24 April 2003
Budding storytellers are being invited to showcase
their skills, by entering the Little Tiger Press competition to find the best
new writing talent in children's books. Little Tiger Press is...
24 April 2003
Child Safety Week, an annual initiative organised by
the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), is taking place between 23 and 29
June, on the theme of 'One moment changes everything'....
24 April 2003
The first book in a series aiming to encourage
traveller children of primary school age to read has just been published. It
features colourful photographs and descriptions of traditional wagons,...
24 April 2003
CACHE, the Council for Awards in Children's Care and
Education, has secured funding from the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA)
to maintain the services of the Early Years National Training...
24 April 2003
Severe budget shortfalls have put teaching assistants'
jobs under threat - but why, when Government funding to schools has been
increased? Dr Alan Marr explains the crisis Redundancy notices have...
24 April 2003
Understanding the reasons behind demanding behaviour
will help you deal with it, say psychologists from the Anna Freud Centre
Children seek attention in all sorts of ways and for all...
24 April 2003
Building trust in the pre-school years can encourage
traveller families into the formal education system, writes Judith Napier Staff
expected a handful of under-fives to come along to their experimental...
24 April 2003
Training and funding are top of the agenda for National
Day Nurseries Association chief executive Rosemary Murphy OBE as she describes
a typical working week MONDAY
24 April 2003
Magnetic pictures and props can support children's
early reading skills, says Claire Dawson Planned learning intentions
24 April 2003
CATS AND DOGS Play a rhyme game.