A baby is like a “sponge” and learns from whatever it sees around it. As they grow, our children don’t only learn at school, they learn from what they see in shops, from relations and inevitably from TV. When seeking out a nursery what would you think if you saw a group of babies lined up in front of the TV with say “Thomas the Tank Engine” running?

Nurseries in Essex, Sussex, Norfolk and Dorset – or in fact ANY nursery in the country would not consider TV a way to educate or inform their babies and youngsters while in their care. It doesn’t mean though that TV is not an educational tool in the box. [Read more...]