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Test your knowledge of child development, the value of play in the early years and the role of observing and assessing young children, by answering true or false. By early years authors Jackie Harding...
A recent development has seen Jasmine naming colours spontaneously. She clearly knows pink, purple, blue (boo) and orange (noringe). Sometimes she identifies green (geen) too. She likes to build...
Teams work most effectively when the strengths and emotional needs of individual members are recognised, says Karen John of the Pen Green Research Base.
In the third part of our series on the Common Inspection Framework, The Pre-School Learning Alliance's Michael Freeston provides an indepth comparison of past and current criteria.
Look out for 'Pattern - Food', part three of our poster series exploring pattern within common areas of interest for young children, in next week's Nursery World
A big drop in the number of learners qualifying with a Level 3 between 2014 and 2016 has put a ‘significant strain on early years settings’, according to awarding bodies and training providers.
By a registered childminder Nearly a year ago, a blood test found my daughter had Type 2 diabetes. She had had packed lunches for most of her primary school life but decided 18 months before leaving...
Plans to rationalise the sector's 361 early years qualifications in the light of the Nutbrown Review have been put on hold by the Children's Workforce Development Council.
The children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) unveiled a three-year business plan last week. Priorities in CWDC Corporate and Business Plan 2008-2011 include working with poverty, disadvantage...
The approach to formative and summative assessments is not obviously different under the revised Early Years Foundation Stage. However, practitioners will need to be alert to subtle but significant...