Nursery World - Editor's view (9)

We were delighted with the response to our children's art competition, run with the Daycare Trust to celebrate National Childcare Month. The entries flooded in, threatening to take over the entire Nursery World office, and you can see the winning pictures on pages 14-15. Children were asked to draw or paint their carers and write a caption about why they liked them. Much creative talent and effort went into the artwork, but it is perhaps the children's words that we should take most to heart when considering what quality care should offer.

Children were asked to draw or paint their carers and write a caption about why they liked them. Much creative talent and effort went into the artwork, but it is perhaps the children's words that we should take most to heart when considering what quality care should offer.

The importance of play to children, from nursery age to teenage, cannot be underestimated. Time and again, play was mentioned as the main reason children wanted to be with their carers. Often, the phrase 'she lets me play' appeared. It seems that children now feel special permission must be granted to stop their 'work'.

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