Reluctant eaters are learning through play to enjoy fruit and vegetables with a new early years programme. Karen Faux gets a taste.
Efforts to improve young children's health and safeguard their well-being are being strengthened by closer multi-agency working, in a community project detailed by Alison Tonkin, Cath Alderson and...
'Doctor, I'm worried about my children. I think they've been exposed to worms from my dog and I've heard that worms can cause blindness?'
'Doctor, something is going around the nursery, and half the children are vomiting!'
Gender differences in behaviour are widely accepted and extensively researched, but only now are studies revealing the biological influences in children, say Kyra Karmiloff and Annette...
All good early years settings know the importance of a healthy, balanced diet for under-fives, but standards vary. Annie Seeley and Jane Harrison provide top-line tips to holistic food provision.
'Doctor! My children have got head lice, again. I need help!'
Recent research backs up Piaget's theory of how the infant brain develops, as Annette Karmiloff-Smith explains.
Supporting parents is a vital part of the care offered at Peter Pan Nursery, writes Sue Learner.
How do early years settings cater for exceptionally able children? Mary Evans hears from two of them.
