The Baby Room Project, run by Dr Kathy Goouch and Dr Sacha Powell of Canterbury Christ Church University, sought to respond to an urgent need for information about what is happening in baby rooms in early years settings and the nature of the environments, interactions and resources in place to support babies' development and learning.
The project, undertaken in light of the revised EYFS, the Nutbrown Review and Childcare Commission, involved working with baby room practitioners and their managers in 43 daycare settings in Kent and Medway, caring for 370 babies. Key findings of the first research summary of the project reveal that baby room practice is a 'hidden' aspect of daycare provision with practitioners commonly reporting that they feel isolated and neglected.
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