Nursery World - Enabling Environments: Yurt

A yurt in Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, has become the base for two
childminders providing funded early education places. Leah Findlay and
Peter Findlay explain the thinking behind the unusual set-up.

In August 2013, we took a grassy patch of land near our house, Woodland View, and with help from our community and parents attending our provision, transformed it into what we hope will be a living legacy, an example of innovative childcare and early education and a cherished memory that will live in the hearts and minds of our young charges for years.

As trained Steiner Waldorf teachers, we were looking to create an environment founded on Steiner's principles. As Steiner wrote: 'To truly know the world, look deeply within your own being; to truly know yourself, take real interest in the world.'

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