Food allergies such as dairy or egg present a challenge for nurseries, but by working with parents practitioners can ensure children's nutritional needs are well met, says Annette Rawstrone.
All early years settings need to do it, but how carefully is their practice considered and organised? Liz Dolan looks at helping children sleep.
Healthy snacks are an important part of a child's diet, but what should settings include to make sure they are varied and nutritious? Nicole Weinstein offers some assistance.
'Finger foods' have important implications for a child's development that may be overlooked in today's lifestyles, as Karen Faux discovers.
A common viral infection with similarities to chickenpox is described by the WellChild Helpline.
Well-meaning early years settings may provide dolls like disabled children for the sake of inclusive practice, but it could end up doing more harm than good, as Mary Evans hears from the experts.
Playschool in pictures: children's photographs as a research method This study in an Icelandic playschool looked at the ways children think about their early childhood setting and set out to develop...
Ways that nurseries can identify and promote children's readiness for reading are highlighted in studies considered by Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith.
Providing children with the highest quality, locally sourced food and educating them about where it comes from are the main aims of this year's winner of the Nursery World food award. Nicole Weinstein...
Burnwood Nursery School has cut dramatically its number of children on the special needs register. Head teacher Juliet Levingstone explains how, in the second of a series on Stoke-on-Trent's nursery...
