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Early years practitioners may need to learn how to manage the diabetic condition of a child in their care. Ruth Thomson reports.
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Children using more than one language may have advantages in learning, but practitioners must ensure they can readily access the curriculum, say Tricia Carroll and Anne O'Connor.
The importance of developing the sense of balance is examined by Anne O'Connor and Anna Daly.
The sustained fall in the number of nursery schools over the past years has been a crying shame. Their role as beacons of excellent practice and in developing great nursery practitioners has not saved...
The once-radical teachings of Friedrich Froebel about early development were so fundamental that today we take them for granted, says Professor Kevin J Brehony
Ofsted is to publish both the Early Years Register and the Childcare Register on its website, along with providers' names, addresses and type of childcare offered, following a consultation with...
To what extent do countries differ in their approach to training their early years staff in physical development, asks Dr Kristy Howells
A young child's delight in fooling or teasing an adult tells us a lot about what they know and helps them progress in making sense of their world, as Anne O'Connor demonstrates with this example.
As yet another review of childcare policy looms, early years experts are still calling for the divide between education and care to be abolished as part of a radical rethink about what we want for...