The continuing professional development of Scottish early years workers: using evidence to move from policy to practiceUntil recently in Scotland, there has been little in the way of coherent and consistent policies for the pre-service preparation of early...
Early Years Scotland, therefore, urges the Scottish government to recognise the benefits of enabling parents and children to have the choice to be together, for at least part of their funded nursery entitlement. Many children in Scotland find that they are alreadyhugely behind their peers by the ...
The early years are at the forefront of Scottish educational policy as never before. What was long considered a fringe issue is becoming a central plank of national policy, an area that commands remarkable consensus. A penny has dropped with a resounding clatter: get things right for pre-school...
But life is short, so we will skip the first four hundred years, and concentrate on the last quarter of a century. Suffice it to say that by the early 1960s most of the world's major stock exchanges were functioning again after the traumas of the Second World War. But in Europe —...
Scottish Book Trust's Early Years Trainers – Songs to Support Routines Join our early years trainers and musicians as they share some brand new song content and a collection of picture books to support your routines in a fun way. Sharing songs and rhymes is a very effective way of supportin...
(also especially Scottish English the wee small hours, especially North American English the wee hours) the period of time very early in the morning, soon after midnight The fighting began in the early hours of Saturday morning. The party continued well into the early hours. it’s early ...
(2006) recommends that children under the age of 2 years and 18 months, respectively, do not have to use fluoridated toothpastes. Caries risk assessments of these patients should be performed by a professional and those assessments should be taken into account to offer the right amount of ...
preschool education,educationduring the earliest phases ofchildhood, beginning ininfancyand ending upon entry intoprimary schoolat about five, six, or seven years of age (the age varying from country to country). (Read Arne Duncan’s Britannica essay on “Education: The Great Equalizer.”) ...
“Herding kittens” indeed! Shame on that man. Sue Palmer is chair ofUpstart Scotland, which tweets @UpstartScot. She has edited a new book,Play is the Way: child development, early years and the future of Scottish education,which will be published in November...
At the annual conference of the Scottish Childminding Association in Stirling today, Ms Todd was expected to say: “Childminders play an invaluable role in providing a nurturing setting for young children, helping them to have the best possible start in life. ...