12 September 2001
Take advantage of a child's natural desire to learn but don't take it for granted. Dr Richard Woolfson offers tips for stimulating interaction
12 September 2001
The Scottish Executive has proposed to ban the use of corporal punishment by childminders, bringing them into line with other childcare professionals.
12 September 2001
The best new nurseries are not built just to look stylish - the environment they create is crucial to children's learning and happiness. Annette Rawstrone sizes up some winners
5 September 2001
Find the best way to awareness of geography with advice from nursery teacher Jane Drake
27 September 2001
This month's move towards a law against anyone smacking
children, coming from Scotland (see page 4), is of course good news for
children. But it's the same old thing for...
27 September 2001
There was a bit of a stir in the childcare world this
month when Scotland proposed to ban the smacking of children. A law drafted by
the Scottish Executive would...
27 September 2001
The payroll service Nannytax has just launched Nannytax
Legal, an employment law support package that your employers might be
interested in if they're nervous about their position. Proprietor Stephen
Vahrman...
27 September 2001
'What I did on my holidays' is not just a well-worn
school essay topic - it could win children, their families, and maybe even their
nanny a week at a...