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Professor Law and Dr Charlton stress the importance of parents reading to their children after their joint study confirmed the positive effect it has on language development.
National Early Years Trainers and Consultants is looking for more nurseries, childminders and schools to sign up to welcome visitors from across the sector.
By Sally Brown, early years curriculum support tutor for Norfolk Adult Education I'm sorry my children haven't done their homework this week. But on Monday they debated whether vegetable soup was a...
Pre-election proposals for funding childcare and maternity leave unveiled last week by the Conservative Party targeted working parents and poorer families. Details of the 'Supporting Parents' scheme...
The Government’s new child poverty strategy for 2014-17 has met with criticism from children’s organisations.
Dr Karen Wickett, lecturer in early childhood studies at Plymouth Institute of Education, says that children's need to adjust to school should not be forgotten
* This series aims to demonstrate the type of activity practitioners should provide to help children of different experiences progress towards a given goal, ie stepping stone 4. * The stepping stones...
Just under two-thirds of working mothers are not using any type of formal childcare at all when their babies are nine months old, according to a study published last week. The majority of employed...
Both nature and nurture are at work when children re-enact key stages in the evolution of our species, says Philip Waters, in the latest article in his series on play types. I find it very alarming on...
The problem of violence impacts on us all. It uses our taxes in imprisoning young people and paying for their wounded victims. It's like a virus, forcing children who are protected to become more...