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Children love switches and buttons and can usually pick up how to work a video recorder at home pretty quickly. In the nursery, the purpose of introducing children to a wide range of mechanical toys,...
Childcarers and teachers need to be aware that children who have had meningitis in their first year of life may have difficulties with language and literacy later on. Simple education interventions...
The other day I came across research on ‘teaching’ Mandarin to nine-month-olds, comparing the effects of face-to-face tuition with those of tuition delivered via video or audio.
Chat to your children, parents are being urged in a campaign to improve the speaking skills of toddlers which has received backing from Government officials. The campaign follows a joint survey by the...
Education secretary Charles Clarke announced his ministerial team's revised responsibilities last week following the Cabinet reshuffle which put Margaret Hodge in the new role of children's minister....
A Gaudi-inspired community project has brought a little bit of Barcelona to Bracken Edge. Jackie Cosh reports Children arriving at Bracken Edge Primary School in Leeds each day are met by a...
Careful planning will give the children the first hand experiences they need to start learning about writing, says Julian Grenier One of the most important conclusions of the recent report on the...
Pen Green Children’s Centre has taken over the management of a neighbouring children’s centre and is opening its first satellite nursery next month, while forming a new Community Interest Company.
A National Day Nurseries Association scheme has succeeded in recruiting volunteer Community Childcare Champions as part of a project with the DCSF.
Caroline Voogd uses the prime and specific areas of the EYFS to find extra sources of income for settings