Child Development

MPs say the Government's catch-up scheme is not reaching the children who need it most PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

National tutoring catch-up scheme failing disadvantaged pupils, say MPs

Policy & Politics
The Nuffield Early Language Intervention scheme is a catch-up scheme for Reception class children PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

Two-thirds of primary schools sign up to early language scheme

Closing the Gap
Many children starting school last September lacked basic language skills, the survey found PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

Huge numbers of children starting school developmentally delayed - study

Closing the Gap
Behaviour charts are still commonly used, but the evidence is that they are ineffective
Features

Best practice: Behaviour charts – good or bad?

Practice
Jackie Musgrave, programme lead for Early Childhood at the Open University
Opinion

Why physical activity in the early years is so vital

Child Development
Children and older adults use hammers to release natural dye from wild flowers they foraged for, to make name tags using the Japanese art form ‘Happa Zone’
Features

Best Practice: intergenerational learning - Together again

Practice
'We can over complicate what early years outdoor teaching and learning is all about, with an assumption that ‘the qualification’ is needed.'
Opinion

Using your common sense outdoors

Viewpoint
The iHV's report reveals a postcode lottery of health visiting services due to cuts in the number of professionals and rising needs in families
News

Concerns vulnerable children are being let down due to 'stretched' health visiting services

Policy & Politics
Max Stanford: 'We know that when children fall behind in their physical development it is hard for them to catch up and can impact other aspects of their cognitive and behavioural development'
Opinion

Urgent action needed to address the impacts of the pandemic on children under six

Coronavirus
'Hygge brings an increased sense of calmness to the day.'
Opinion

Feel the warm embrace of hygge

Practice
Children have a right to play outside in everyday nature, with sticks and puddles PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

Outdoor play is 'every child's right'

Child Development
Vauban in Germany prioritises children, cycling and green spaces over cars
Features

Urban Planning: Child-Friendly Cities - Playing out

Practice
Bea Taylor. NatCen
Opinion

The pandemic and children’s long term emotional and social development

Viewpoint
Sam Wass opening Fennies Day Nursery and Pre-school in Walton-on-Thames
News

Fennies nursery group partners with TV child psychologist

Provision
The study found 'no compelling evidence that differences between the socio-emotional development of children from the most and least disadvantaged groups widened' during the pandemic
News

No evidence that children's social and emotional development worsened during the pandemic - SEED study

Coronavirus
The findings from the latest SEED report show children who attended high-quality early years education performed well at Key Stage 1 PHOTO Adobe Stock
News

Benefits of attending high-quality early years settings continue to age seven - SEED study

Provision

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