On my recent inspection, one of the reasons I was given for not being outstanding (im sure there are many more ) was that I need to provide access to books to babies and toddlers.
I currently have a big wicker basket on the floor in which most of the books are kept. It's about 12inches square and five inches high and I.stand the books in it to be flipped through. It holds about thirty. I then have another forty or so, mainly the more delicate ones, on a low windowledge, and literally hundreds upstairs on bookcases which I rotate. Mrs O saw the basket arrangement but clearly wasn't happy and mentioned a childminder she had.visited.who had bought a floor rack from Ikea which displays 15 to 20 to display books which was better (?)
I realise I have to work on the 'criticisms' in the report but not sure what I'm being asked to do. What do you do?
Should I be making everything accessible to babies rather than a selection? Even my delicate pop ups etc? I have two 3ft floor to ceiling bookcases full of children's books so can't practically do this.
I can't see a book rack on ikeas website, and haven't got wall space for a wall mounted one anyway.
Don't really know what to do.
Why is a book basket not sufficient for little ones?
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