📰 The Nursery Times overview
The Nursery Times is the community's own newspaper: "All the news that's fit to nap on." It comes out in numbered editions, each with stories in five sections, a back page of puzzles, and community notices.
Open it at times.caregiverbabyhub.com. Anyone can read it without signing in. Sign in with your usual CaregiverBabyHub account to save stories, react, comment, vote in polls and write letters.
The Times is part of CaregiverBabyHub, for adults 18 and older.
Scoop the paperboy brings you the newest paper. Tap a story to read it, or let Scoop read the whole paper to you at bedtime.
Find your way around
The masthead at the top has:
- The five sections: 📰 News & Announcements, 📖 Lifestyle & Guides, 🌟 Spotlight & Caregiver Corner, 🎉 Fun & Community and ✨ Star Signs.
- 🗄️ Archive: every edition.
- 📌 Noticeboard: community notices.
- 🔖 Clippings: stories you saved (signed in).
- A Search… box.
Writers also see ✍️ Editor. Press Ctrl+K (or Cmd+K on a Mac) for the quick menu, which also links to Funnies & Puzzles.
The front page
The front page is the newest edition:
- 📖 Continue reading takes you back to the story you were in the middle of.
- The edition number and title, and a button to let Scoop read tonight's edition aloud.
- The Lead Story, then the stories in each section. Weekly columns show only their newest week, with a link to earlier weeks.
- On the side: From the Editor, The Back Page — 🎲 Funnies & Puzzles, 💞 The Hearts Column, 🗞️ Paper Route, the 📣 Community Digest, and a list of every edition.
The date in the masthead follows your own clock.
Editions, sections and the archive
- Editions are numbered issues. Open one to read its stories grouped by section, This Week's Star, the classified ads, and notices from the Noticeboard. Use ⏮ and ⏭ to step between editions.
- Sections list every story in that section across all editions, including older weeks of the weekly columns.
- 🗄️ Archive lists every edition. When there are several years, you can filter by year.
Weekly columns
Some columns update by themselves every Monday:
- This Week in the Hub, a round-up of the week's top community posts, awards and events. The same round-up fills the 📣 Community Digest box on the front page.
- Little Star Signs, a playful horoscope for all twelve signs.
Search
Type in the Search… box. The Times searches story titles, summaries and text. There are no filters.
Get the paper delivered
In the 🗞️ Paper Route box on the front page (signed in):
- Tap 📬 Subscribe to delivery to get a bell on the main site when a new edition comes out.
- Or tap Just certain sections? to pick only the sections you want.
When a new edition arrives, Scoop also greets you with Extra! Extra! on your next visit.
Pages in this section
| Page | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Reading a story | Read-aloud, hearts, comments, polls and Early Edition |
| Clippings and Bedtime Broadcast | Saving stories and listening to a whole edition |
| Funnies and puzzles | The word search, crossword, Caption This and coloring |
| Letters and community pages | Letters to the Editor, the Noticeboard, the Hearts Column and Baby of the Week |
| The Editor | For Times writers: writing and publishing stories |
Free and paid
Reading, read-aloud for a single story, puzzles, the Noticeboard and letters are free. Paid tiers add:
- Early Edition (Pro and Premium): read stories dated for tomorrow, today.
- Print edition (Pro and Premium): a print-ready version of any edition.
- Bedtime Broadcast (Premium): Scoop reads a whole edition, or all your clippings, back to back.
What's new in the Re-Imagined era
- Edition 4, The Re-Imagined Issue. Its front-page story is "The New Nursery".
- A tidier front page. Each weekly column folds to its newest week, every edition is listed, and the masthead date is on your own clock.
- A Keep reading footer under every story.
- Repairs. The weekly "This Week in the Hub" column keeps each week instead of overwriting the last, and evening publishes no longer land on tomorrow's date.
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