In the first of a three-part series, Catherine Rushforth explains the manager's role in leading a setting's approach to safeguarding.
The Early Years Foundation Stage provides a framework for learning, development and care for children from birth to five, and ongoing training is a must in order to meet its requirements.
Two-way exchanges between babies and adults help build up language and brain development. Anne O'Connor considers how practitioners can create more opportunities for them.
The Government has been accused of ‘watering down childminder agencies’ with proposals to reduce the number of quality assurance visits and make practice support optional.
Investment in Sure Start has further declined with the Government spending just over £576 million on children's centres in 2017-18, compared with £1.8 billion in 2009-10.
Block play allows a child to mix creativity with mathematical problem-solving, says Anne O'Connor.
A pretend telephone communication can demonstrate a very young child's grasp of speaking languages, imitating adult reality and being held in mind, as Anne O'Connor explains.
What are school nurseries doing to best meet the needs of the two-year-olds in their care, asks Charlotte Goddard