15 July 2004
'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' is the nation's number
one nursery rhyme, according to a Cbeebies poll released by I CAN, the charity
that helps children with speech and language difficulties....
15 July 2004
Children's author Shirley Hughes has won the CILIP Kate
Greenaway Medal for her book Ella's Big Chance: A Fairy Tale Retold. It is the
second time she has received the...
15 July 2004
The number of public sector nurseries in Kent is set to
double over the next two years. Phase one of Kent County Council's four-year
plan to increase the number of...
15 July 2004
ALondon nursery group has teamed up with a local
college to provide free daycare for children while their parents receive
on-the-job nursery training. Newham College of Further Education has joined...
15 July 2004
Jools Page from Kent has won this year's Nursery World
student essay competition, which took the theme 'Caring for birth to threes'.
Jools is currently studying for a PhD at...
15 July 2004
Paranoia about being accused of abuse could have
serious implications for the relationship between children and their carers.
Annette Rawstrone reports The recent unseasonal weather has done nothing to
dampen...
15 July 2004
The influence on children of the time and place in
which they grow up is considered by Professor Tricia David A quarter of a
century ago, having travelled and observed...
15 July 2004
Harry has now started to chuckle, which he does
readily, along with continued beaming smiles. He is very alert to all that goes
on around him, turning his head continually...
15 July 2004
Most nursery settings have a procedure for helping new
children to settle in, as Penny Tassoni explains in another cut-out guide for
practitioners to offer parents While working with children...
15 July 2004
Having a child is very much a journey. A key stage in
this journey is the moment when your child goes to nursery, pre-school or a
childminder's for the first...