23 November 2006
The ongoing protest from nurseries over the rules for
nursery education grant funding means that some local authorities are delaying
issuing guidelines on the revised Code of Practice. The London...
23 November 2006
Pre-school children from low-income families are no
less likely to have access to technology in the home than children from
well-off families, according to new research. Interim findings from a...
23 November 2006
The broadcasting regulator Ofcom has been accused of
caving in to the food and advertising lobbies after refusing to enforce a ban
on ads for junk food before the 9pm...
23 November 2006
(Photograph) - Hong Guan, a specialist Mandarin Chinese
language teacher, works with children at Cherry Trees School outside Bury St
Edmunds in Suffolk. She employs visual props and learning through...
23 November 2006
A new guide to the delivery and management of hospital
play services for child patients could help to raise the overall standards of
healthcare in a variety of settings, according...
23 November 2006
Grandparents are often the ones left caring for
children when parents succumb to drug and alcohol misuse, according to a new
report published by the charities Grandparents Plus and Adfam....
23 November 2006
The changes to the nursery education grant that have
upset early years providers are defended by children's minister Beverley Hughes
I know that Nursery World readers will share my commitment...
23 November 2006
Early years settings want to keep Christmas as an
important part of their calendar, but what is the appropriate way to observe
it? Ruth Thomson asks for their views Christmas...
23 November 2006
Creativity is the process of experimentation and
investigation led by children themselves, not by the need to achieve an end
product, as Jennie Lindon explains Creative development for young children...
23 November 2006
This week: Fluffy painting - lines and patterns in
special paint to promote early marks and writing Aspect: A Competent Learner
Component: representing Walkers, talkers and pretenders