What are the expectations of young children’s ability to write by hand and how is this changing in the context of an increasingly digital world, asks Annette Rawstrone
To create a communication rich environment for their charges, Norland Nursery staff studied their own communication patterns. By Clare Crowther
Make mealtimes fun * Eat with your child and encourage others to do so. Young children can only concentrate on one thing at a time, so when you want them to concentrate on eating don't be tempted to...
Leading early years practitioners and experts are calling on the sector to respond with common sense and sensitivity following the allegations of child sexual abuse made against a nursery worker in...
Bookshops and newsagents sell a large range of workbooks and worksheets and parents can feel as though they will not be doing their best for their child unless they buy them and work through them with...
Nurseries and schools across Scotland are being helped to tackle the issues faced by refugee children with the launch of a newsletter aiming to share best practice and promote race equality. The...
Changes are afoot not just in practice but in legislation where staff retirement is concerned. Simon Bevan offers legal advice.
Have you ever watched your child playing with mud and wondered what it is that so enthrals them? Their enthusiasm almost certainly lies in a desire to explore and be creative, and such explorations...
The conclusions of the Good Childhood Inquiry's final report are not borne out in early years settings' practice, argues Pat Gordon-Smith.
Lo and behold, your child comes bouncing out of nursery, school or the childminder's, pleased to see you and clutching something. The item is obviously precious, usually sticky and invariably destined...
