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Getting children to make potions at the nursery and at home helped engage parents, says Laura Wayman

Photographs at Busy Bears Children's day nursery by North News We have been promoting 'parents as partners' with our Bumble Room team, who work with children aged three to five. Considering that 80 per cent of what children learn happens at home, we believe that forming strong partnerships with parents is essential to help extend learning and development opportunities for all of the children in our care. These strong links can help to give children the confidence to keep learning and extending their boundaries of knowledge and understanding.

Our bottle collection has reinforced our belief in the importance of involving parents in their children's learning. It began as a simple collection after one of our children asked, 'What is magic?', but has been extended to involve activities both in the nursery and in the home.

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