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The training arm of the Scottish Independent Nurseries Association has been sold to the training company Experiential Play. The company is run by SINA director Alice Sharp, who has managed...

Ethnic minority workers will be recruited into childcare with the help of a £48,716 grant to Aberdeen City Council under the new European Objective 3 funding programme. The money, which...

The Wales Pre-School Playgroup Association (Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin) and Trinity College in Carmarthen have received £4.87m from the Welsh Assembly to deliver a new training programme for Welsh-medium early years...

Practitioners in school and community settings could benefit from a new resource, the Parent Information Point Toolkit: Resources for Setting up Workshops for Parents in Schools and Community Centres, published...

Early years organisations responding to the Government's consultation on proposals for 'light touch' accreditation for previously unregulated childcare have welcomed the move to extend parents' access to tax credits from...

(Photograph) - Toddler Days at the Techniquest science and technology discovery centre in Cardiff give under-fives a chance to make music on a giant keyboard, launch a rocket or get...

A nursery is educating parents on the benefits of play at special information evenings. Anna May, the manager of Springfield Farm Nursery, near Barnstaple, Devon, held her first information evening...

How are nurseries apparently staying ahead of schools in the drive to provide healthier food for children? Karen Faux reports Soggy puddings and chips may no longer be the mainstay...

Small-world animals prove the perfect resource for one child's schematic explorations, observed by the Pen Green Centre team in dialogue with Chris Athey Steffi has been demonstrating a cluster of...

Harry had his first taste of solids this month, which he took readily. He was initially offered baby rice and then apple and carrot. Although Harry was very accepting of...