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Organising children to sing songs along to actions or stories is the focus of another movement session by Helen Bilton.
An additional 1.5m funding for training and development in the children and young people's sector during 2007-08 has been put up by the Children's Workforce Development Council. Bids for up to Pounds...
The two-child benefits cap has put families in financial hardship, reduced their opportunities to learn and impacted their mental health, finds research.
A network of settings is using reflective practice to raise the quality of experiences of two-year-olds. Kate Hayward and Andrea Layzell of Pen Green, co-ordinator of the Being Two project, explain.
The defining elements of active learning, the second characteristic of effective learning and teaching identified in the Early Years Foundation Stage review, are set out by Jan Dubiel, national...
Children should be allowed to play outdoors more often and use playgrounds in safety, say the Conservatives.
Think about ways to encourage children to be independent, to express their preferences and gain a sense of personal identity with these examples of practice from Plum Harrison.
The emergence of the Conservative Party's plan to give state funding to Montessori and Steiner schools if it wins the next election is surprising, to say the least (see News, page 3).
The Government has announced plans to increase child tax credits by 4 a week for parents of one- and two-year -olds from 2012 in today's budget.
The principles that should underpin putting the Early Years Foundation Stage into practice are set out by Julie Fisher in this excerpt from the revised edition of Starting from the Child.