Nursery World - Playrooms become a family tradition

(Photograph) - When Nicola Watson became this year's 200th member of Garscube Community Playrooms in Glasgow, the environment may have been new for her 20-month old son, Andrew, but for Nicola it was all very familiar. She came here with her own mother when she was about three years old. 'I live out of the area now, but it is worth travelling across Glasgow just to get here,' she said. The Playrooms operate as a drop-in facility, which suits shiftworkers and those who jobshare, who might otherwise miss out on toddler groups or playgroups. It also makes it attractive to fathers and grandparents.

The Playrooms operate as a drop-in facility, which suits shiftworkers and those who jobshare, who might otherwise miss out on toddler groups or playgroups. It also makes it attractive to fathers and grandparents.

The three rooms are light and airy and offer the children all the usual activities you would see in a playgroup, with the added bonus of lots of space in a separate room for the cars, tractors and prams. The soft play room with its ball pool is popular with the older children, while parents appreciate the opportunity to have a cup of coffee and browse through the magazines or childcare books available.

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