As one of the cornerstones of child development, it’s important to support imaginative play in childcare settings. Through imaginative play and role play children...

The first years of a child’s life are the most important for developing and practising motor skills. It’s when children first learn to sit,...

Hans Christian Andersen once said that “Where words fail, music speaks”. Practitioners of music therapy will surely have a deeper understanding of those words than most...

The beneficial effects of outdoor learning and play on children’s experiences have been known for thousands of years, but parents seem generally more afraid...

Crying out is how we all announce our arrival into the world, and this for humans forever remains an instinctive form of expression: ‘We...

Now that most of us live in a 21st-century global village it is tempting to imagine such worldwide connectivity is proof we are already...

For many years, research has shown that children born in the summer months tend to do less well as a group in school tests...

Author, teacher and trainer Sue Cowley discusses the hot topic of school readiness and sheds some light on what early years practitioners are referring to...

Author June O’Sullivan is a committed standard-bearer for early years, social business and child poverty, and her role as CEO of the London Early...

As elsewhere in the wider community, some children in an early years setting may have special needs associated with a physical or medical condition....

‘Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young, In a world of magnets and miracles, Our thoughts strayed constantly and...

Generally much smarter than he sounds, and therefore frequently under-estimated, the child described in the EYFS’ (Early Years Foundation Stage) 22 to 36 months...