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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...
Practitioners with twins in their settings need to be aware of particular issues within their learning and social development. Ruth Thomson discovers why.
Children and staff at Jubilee Day Nursery in Padworth, Berkshire threw a surprise party to celebrate 20 years of service by deputy manager Helen Willis.
Staff at a Hull nursery have won praise for their vigilance after foiling an attempt by an unknown woman to snatch a child from the setting.
Dip into a project on frogs as an opportunity to explore the lifecycle of the natural world plus a range of learning activities, with these suggestions from Wendy E Scott As the weather begins to...
Anyone planning to start a nursery can learn a great deal from reading the real life stories of those who have gone before them. This year, Starting A Nursery includes a variety of tales ranging from...
More parents than ever in England are using formal childcare to look after their children during the week, according to research by the National Centre for Social Research (NCSR), launched to coincide...
Welcome to another issue full of ideas and suggestions to help you spend your money wisely and well. If you are not already a fan of softplay you are likely to be converted by the extraordinary range...
A children's centre in London has been working with its families,the local community and other providers to address language delays linked to social disadvantage. Julian Grenier shares strategies.
Early intervention to support disadvantaged families is helping to turn families' lives around, according to Government figures.