Welcome to 'Child Care Magazine'

Expert practical and professional guidance for all childminders and childcarers

Child Care is the essential monthly magazine for all childminders, nannies and childcarers.

Each issue is jam-packed with news, in-depth reports and special features on all aspects of childcare, as well as inspirational ideas and fantastic activity resources to ensure that you have the best possible practical and professional support, whether in the home, a nursery or crèche, or in any other daycare setting. It contains everything you need to deliver the Early Years foundation Stage within a fun and caring environment.

A monthly magazine and a vital pull-out resource rolled into one!

Child Care is much more than simply a magazine. As well as being an essential source of professional information, Child Care also contains a 16-page practical pull-out section which has been especially designed for you to build into a valuable resource that you can use again and again! See below a list of our regular features.

Child Care is available through subscription or from selected newsagents and bookstands. Subscribe online and receive a FREE poster pack worth £8.99!


Regular Features

The Magazine

The magazine keeps you in touch with all the latest developments taking place in child care. We explain and interpret new regulations, guide you through the routes to qualification, and show how colleagues across the UK do their work.

It includes:

  • UK News
    Keep up-to-date with the news stories that affect YOU! Each issue will give you a round-up of all the important stories in childcare in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
  • Features and Debate
    In-depth reports on different aspects of childcare, including case studies and child development articles
  • What's New
    The latest resources and reader give-aways
  • NCMA Column
    A regular update from the National Childminding Association
  • Real recipes
    Delicious and healthy recipe ideas for children
  • Diary
    Each issue a professional childminder or nanny discusses that month's challenges and rewards

The practical pull-out resource

This practical 16-page pull resource is ready-punched for you to pull-out and use again and again.

 

It covers topics on:

  • Practical Activities
    Art and craft activities for all ages to encourage creative development for the children in your care.
  • Health
    Practical guidance to help you spot and treat a range of childhood illnesses.
  • EYFS
    Essential advice to help you carry out observations and plan child-centred activities in line with the new early years framework.
  • Indoor play
    A focus on the six areas of learning and how they can be developed within a range of practical activities.
  • Outdoor play
    Activities to encourage exploration of the natural environment.
  • Child behaviour
    Essential guidance to help you handle difficult moments and anti-social behaviour.