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A training project to help early years practitioners assess the development of children with English as an additional language has proved highly effective. Julie Cigman explains
The front page article in The Guardian on 2 May, 'Britons put work and fun before babies', cited the cost and difficulty of combining work and family life as a major contributing factor to Britain's...
With children’s health at the top of the agenda, Nicole Weinstein looks at everyday and bought resources, and activities, for gross motor development
A 'language-rich' environment both at home and in the nursery is vital if a child is to progress easily through the many stages of early speech development. In the first of a series on communication...
Apps are becoming the latest must-have in helping practitioners with observation, assessment and planning, says Mary Evans.
Knocking on the door of another early years provider to see its pedagogy in action is a fantastic way to build a community of practice. Juliet Mickelburgh provides some tips.
All schools in Wales have been told to draw up a policy on bullying in consultation with staff, pupils, parents and governors. The Welsh Assembly last week published a guidance document on combating...
The question of whether all the king's horses and all the king's men were capable of offering the correct medical assistance that Humpty Dumpty needed after falling from a wall has been raised by...
One council has increased the number of 'good' and 'outstanding' settings in its area by 44 per cent in two years. Hannah Crown reports on how they did it.
Making children feel secure and content is essential, but settings often have a narrow view of how this should be achieved - creating an environment of forced gaiety, for example, which although...