Nursery World - In the know (12)

Just as children must learn how to learn, so do students of childcare, and it starts with thinking about how you are going to tackle a course Congratulations. You have decided on your career and you are going to work with children, a worthy choice. But I imagine by now that the full force of your decision has hit home. It's not the easy option it first seemed, is it? 'Working with children - how difficult could it be?' How many times have you heard someone say that?

Congratulations. You have decided on your career and you are going to work with children, a worthy choice. But I imagine by now that the full force of your decision has hit home. It's not the easy option it first seemed, is it? 'Working with children - how difficult could it be?' How many times have you heard someone say that?

Of course, you find the practical part of it OK; after all, getting messy with play dough, helping children to learn to read, and encouraging the development of language skills is exactly what you wanted to be doing, isn't it?

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