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Sharing a story-telling session, listening to aCD and acting out favourite tales using props are all ways in which children can be encouraged to engage with books Practitioners who want to create a...
Families in difficult circumstances will be given grants for cookers and other essentials as part of a £3m programme funded by BBC Children in Need.
The Equal Opportunities Commission is carrying out a major study into gender segregation in five employment sectors where there are skills shortages - construction, plumbing, engineering, ICT and...
At last the ten-year strategy for childcare has been unveiled by Chancellor Gordon Brown (see News, page 4). The 90-odd pages of Choice for parents, the best start for children contain much of...
By Alison Street, author of Singing together for 1 and 2 and co-author of Voiceplay Songs to help things happen
Some interesting issues are raised by the guidance on developing children's centres which has just been published by the Sure Start unit (see News, page 4). Not least is the expectation that more than...
Ofsted's new report into children's experiences of education at age six in England, Denmark and Finland is bound to stir up the debate about school starting age once more (see News, page 4). Sure...
Further to the news story about Ofsted's intention to make complaints about daycare providers available to parents ('Publish childcarers' history, say MPs', 31 July), I think it is crucial that...
Understanding early years policy By Peter Baldock, Damien Fitzgerald and Janet Kay (Paul Chapman, 18.99, 1-4129-1028-5, 020 7324 8500) Reviewed by Jennie Lindon, psychologist and early years...