Screen time for under 5's
Best start in life
Digital screens are a part of modern life, but finding the right balance between screen time and other activities for young children can be tricky. That’s why Best start in life created this evidence‑informed guidance to support parents and carers in shaping healthy screen time habits for little brains. For out more.
Guidance for parents
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NSPCC screen time guides
For children under the age of five, technology can offer fun and support learning. It also brings risks. Children at this age are curious, quick to click, and unable to recognise danger.
That’s why parents and carers play a vital role in making screen time safe, purposeful, and age appropriate.
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How we support screen time at nursery
At New Beginnings , we recognise that relationships, play and communication are the most important ways young children learn and develop. Screen use in our nursery is limited, purposeful and always supported by an adult.
Current guidance recommends:
- Children under 2 years: avoid screen use wherever possible (except in exceptional circumstances, such as video calls with parents or carers).
- Children aged 2–5 years: screen use should be limited to no more than one hour per day, with less being better.
Where screens are used in our nursery, they are carefully planned to support specific learning and development outcomes and never replace high-quality interactions, active play or time outdoors.
For more information, please read out policy on screen time,