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We have some of the finest nursery and childcare facilities and are open early in the morning for the convenience of busy mums and dads. Visit our childrens nursery in Astwood Bank in Redditch, and you will find a friendly, welcoming environment, and safe, stimulating childcare.
Messy play provides a therapeutic outlet for your child, allowing them to relax and express their feelings, whilst allowing them to experiment with different materials, learn about textures and develop hand-eye coordination. At Astwood Smiles, our Redditch childcare sees us encourage the practice of the fine motor skills of pouring, measuring and mixing.
At Astwood Smiles, our experienced nursery practitioners know just how much children love to get their hands dirty and explore the world around them. Our messy play incorporates a number of safe materials for your child to play with and explore throughout the day, including paint, mud, clay, water, cornflower and gloop.
When supervised by one of our qualified nursery school practitioners, messy play is safe for even the youngest children, and hugely benefits child development. Depending on the age of your child, they’ll experience messy play differently and respond to different stimuli.
Young babies experience messy play by blowing and catching bubbles, for example. Not only is seeing their puzzled faces when the bubbles float away, pop and disappear just as they’re about to reach out and catch one adorable, it shows just how much it helps them to develop.
Three year olds can indulge their curiosity and inquisitiveness by playing with cornflower, as messy play becomes a more vocal and quizzical experience around this age. The team at Astwood Smiles encourage all the children we look after to set their own challenges during messy play to enable them to plan, problem-solve and see things through to completion. Our Redditch childcare provides your children with plenty of fun and messy play whilst constantly keeping them safe.
Mud is a glorious and free resource available to everyone, but it’s rarely used during play through fear of getting too dirty! At Astwood Smiles, we give all the children in our care plenty of opportunities to get dirty in the great outdoors with our nursery practitioners ensuring they’re safe at all times.
There are endless opportunities for children to play and develop outdoors, and by allowing them to use natural materials outside, we enhance their experiences indoors. Messy play encourages both gross and fine motor skills with digging in sand, soil and mud, and exploring water through funnels, pipes and even jumping in puddles!
As well as getting some fresh air, there are numerous benefits for finding your child a nursery where messy play is encouraged.
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Parking is often a problem at day nurseries but we make things easier for you here at Astwood Smiles. Our large car park holds a number of cars at any given time and there’s a turning circle to make it easier when you are dropping off and collecting your child. We understand your needs and know what it’s like to collect your child after a long busy day at work or home.
Our cutting-edge childcare centre continues to invest in new up to date IT systems that will benefit the nursery, children and parents. Being able to keep up to date with the technology your child will be using and how they are learning will be of great importance. Whether we like it or not children and technology go hand in hand, as a nursery we have embraced this.
Our nursery has monitored CCTV installed and fingerprint security technology for both your and our peace of mind. The entrance to the nursery has a double door security system to enhance the safety of all the children and staff in our care.