A trip to a skatepark tested children's bravery and skills. By Annette Rawstrone
The free Asian Child Protection Helpline run by the NSPCC has just celebrated its second anniversary after handling more than 1,500 calls since its launch in November 2001. A quarter of the calls...
Our first summer holiday club really took off, so we're planning to run more out-of-school childcare, say Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys Pre-School in Essex
The two-child benefits cap has put families in financial hardship, reduced their opportunities to learn and impacted their mental health, finds research.
By Steve Alexander, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance We in the Alliance believe passionately in involving children and parents in shaping the services they receive from us. But I am...
A course on the infectious illnesses HIV and hepatitis B is available for childminders on CD-Rom and the internet. Glenrothes College in Fife has developed the 'HIV, Related Illnesses and Hep B'...
The ability of young children to learn to control their behaviour before they start school could be the key to preventing violence in later life, according to a new study.
Childcare providers are fighting back against inexperienced Ofsted inspectors, says Mary Evans Ofsted is sending its early years inspectors back to school for a three-day training course on recent...
Children will happily engage in exploring and investigating of their own limitless accord if early years settings provide the basic tools for sand and water play, writes Anne O'Connor
Let the children surprise you with a disguise in this crafts activity to do at home by Sarah Scotcher My last activity on hand puppets in January, if it worked for the children in your care, may have...
