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Editor's view
By Liz Roberts, editor,
Nursery World,
4 May 2006
It seems that getting the language of early years education and childcare right is a struggle for Government speech writers. Take education secretary Ruth Kelly's words to the IPPR last week (see News, page 4). Aware that play and child development are important themes, references to these are liberally sprinkled around the speech - 'Early years childcare must be built around play', providing 'the opportunity for kids to have fun and develop'. Indeed, there is a slight air of paranoia about the complete avoidance of the word 'education' in connection with early years.
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