It's one thing to go snooping around other nurseries when you are on holiday (I know I'm not the only one), but is it a sign of madness to volunteer to run a training session for kindergarten teachers, when you are supposed to be soaking up the sun in the southern states of America? Maybe - but I certainly had a lot of fun doing it and learned a lot about the similarities and differences between the US system and ours.
I was visiting a friend who had relocated from east London to Atlanta, Georgia, now a director of the Primrose School of Duluth West - a 120- place setting, caring for children from two months to kindergarten (age six), with after-school and holiday provision for children up to age ten. The school is privately owned and is part of the Primrose franchise, which has many schools across the US.
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