20 November 2002
It’s 100 years since the first bear was named Teddy. Bernard Tennant looks at the evolution of the species that has become one of the world’s best-loved toys...
20 November 2002
Understanding the ways children's memories differ from adults' will help practiitioners choose appropriate activities, says Penny Tassoni...
20 November 2002
When babies in your nursery are being weaned on to solid food, practitioners will have to co-ordinate the process with their parents. Penny Tassoni has advice...
20 November 2002
Two award-winning 'green' nurseries in North Lanarkshire have received special praise from deputy education minister Nicol Stephen.
20 November 2002
A strategy for developing childcare services has finally been revealed - but how much account does it take of the real concerns of children, parents and practitioners? Professor Helen Penn...
20 November 2002
Parents often need to be reassured that nursery staff will look after their children as carefully as they do, says Mary Evans...
20 November 2002
Try these ideas from Jean Evans for simple gifts the children can make...
7 November 2002
However rewarding it is to work with children, there
are times when all practitioners feel they are struggling, especially when new
legislation adds to an already heavy burden of regulation...
7 November 2002
The first round of inspections of childcare providers
by Ofsted is 'well on track' for completion by next March, says the Early Years
Directorate. In its report, Early Years: Early...
7 November 2002
Hollyoaks' idiot Bombhead, alias actor Lee Otway, was
on a roll when he helped launch the Kids' Clubs Network's 'Make Space' campaign
last week (News, 31 October), supported by fellow...