11 July 2000
Research indicates that babies' apparently random wrigglings and blank stares are, in fact, part of a deliberate attempt to understand the world outside the womb and identify caring human beings...
11 July 2000
Play days
Job opportunities are opening up for playworkers, as 60,000 new staff will be needed over the next five years for expanding out-of-school provision. Anne Longfield, chief executive of the...
11 July 2000
Angry early years organisations have accused the Government of embarking on a spin campaign following claims that the sector has given a positive response to the consultation on national standards...
11 July 2000
Net benefits By Alison Moore
11 July 2000
Claims for the regrading of nursery nurses and classroom assistants are being submitted to local authorities in England by trade union Unison.
11 July 2000
Allowing children to develop their own interests as they start the Foundation Stage will ease the settling-in process. Julian Grenier plans to make first experiences positive
13 January 2000
Beatriz Pascual, who teaches ballet at the Peques Spanish Nursery School in Fulham, west London, once a fortnight encourages her pupils to estirar los pies (point their toes) and to...
13 January 2000
Laughter therapy is being dispensed liberally for sick children in hospital, with encouraging results. Annette Rawstrone hears the diagnosis.