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The increasingly high profile of the nursery business means that the mainly female entrepreneurs who run them are also getting more recognition. In our news section this week (page 9) you can read...
A report has found that there is a glaring gulf between the principles of the Foundation Stage and classroom practice. Mary Evans looks at why it's so hard to get the reception year right Reception...
I totally agree with Professor Pat Broadhead that children should have more time to enjoy play-based learning ('"Tests deny children play-based learning"', News, 8 January). After all, when we adults...
The Government's 'cross-cutting' review of childcare policy which has finally been published makes for fascinating reading (see News, page 4), not least for the acknowledgement that 'important...
Further to the news story 'Staff recruitment is stalled by red tape' (16 May), I am chair of a playgroup at Widecombe in the Moor in Devon. Last December we sent off our paperwork to Ofsted for the...
Here's another way to raise funds. Teachers can send the children's paintings or drawings to the Vanilla Card Company, which will turn each into a greetings card and return it to the school or nursery...
The Tommee Tippee Easiflow cup is the first and only 'trainer' cup to be endorsed by the British Dental Health Foundation and was designed to help a child learn to drink without excessive sucking. A...
Childminders should be counted in the Scottish Executive's childcare census, claims the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA). The SCMA says the 2002 Pre-school and Daycare Census (News, 19...
Regarding the four-year-olds in Liverpool who are to learn foreign languages (News, 7 June) - it's about time this was done. It has been said time and again that children are like sponges and can...