27 September 2007
We know that preparing for and implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage is top of mind for everyone working with children from birth to five. The next year will be...
27 September 2007
My belief is that the 'parenting industry' is marketing a simplified and unrealistic view of parenting, which is based on the notion that to be a parent is a series...
27 September 2007
Why don't authorities heed what's best?
27 September 2007
Three cheers for Purnima Tanuku! (Special Report, 13 September). Lest we forget:
27 September 2007
Parents need to be encouraged to ask difficult questions, says Pat Wills.
20 September 2007
The debate over the place of private, voluntary and independent providers in childcare services rages on this week, following Helen Penn's launch of the International Centre for the Study of...
20 September 2007
Purnima Tanuku's 'Profit or loss?' (13 September) makes some good points about government funding and the private sector, but unfortunately not her suggestion that 'profit' be replaced with 'surplus'. The...
20 September 2007
Letter of the week wins £30 worth of children's books.
20 September 2007
I am concerned about the way families receive help with the cost of their childcare through Working Families Tax Credit.
20 September 2007
Sharon Peach says that her day nursery has been inundated with responses to sharing ideas on treasure baskets (Letters, 23 August) and proposes that more nurseries network.