8 August 2001
The best way to encourage under-threes to enjoy art is to keep your hands out of it, says Jennie Lindon
8 August 2001
How are the new LSCs shaping up? Childcare training providers tell Mary Evans how they see their position
8 August 2001
Dyslexia is sometimes hard to diagnose and impossible to cure, but early years practitioners can do much to boost children's learning, as Maggie Jones explains
8 August 2001
Childcarers should see fears from a child's perpective in order to undersand and dispel them, writes John Bolton...
8 August 2001
It is what happens at home that really affects the life chances of under-fives, but policy-makers have tended to consider this a private matter. Should it remain so? Anne Wiltsher...
8 August 2001
Two former childminders have been awarded £7,000 by the Local Government Ombudsman following a complaint about their treatment at the hands of their local council.
8 August 2001
Classroom assistants in England and Wales are increasingly taking on a teaching role, yet many earn less than a third of a teacher's salary, according to new research.
2 May 2001
You can help children develop their scientific knowledge and understanding by giving them ample opportunities to question, explore and investigate, as Jane Drake explains
2 May 2001
One of the most ambitious policies for childcare has been dogged by problems, as Mary Evans reports
17 October 2001
Carers should be sensitive to the messages they give that affect a child's sense of self-worth, says Penny Tassoni