A child’s first day at school is a big moment. But not just for the child. Most parents of young children know very little about modern infant schools. Here is a book which opens the classroom door to them, and suggests practical ways in which they can help their children get the most out of these first years at school.

          Time for School is written by an experienced infant teacher who is also a working mother. In straightforward language, she describes the organization of infant schools and the basic principles of modern infant education, "as one ordinary teacher sees her work from the foot of the school ladder". She talks about choice of school, teaching methods, parents’ relations with teachers, discipline, learning to read, mathematics, a child’s emotional development, and countless other topics.