The theme of this year's National Childminding Week was 'Grow up' and it highlighted how childminders provide children with early experiences of learning in a fun and imaginative way. To celebrate storytelling, three leading children's authors - (back row, from second left) Nicolas Allen, Faustin Charles and Paul Geraghty - went to Legoland Windsor on 19 June at the launch of the week by the model of author Hans Christian Andersen. They were joined by (front row, from left) TV presenter Paul Hendy, president of the National Childminding Association Dr Penelope Leach, and NCMA chief executive Gill Haynes, as well as Lisa Black, Legoland major accounts manager (back left) and her daughters.
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