Stories can be the basis for fun role-play activities and games that enhance children's knowledge of mathematical concepts and language There are many valid reasons for using stories as a starting...
Government facts and figures highlight influences on the childcare sector Figure 1 The most important factors influencing parents' selection of nursery or childcare providers (source: National Audit...
A new nanny agency has saved a public library branch in the process of setting up shop. Nanny Search has moved into the upstairs floor of Highgate library in north London, which had been threatened...
Meg Barclay, educational consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association, reviews books that support children to cope with change in various forms, and learn about the...
The phone number on which to order the Beckmann Visual Publishing video/DVD 'Baby It's You' (In Stock, 1 December) is 01624 816 585.
The decision to close the old Falkirk Police Station and build a new one triggered a two-year project for the children at Wellside Kindergarten, as its staff explain In July 2003, the decision was...
Working mothers will be entitled to 12 months maternity leave regardless of how long they have worked for their present employer, under new laws which took effect on 1 October. Statutory maternity...
As new data shows that nine children died from blind cord strangulation in the UK between 2019 and 2022, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is warning that blind cord safety...
In this issue of Nursery Business, we bring you up to date with the inspection changes due to come into effect in April and take a look at the growing popularity of timber-frame and modular buildings,...
It's impossible to know just how much money is being defrauded by parents falsely claiming childcare costs under the Working Families Tax Credit, but suspicions are growing that it could be a huge,...