4 January 2001
Space and equipment for physical play needs to be
challenging but accessible to the children in your setting. Julian Grenier
discusses how to make the most of it Space, fresh...
4 January 2001
Use these ten key questions as starting points for
discussing good practice on promoting physical development at a staff meeting
or with parents and carers. 1 Can children move spontaneously...
4 January 2001
Parents want to be more involved and teachers want to
see more of them, but how? Sharon Wallace shows one way Parents' involvement
with their children's schools usually starts as...
4 January 2001
After listening to the various broadcasts and
interviews concerning the Government's plans to allow registered childminders
to smack children and smoke in front of them, I realise that members of...
4 January 2001
By Eva Lloyd, chief executive of the National Early
Years Network Looking back on the Millennium year we can see that more early
years policy developments were introduced than in...
4 January 2001
I feel that even raising the issue of allowing
childminders to smack children is a backwards step. No matter what the
environment is, educators need to be consistent. Since there...
4 January 2001
Where does smacking end and abuse begin? Children need
to learn about and receive respect. Smacking does nothing but build up deep
resentments, with a lack of trust and respect....
4 January 2001
I read with interest the letter from Melissa Gibson,
'When a degree fails to find the job to match' (7 December). At no point in my
previous letter (2 November)...
4 January 2001
Dedication and hard work will always pay dividends, but
when it comes to shaping the future education of tomorrow's adults, you can
never know enough, so training is a must...
4 January 2001
11 January Mainstreaming childminding training for the
21st century