Research has suggested that babies up until six months of age find it easier to focus on black and white tones and graphics. High-contrast colours such as black, white and red encourage babies' visual and physical development.
Last year a nanny devised Art for Baby, a book with black-and-white images by famous artists (News, 9 October 2008). Lisa Snell, national childcare strategy manager at Busy Bees, said she came up with the idea to transform the environment for babies after hearing child development specialist Maria Robinson speak at an early years conference.
An area of the baby room at Shenley nursery in Hertfordshire was transformed using black and white resources.
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