Led by former children's TV presenter Susan Stranks and includingBaroness Warnock and MP Don Foster, the group says that a 'nationalnursery of the airwaves' for children up to seven years old and theirfamilies would complement the early years and family support services.The proposed not-for-profit service would:
- enrich key aspects of children's early development includinglistening, imagination, concentration, communication and languageacquisition skills
- promote learning via songs, rhymes, movement and stories
- support marginalised families finding it hard to access services
- offer parenting information.
A meeting to define the proposal, provisionally named 'Sound Start', washeld last week. A pilot scheme would run in some nurseries beforebroadcasting across the UK at an estimated cost of less than 5 ayear per child.
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