Nursery World - Editor’s view - Accentuate the positive

Let’s look for signs of progress and reasons for optimism, despite valid concerns about some developments in the early years sector

We all need some reasons to be cheerful at the moment – and there are plenty in this issue of Nursery World, we are glad to report.

It’s always good to reflect on the past and see how influential theory and practice has continued through to current times. Steiner Waldorf education is celebrating its centenary this year, and its Early Childhood representative Janni Nicol takes us through the history of the movement and at how its approach is put into practice today.

Steiner early years education and care covers birth to seven years, of course – something that is increasingly lost in the mainstream system to the dismay of many experts.

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