(Photograph) - Jack McArdle, Natalie Hough, Daniel Hooks and Holly Bruce (left-right) from the out-of-school club at the Beechwood Educare Centre in Huyton, Merseyside, donned fancy dress and held a...
Protection of Children (Scotland) Bill, so that non-regulated organisations will also be required to refer unsuitable people to the list of persons deemed unsuitable to work with children (News, 12...
Nannies whose new jobs started off awkwardly tell Helen Kewley how they learned to put things right September is traditionally a time when nannies start new jobs and this month many agencies will get...
Creativity and confidence grew from a unique project when a nursery invited an artist in residence to work with children in its outdoor area. Annette Rawstrone reports Exploring and creating spaces,...
Children's speech development is like a journey with the same destination whatever language they are using, says Penny Tassoni - but success depends on their guides The journey of how children learn...
Flower gardens let children explore the world of flora and fauna all year round, and can be provided by every setting, explains Diana Lawton.
Let children's imagination run riot by creating animals out of all the junk they can lay their hands on. Deborah Sharpe offers ideas Most children either have a pet or wish they did, which is why...
'The low take-up of paid paternity leave indicates that some men are still influenced by our macho culture. The cultural revolution of the 1960s, which the prime minister derided, seems to have passed...
'The post-Freudian view of child-rearing, in which the business of the parent is to offer unconditional love and raise the child's self-esteem, has done the child no favours, or society either'...
'Of all the things we can do for children's health, to drink water is one of the biggest, and as important as food and exercise ' Dr Jonathan Darling, an honorary consultant in paediatrics and child...