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You Can't Build What You Can't See
Early Years Leadership Clare Stead Early Years Leadership Clare Stead

You Can't Build What You Can't See

Picture a baby on the floor, reaching for a toy just out of reach. Ask ten experienced educators what they just watched, and you'll get ten good answers - and probably, not one of them the whole story. The development that makes a baby room outstanding is almost entirely invisible. And you can't intentionally build what you can't see.

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I Thought I was Managing a Busy Nursery…
From the Manager's Cold Coffee Cup, From the Baby Room Floor From the Manager's Cold Coffee Cup From the Manager's Cold Coffee Cup, From the Baby Room Floor From the Manager's Cold Coffee Cup

I Thought I was Managing a Busy Nursery…

If you'd asked me back then how I was doing, I'd have smiled and said "busy". The truth was I was exhausted. And standing in that baby room day after day, rocking a baby that just wouldn't settle, I started seeing something I couldn't unsee.

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