UN passes resolution to create an International Day of Play for children across the world
The first annual International Day of Play to champion and protect the rights of children to play...
The first annual International Day of Play to champion and protect the rights of children to play...
A new Government campaign aims to support parents in nurturing their bond with their baby.
These series of events will highlight the importance of quality – rather than quantity – of...
Emma Davis explores why labelling children can limit learning and jeopardise self esteem, and why it...
What are the dangers of children having too much screen time – and are there any benefits, asks...
When settings support co-regulation, children can be calmed in the moment and gain trust in the...
What are fundamental movement skills? By Caroline Vollans
Sir Michael Morpurgo, author and president of BookTrust, together with the current and former...
A new study suggests that young children’s understanding of language is nearly back to pre-pandemic...
The proportion of five-year-olds with a good level of development and who reach the expected level...
PVI and state-maintained nurseries are being invited to take part in a trial of the Nuffield Early...
The Princess of Wales has highlighted the ‘vital’ role that social and emotional skills play in...
How a universal programme is helping settings to support children with language development. By...
Children’s learning and development are being impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, according to...
What are the elements of a good environment for developing speech and language skills? Dr Tanya...
Understanding mental health issues in babies requires specific expertise – yet this means they are...
After reading a story about a green-fingered young gardener, nursery school children were inspired...
In the final instalment of this eight-part series, Dr Lala Manners considers how stairs can be used...
A nursery ‘research lab’ that sits within the University of Stirling’s psychology division is...
A new campaign to challenge gender stereotypes and tackle the gender pay gap has been launched.
Children’s physical activity levels are largely the same now as before the pandemic, but just under...
Why do some children ‘flip their lid’? Mine Conkbayir explains in this edited extract of her book...
‘Conation’ is the will or urge to do something. Helen Garnett explores the importance of...
One setting in Liverpool has been taking part in research projects with universities to improve the...
The specialist paediatric occupational therapist says that tummy time enables us to interact with...
One nursery group has embedded theory into its everyday practice by co-locating early years...
Cushions are an effective resource to promote overall body strength in large muscle groups, says Dr...
Over 1,000 teachers that were surveyed on behalf of education organisation Kindred2, reported that...
Like research schools, some nurseries use evidence to improve practice. In part one of this series...
Less than half of children eligible for free school meals achieved a good level of development at...
A new report finds that the ‘wide-reaching’ impacts of the pandemic are far from over for the...
The speech and language charity I CAN is changing its name to reach more of the almost one in five...
In the fourth instalment of this series Sue Newman of Boogie Mites looks at music’s capacity to...
Attention-seeking is often dismissed as a negative behaviour, but it actually has an important role...
New research reveals that 65 per cent of parents of Reception-age children believe that two years of...
In this extract from new Early Years Alliance publication Prioritising Children's Mental Health and...
How one setting adapted its Independent Learning Time for parents evenings to give them a better...
Air pollution can cause asthma and other potentially fatal conditions, but many parents are not...
Early years settings can apply for a chance to access fully-funded music therapy training with...
The Montessori approach naturally offers 'elegant solutions' to the many issues raised by The Times...
Sally Hogg of the Parent-Infant Foundation looks at the science behind early trauma and how...
Most early years professionals understand that children’s earliest experiences are vital to their...
It is not okay to say that we are going with a Reggio Emilia approach and therefore we are only...
Chick-hatching projects teach children the wrong lessons and cause immense animal suffering, says...
In the last in this series on schemes, Nicole Weinstein looks at resources for the connecting scheme
The Government’s multi-million pound catch-up programme risks failing pupils who need it the most,...
Two-thirds of primary schools have signed up for the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI)...
Around half of four-year-olds were ‘not ready’ to start Reception last September, according to a new...
Emma Davis considers the need to rethink how early years settings manage children’s behaviour and...