southwark Primary School in Nottingham, nursery leader Pip Otter is exploring the potential of the 'dialogic book talk' approach, which promotes early language and literacy
Profile books and digital images recording children's activities can help ensure child-centred practice. Jane Cole explores their use Those of us who have the privilege to work with young children and...
Local councils might be the last place you'd expect to find people concerned about nannies, their time being taken up with the forms of childcare they register - childminders, nurseries and...
I was interested to read the letter 'Oi you, talk proper' (8 May) in response to 'A problem shared' (10 April). Rosie Pressland made some valid points relating to language and dialect. It was...
A new report from the Institute of Education's Thomas Coram Research Unit highlights the need for more inclusive play facilities, which are known to reduce the loneliness often experienced by disabled...
A story about a boy, his dog and a cardboard box is the starting point for these activities across the early years curriculum suggested by Jean Evans Harry's Box by Angela McAllister (Bloomsbury...
'The systematic breeding of mistrust makes the world a far less safe and certainly a far less pleasant place for children... It makes the exercise of adult responsibility towards children a...
'Victims of more serious crimes should be considered far more than at present. The current system is a disgrace and it has not given Lisa justice' Geoffrey Potts, father of nursery nurse Lisa Potts,...
The devastating impact on families of cot death has been highlighted in a booklet which brings together the experiences of 30 cot death parents. The 62-page booklet was published by the Foundation for...