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As more children are presenting in nurseries with additional needs, Let’s Grow provides a one stop...
As more children are presenting in nurseries with additional needs, Let’s Grow provides a one stop...
Pregnant women are to be offered a vaccination to protect their baby against Respiratory Syncytial...
In the first of a two-part series, Caroline Vollans advises practitioners on how to support children...
Supervised toothbrushing could be key to reducing the staggering number of infants with tooth decay....
Staff working in early years settings have been told there is ‘no shame’ putting themselves first...
Annette Rawstrone finds out more about the important role teaching even the youngest children about...
Building positive relationships between infants and carers is key to prosocial behaviour and later...
The Government has been urged to take ‘rapid action’ to prevent more children catching whooping...
With Children’s Centres having declined by a third since their peak of 3,600,Hannah Crown asks to...
The sector is calling on the Government to deliver stricter, clearer and more specific food...
Jo Parkes looks at what the Government’s policy has been for the early years sector post-pandemic,...
One network is creating a community for fathers to socialise and discuss their children, similar to...
Is a decline in independent activity in early years causing poorer childhood mental health?Gabriella...
Parents have launched their own manifesto calling on all political parties to put children’s healthy...
Children and young people's mental health charity Anna Freud wants the next government to adopt its...
Jo Parkes looks at the impact on settings from the increase in children requiring more support from...
It is important practitioners recognise the signs of dehydration and ensure children are drinking...
What are the key issues developmentally for babies born in lockdown, and how are they presenting...
A ‘worrying’ proportion of ‘food insecure’ families are cutting back on healthy food, sparking...
A post-pandemic training programme that focuses on wellbeing has resulted in major changes at...
It has been four years since the Covid-19 pandemic began to change the world. In the first of this...
There are many strategies that practitioners can use to help children deal with anxiety. By Annette...
Creating enabling environments in early years settings is a core theme of the Early Years Foundation...
What are fundamental movement skills? By Caroline Vollans
Parents in England are being urged to vaccinate their children against measles as the UK Health...
Labour has unveiled plans for a new Child Health Action Plan, with the aim of creating the...
In the first of a new column on the science foundations which underpin everyday best practice,...
It has been three years since the Covid-19 pandemic began to change the world. In the first of this...
A childcare group in Scotland is supporting families in financial crisis via hubs that offer...
A charity concerned with ‘the way Britain eats’, with support from celebrity chefs, doctors and head...
Senior health visitor Shirley Adebayo, of North Middlesex University Hospital, sets out how early...
How can early years settings support staff’s mental health and wellbeing? Karen Hart speaks to some...
The value of the Healthy Start scheme, which helps women with children under the age of four with...
It is not too soon to introduce early years children to the concept of financial management, finds...
Learning about the importance of toothbrushing can be enhanced through play and activities, explains...
Rachel Costis, operational manager for public health nursing at Swindon Borough Council, discusses...
While the proportion of four- and five-year-olds classed as obese has marginally fallen, new data...
Pregnant women are being urged to protect themselves and their baby this winter with flu and Covid...
Labour has pledged to bring in supervised toothbrushing in schools for three- to-five-year olds as...
Children are missing out on free milk as many early years settings and schools stopped claiming for...
Which diseases require official notification and when should children not attend? By Nicole...
In this series by senior health visitors, Shirley Adebayo, a senior health visitor at North...
With parents struggling to buy infant formula resorting to unsafe practices, there are calls for...
Following a report on the mental health, wellbeing and happiness of three- to five-year-olds that...
In this series of columns written by senior health visitors, Yvonne Douglas at Highland Health...
The UK is currently facing extremely worrying rates of poor child dental health which is fast...
Almost one in four young children have experienced tooth decay by the time they are five, Government...
A project to help refugee families with children under five is boosting their confidence as they try...
In a series written by senior health visitors, Yvonne Douglas at Highlands Health Visiting Team in...