22 February 2007
A child's risk of developing autism could be increased
by gene mutations identified by a five-year study of nearly 1,200 families with
two or more children. The work of the...
22 February 2007
The state of children's television and other children's
media is under review by Ofcom, the regulator for the UK communications
industries. Its report due in the summer will also look...
22 February 2007
Forest schools make a positive contribution to young
children's learning and development and should be more widely available,
researchers have concluded. A study by Forest Research and the New Economics...
22 February 2007
A children's centre on a Leeds housing estate has
become a hub of the community by launching a fruit and vegetable delivery
service, 15 years after the last local greengrocer...
22 February 2007
A new nursery has been constructed in record time using
'recycled' modular buildings. The Children's Garden Early Years Centre at the
University of East London has been made from recycled...
22 February 2007
Researchers are calling for further scrutiny of child
mental health following a Danish study of almost 700,000 children which found
that the likelihood of a five-year-old being diagnosed with a...
22 February 2007
Forty-one play programmes in England are to benefit
from £13.46m from the Big Lottery Fund under the £155m children's
play initiative. Up to £12m of the money will be shared...
22 February 2007
Now that local authorities are to manage the childcare
market in their area, will they be able to work more successfully with the PVI
sector? Simon Vevers reports Local authorities...
22 February 2007
Drama sessions are just the start of a long journey of
learning for children involved in an arts access project. Crispin Andrews went
to accompany them Teachers in one Yorkshire...
22 February 2007
The creator of a perennial children's favourite tells
Annette Rawstrone what elements he thinks will make a book a hit with early
readers Rod Campbell's classic Dear Zoo is celebrating...