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The benefits to a child of spending time with a childminder are outlined by Foundation Stage regional advisor Jane Cole in our series on the Celebrating Young Children project When...

Children often display an array of puzzling behaviours. In the first of a new series, Jenny Mosley and her team address some of practitioners' common concerns Q A three-year-old at...

Name: David Bartlett Age: 46

By Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole and Liberal Democrat spokesperson for children and families The Government is to be congratulated on the progress that has been...

Alan Davies (In My View, 22/29 December) is right to criticise the education secretary's statement that synthetic phonics should be taught first and foremost to all children by the age...

In response to Beatrix Cambell about starting childcare from the view of the parent (To the Point, 5 January), as a mother of two who works in childcare I have...

I was interested to read about Janet Wilson's problems with providing care on a school site (In My View, 1 December). I have a 50-place nursery in a new building...

By Jane Drake, a partnership advisory teacher in Leeds and author of Planning Children's Play and Learning in the Foundation Stage and Organising Play in the Early Years (David Fulton)

When selecting premises for a childcare setting, safety, security and suitability for the purpose seem obvious priorities. These elements provide a good starting point when considering what a high-quality environment...

* This 12-part series aims to support practitioners in achieving and maintaining high-quality provision in the Foundation Stage. * The series is underpinned by the principles for early years education...