What is empathy, how does it develop in the early years, and what can practitioners and parents do to support it? Ruth Thomson explains
Call me pedantic, but it does upset me when I see incorrect small-world play scenes, as in the recent eight-page 'All About' pull-out (Nursery World, 4 May). A photograph shows children playing with...
Hot on the heels of Ofsted's annual report into early years provision comes its proposed changes to the sector's inspection process (see News, page 4). These represent a fairly comprehensive revamp of...
4 January. Arts extra Held once a month on Saturday mornings until 5 July, these sessions by the Arts Development Unit at West Yorkshire Playhouse will provide practical ideas and refreshing new ways...
Next month Labour will have been in power for ten years, a decade characterised by constant change in every aspect of early years provision and childcare. Yet as our Comment (see page 31) and Special...
Charity Early Education has partnered with expert trainer Julia Manning-Morton for a new Level 4 certificate.
The group that developed Birth to 5 Matters has responded to criticisms by Tory MPs about the use of the term ‘white privilege’, in its recently published guidance, when addressing issues of equality...
Children need an enthusiastic mediator if they are to develop a love for books. Opal Dunn explains how to help under-threes build a solid foundation for literacy
The cost of placing a child under two in a day nursery in England has risen by almost 5 per cent in the past 12 months, according to research by the Daycare Trust. The Trust's 2004 survey of childcare...