Sally Chapman (Letters, 17 May) feels staffing levels at her playgroup make it impossible to offer continuous outdoor play during the session. However, I can envisage only three circumstances where...
Of course I feel sad to learn of Elinor Goldschmied's death, but it is also an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate her great contribution to early years practice, particularly work with children...
By Anastasia de Waal, research fellow, Civitas think-tank The dangers of implementing an infant curriculum extend beyond restricting free play. A statutory learning programme for under-fours will...
The Liverpool-based health and arts collective is delivering lively training which combines the theory and practice of healthy eating, says Karen Faux
As new research reveals the struggle families affected by the two-child limit are facing, a coalition of organisations has launched a campaign calling for the policy to be abolished.
A scheme to promote more walking by young children is being rolled out next month in all PVI nurseries, children's centres and childminding settings in Hertfordshire.
Six areas of learning form the content of the QCA's foundation stage curriculum, and these link directly to the six sets of Early Learning Goals. It would be understandable, therefore, for...
Scientists first learnt about dinosaurs in the 1820s when they discovered fossilised bones. Miranda Walker shows you how to recapture that excitement Dinosaur activities seem to be permanently popular...
A child's social class at birth has a greater bearing on educational achievement than physical factors, a study has revealed. Research by the Institute of Child Health, published in the British...
'For a young child, being a "good citizen" means developing self-awareness and self-confidence, learning how to play and work well with others and recognising one's place in the wider community.'...
