What is appropriate mathematics education for four-year-olds? Pre-kindergarten teachers' beliefs In this American study, 30 pre-kindergarten teachers of four-year-olds, half working in publicly-funded...
Following the recent closure of Kirkgate Pre-School in Cumbria, former staff member Emmie Short remembers what made the setting so special, and explains why it was forced to shut down
Learning about religions can be brought to life by a staff member, says Safffia Farr.
<STRONG>Best of all</STRONG><BR><BR>This year's Excellence in Childcare Awards, run by Kids' Clubs Network with Nursery World and Prima magazines, saw even more inspiring good practice in childcare....
A scheme that allows parents to check whether people who have contact with their children are convicted sex offenders is to be rolled out across England and Wales by March 2011.
1. Does your setting offer to visit children at home before they start with you? 2. Do you offer a range of opportunities for younger children and families to stay and play?
- A study of the association between children's access to drinking water in primary schools and their fluid intake: can water be 'cool' in school?
The Government is finally offering to help parents with the cost of a nanny, but is its touch too light? Annette Rawstrone reports The first tenuous steps have been taken by the Government towards...
Number discrimination in ten-month-old infants Two experiments in the US investigated developmental changes in large number discrimination with visual-spatial arrays. Previous studies found that...
