Baby Rooms –
Inspiring Leaders

Hi, I’m Mona 👋

I’m a researcher, educator and all things baby room.

I created Baby Rooms – Inspiring Leaders for everyone who wants to make life and learning in the baby room the very best it can be — whether you’re working directly with babies, leading a baby room team or supporting quality across one nursery or more.

Here you’ll find research-informed practical ideas, professional learning, ready-to-use resources and plenty of inspiration — all created specifically for people working with babies from birth to two. Have a look around. There’s lots to explore.

Explore the NEW Baby Room Improvement Hub

Practical tools, ready-to-run workshops and leadership resources to help you build confident educators, strengthen your team and make everyday baby room practice even better.

Explore the Hub

Come along to a workshop with me

During term-time, I run fortnightly online workshops for baby room educators and leaders. They’re a chance to learn something new, reconnect with what you love about working with babies, and spend an hour with other people who really get the baby room. Come as you are (whether you’re running late, your technology is glitchy or you’re with a few babies as you listen in), join the conversation and leave with something new to think about — and something practical to try.

Explore all the upcoming workshops

Deepen your professional learning with an online programme

Ready to go a little deeper? Creating Inspiring Interactions in the Baby Room brings together research, reflection and everyday practice to help you think differently about the interactions you have with babies.

Explore Creating Inspiring Interactions

A little more to explore…

Thoughts, research and practical ideas from me about babies, baby rooms and the people who make them brilliant. Explore the blog →

The Baby Room Improvement Hub is here!

I’ve spent quite a few early mornings this summer building something new. With four children at home, I’ve been getting up most days at 6am (or at least, that’s when the alarm goes off!) to squeeze in a couple of quiet hours before the day properly starts. Slowly, bit by bit, the Baby Room Improvement…

Leading a Positive Team Culture in the Baby Room

They say that culture eats strategy for breakfast and in nurseries, this couldn’t be more true. You can have the best-written improvement plans, the most innovative ideas, and beautifully crafted policies. But if the team culture in your baby room doesn’t support those plans, they won’t stick. That’s because culture, not strategy, determines how things…

Discovering the World: Heuristic Play in the Baby Room

If you were to pause for a moment and really look around the environment you’re in, what object would you pick out as fascinating for a baby’s senses? Perhaps the smooth curve of a wooden spoon, the cool texture of a metal whisk, or the crinkle of brown paper. These are not “toys,” but they…