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Gemma Hobson, 23, who has an NNEB, was appointed deputy manager of the Old Schoolhouse Nursery in Cambridgeshire just over a year ago. 'I don't think it is a lonely...

Get it in writing before you're faced with the question of whether to give medicine to a child in your care, says Mairi Maciver Clark Mary Poppins would find her...

What kind of questioning and adult-child interactions really extend children's thinking and language? Iram Siraj-Blatchford and Laura Manni explain The most effective early years pedagogues encourage talk with adults and...

Some food for thought in your professional career Drawing and Painting: Children and visual representation (2nd Edition) by John Matthews (Paul Chapman, £18,99, 0-7619-4786-8, 020 7324 8500)

Some food for thought in your professional career Gaining your NVQ Level 2 in Early Years Care & Education(0 439 98499 8)

Some food for thought in your professional career Developing Learning in Early Childhood by Tina Bruce (Paul Chapman, Pounds 17.99, 0 7619 4175 4, 020 7324 8500) Reviewed by Collette...

Foundations of Literacy. A balanced approach to language, listening and literacy skills in the early years. By Sue Palmer and Ros Bayley (Network Educational Press, £17.95, 1 85539 093 0,...

By Jim Parton, from Families Need Fathers Children are women's work; that has been the traditional view. Male nursery or primary teachers are almost unheard of. Somehow men are considered...

In the 1960s physical discipline, including the strap, was still commonplace in most British schools and few people would have supported a total ban on smacking. A mere 40 years...

September Films is making a one-hour prime-time documentary for ITV1 all about nannies and would love to hear from Nursery World readers. Hiring the right nanny is one of the...