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I must be making sorts of stupid faces.
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My name's Matthew Milum and I'm the Pre-school
Team Leader here at Abacus Day Nursery.
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The best part, I feel, is the sense of
achievement and reward you get.
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I'm trying not to stutter.
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You always get the same question;
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"Oh, what's it like being a man working
in a female dominated environment?"
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It's alright, I don't really feel the difference.
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It very quickly made me
realise that actually,
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I do have something different that I
can bring to the children themselves.
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The digger's in the Fire Engine!
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Good try. Other foot, mate.
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The way they see the world is
very different from you and I.
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It can open your eyes a bit
more and make you think,
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when did I lose that ability
to see things that way?
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Stan, I'll hold a digger for you, mate.
So you can hold onto the side. Well done.
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Not every child is into the same things.
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So, we try to differentiate the activities,
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and you slowly see the different degrees of
progression that they're going through.
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For them to at the end of the day
get picked up by their parents
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and say "Mum, I did this today"
or Dad, I did this.!"
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It's a fantastic feeling and just knowing that you've
had a part to play in that is a really great feeling.