Further to 'In my view' by Sue Griffin (29 April), as a registered childminder and a tutor who delivers the compulsory training course for registered childminders, I feel I must also respond to Sarah...
Many childcarers will have watched the BBC's 'Whistleblower' expose with a sigh of resignation that their abilities, dedication and commitment are being questioned again. The programme unfolded with...
Children need to be stimulated, but over-stimulation can lead to problems. A calm child is better able to focus, reflect and self-regulate, explains Linda Pound
Satisfying energetic children, from mini-parkour to watering the plants. By Julie Mountain
There's no avoiding regulations but there are ways that nurseries can ease their way through complying with them, as Mary Evans explains Business leaders gave a sceptical welcome to last month's...
Teaching children how to cross a road does not mean they will put their knowledge into practice, according to a study of 120 Scottish four-and five-year-olds carried out by the British Psychological...
In the first of a series on the Progress Check at Age Two, Sue Chambers looks at what you need to know now and what to expect in the future
Early years experts have hit out at a report by the Teaching Schools Council (TSC) which calls for the Government to carry out a review of the Reception year.
Who among us will not by now have heard of Connor McCreaddie, a 14-stone, eight-year-old boy from North Tyneside, whose clinical obesity was splashed across the nation's media in the last week of...
New measures to safeguard children and co-ordinate the work of professionals responsible for them are outlined by Beverley Hughes.
