Early years settings that employ an Early Years Professional make 'significant improvements' in the quality of learning for children from two-and-a-half to five, a four-year study has concluded.
Child of Our Time: how to achieve the best for your child from conception to five years By Tessa Livingstone
A debate in the House of Lords last week flagged up the shortage of speech and language therapists in children's services (see News, page 6). It is not that there are too few people - according to...
Explore the forest school movement in England with a study of local projects and a trip to the country where the movement started, as practitioners reflect on what they have learned.
It's a high-risk business but, with the right expertise, opening up to public investment can raise serious cash. Hannah Crown reports on the nursery as a marketable enterprise.
A simple interaction shows symbolic play and social interaction between toddlers, says Anne O'Connor.
Randolph Beresford Nursery School & Children's Centre London
In the 12 months since Nursery Chains was last published, nursery groups have been living with the twin challenges of implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage and the economic crisis.
Adopting the dialogic approach to reading with a child will help parents, and practitioners, to advance the child's oral language. Joan Kiely explains the method and its importance.