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Everyday real-life activities such as making shopping lists are the most valuable way to encourage confident literacy skills, says Anne O'Connor.
Forget tricycles and plastic climbing frames, start focusing on child development and outdoors – and reap the rewards, says Helen Bilton
Our panel give their advice on what an early years setting can do to sell itself to local families and stand out from the competition. By Gabriella Jozwiak
Can daily sessions of focused physical activities help children develop the gross and fine motor skills they need to become confident writers? Helen Chilton reports on her school's progress.
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell says that lazy respect for religion and culture can blind us to children's suffering. There is something about faith that makes people lose their minds. In the...
This feature can be photocopied for early years practitioners and parents of under-threes
In the second part of this series, Pennie Akehurst, former head of the Early Years and Childcare Service at Derbyshire County Council, finds some settings fall short on performance management
Having to conform to goals and targets can damage children's sense of self and community, and inhibit their motivation, argues Wendy Ellyatt.
Lala Manners explains the principles behind the many approaches to physical development and the training available for practitioners.