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The rattle is a favourite gift for a newborn baby, but did you know that these simple toys go back as far as the second century BC? Long ago they were made from dried gourds or hollowed-out bones and...
Apprenticeships are getting an update, with plans for employer-led standards coinciding with the introduction of the Level 3 EYE qualification and new GCSE rules. Ross Midgley explains.
Some food for thought in your professional career Movement and Learning in the Early Years: Supporting Dyspraxia (DCD) and Other Difficulties. By Christine Macintyre and Kim McVitty. (Paul Chapman,...
The Government will achieve its 2010 targets of halving child poverty, economic secretary Ed Balls said last week, despite figures showing an increase in the number of families living below the...
I would like to put a few points straight about the news story, 'Words fail minders at AGM' (27 November). Little did you know the headline was correct, but in another way. A debate held on the...
As a professional childminder for over six years who is currently doing a fast-track NVQ 3, I am horrified that the Government has deemed it OK for us to smoke in front of children and to be able to...
Araft of new measures that will significantly extend access to tax breaks for employer-supported childcare across the UK has been proposed by the Treasury. At present, employees do not pay tax on the...
In association with Flair and Mail Order Express, we are able to offer four fantastic sets of Melissa and Doug developmental toys in a prize draw. Many of you will already be fans of Melissa and Doug...
A boycott of seven toys and other products deemed to be sexualising young children has been started by parents on a blog site that received 75,000 hits last week. Alpha Mummy, a blog for working...
Childminders will not be required to pay for police checks when a new central organisation, Disclosure Scotland, takes over responsibility for screening childcare providers next month. A Scottish...