27 September 2007
A new training programme will show childminders how to adapt their environment to improve children's speaking and listening skills, using a £50,000 grant from the Children's Workforce Development Council.
27 September 2007
I agree with Linda Doyle's comments, 'Forget the competition - let's work together, not against each other' (Letters, 13 September).
27 September 2007
- A children's centre in Suffolk that opened in January this yar has received the highest praise from Ofsted across all aspects of its provision. Highfield Children's Centre has a...
23 August 2007
What do you get if you cross a frog with a bee? Well, the UK early years sector is about to find out, and the resulting creature will be the...
23 August 2007
How do you observe best practice in keeping records? How does your setting heed environmental issues? Laura Henry completes our series on following legislation and guidance.
23 August 2007
On with the show, which demands a little planning and lots of imagination, and offers a role for everyone, says Deborah Sharpe.
23 August 2007
Recently I offered other daycare settings a booklet we had written on the subject of treasure baskets and heuristic play (Letters, 12 July). Our nursery has been inundated with requests...
23 August 2007
After decades in the backwaters, children's play is moving closer to the mainstream of public policy debate. The centre-left thinktank Compass has launched a 'Charter for Childhood' that rightly joins...
23 August 2007
In response to 'Pre-schools' plight' (Letters, 26 July), the Alliance disagrees with the opinion expressed in the letter that pre-schools do not need committees and run better without them. We...
Previous