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Learning and Development: Under-threes - Love you!

The lasting effects of loving interactions between babies and their parents and early years practitioners are borne out in a project explained by Veronica Lawrence and Claire Stevenson.

Since its launch in January 2007, the Northamptonshire Baby Room Project has attracted the attention of early years practitioners across Northamptonshire, the UK and Europe, and is now being extended to include a course for the parents.

The original programme aimed to raise the quality of babies' experiences within early years settings by challenging the view that 'babies don't do anything' and focusing on recent research into the complexity of infant brain development. We wanted to empower and inspire practitioners to enhance their practice, using this knowledge to inform their interactions with babies, observations and reflections on their practice.

The training, delivered by a multidisciplinary team (educational psychologist and early years specialist), comprised three sessions:

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