Nursery World - Join the club (4)

Take the children to an after-school club or start your own, as Jan Hurst suggests in the last of our series on organised activities Encouraging the child in your charge to join a club, after school or nursery hours, could in some respects be seen as taking time off from your job as carer. But in many ways it is no different from escorting the child to piano lessons or watching from the sidelines when they play at a sport.

Encouraging the child in your charge to join a club, after school or nursery hours, could in some respects be seen as taking time off from your job as carer. But in many ways it is no different from escorting the child to piano lessons or watching from the sidelines when they play at a sport.

'After hours' clubs are very popular and if the child in your care genuinely wants to run around for longer with friends in a group or is keen to take up a new activity - and your employer is happy with it - then there are many ways you can make sure things go smoothly for everyone.

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