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With Development Matters removed from both the Department for Education's website and the Ofsted inspectors' guidance, Lena Engel examines its history and asks what the implications are for practice.
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Children still manage to take risks and have fun under a more stringent security policy at pre-school, as Sue Learner hears.
A young child's delight in fooling or teasing an adult tells us a lot about what they know and helps them progress in making sense of their world, as Anne O'Connor demonstrates with this example.
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...
Sharing a story-telling session, listening to aCD and acting out favourite tales using props are all ways in which children can be encouraged to engage with books Practitioners who want to create a...
What are the 20 largest nursery groups in the UK up to? Alison Mercer on who did what in the past six months In Nursery Chains' first ever league table of the 20 largest nursery groups in the UK and...
A bed, duvet and pillow are all the resources you need in part 1 of our parent's guides to keeping children physically active indoors during the coronavirus lockdown.
Use our pointers to help gather evidence for NVQ Level 3 Unit 16: Observe and assess the development and behaviour of children. Read our advice in conjunction with the Level 3 standards in Early Years...
Early Education's new development officer for Scotland is Dorothy Petrie. She has more than 20 years' experience as a nursery and primary school teacher and has worked for the charity at branch and...