A charity that looks after waterways in England and Wales has launched a safety campaign to help parents talk to children about how to stay safe by the water.
By Elaine Wain, a lecturer and NVQ co-ordinator for North West Kent College in Dartford Both the key skills and framework set out by the Early Years National Training Organisation are unrealistic. I...
As the nine to five working day becomes ever less common, the need grows for childcare in what used to be called unsocial hours. Evening work, night shifts, weekend work - parents who have little...
Interacting with babies and toddlers through saying rhymes is a bonding activity that helps them to build language and dialogue skills, as Opal Dunn explains Rhymes are an integral part of our lives,...
From September 2008 early years providers will have to adhere to the new framework. Ruth Thomson gives the lowdown on what you need to know What is the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)?
The UK's largest nursery chain, Leapfrog, has sold five leasehold sites south of London to new nursery group Bright New Minds in a deal completed last week. The nurseries, in Teddington, Epsom, Morden...
Everyone likes the minimum wage in principle, but as it rises, nursery managers rightly see themselves in jeopardy. Mary Evans reports Early years employers are gearing up to pay the latest increases...
The protests about the introduction of the nursery education grant Code of Practice are gathering force, particularly in Kent, where nursery and pre-school owners are holding meetings, alerting the...
The joy and success of Sure Start has been the individual nature of its programmes, with services springing from each community, tailored to meet the needs of the families within the area. What helps...
1.5bn a year is a huge sum of money, and Gordon Brown's doubling of the childcare budget in last week's spending review is probably more than most interested parties had dreamed of (see News, page 4,...