More than 2.2 million children in the UK are living in workless households, according to latest Government figures. This means that one in five children are living with parents or carers who exist...
Amid criticism of the proposed Early Learning Goals, Meredith Jones Russell finds out how the European BRIC project put community at the heart of learning experiences
Thinking about colour gives your children the chance to experience their outdoors area anew When planning for any topic, practitioners need to consider carefully how the chosen theme can be explored...
The new SEN Code of Practice will include pre-school children for the first time from January next year. In a new mini series, Collette Drifte explains how to prepare for it
Plans for England to have its own independent children's commissioner were unveiled as part of the Government's long-awaited overhaul of child welfare services.
Early years practitioners engaged parents as partners by exploring schemas for personal, social and emotional development for a project in one London borough, described by Kate Miranda and Stella...
Observe three children digging in the sand and you will see three different approaches. Philip Waters looks at how playworkers can respond to a child's playful needs Imagine three children of similar...
By Ann-Marie McAuliffe, Early Childhood Unit, National Children's Bureau (NCB) There is little doubt that the Early Years Foundation Stage provides a single coherent framework that will help to raise...
