Pre-school in general Reviews

The world of education and childcare for the under 5s is a confusing place! There's playgroup, pre-school, nursery, nurseries attached to school - all offering different hours of care. For those who don't know, a pre-school is for children aged from 2, usually taking children up to age 4 before they start school. It is different from a ...  Read the complete review

Our experience Our twins began nursery just a few weeks ago, the post Christmas influx and they were 2 of 3 who began in our small local village school nursery. There were two others which were possible, another in our village and one in the next but we chose this one based on the Ofsted report and a visit with the headmistress for the ...  Read the complete review

Preschool is arguably the first major stage in a childs race for independence from its parent/s. After enduring the early toddler phases of angry defiance, stroppy tantrums, snatching, throwing things, hitting, and an obsession with the word 'No!', we parents suddenly find that we are the ones now wanting to push out the childs boundaries- ...  Read the complete review

My daughter is due to start pre school next September, and I have a feeling she will be a whole different kettle of fish to my son who started big school last September. My review on this will be based on my son’s experiences. You can start attending most pre schools from the age of 2 years although the particular one Daniel went to ...  Read the complete review

Before I start, this is not going to be a review about buying toys for an average child, instead I'm going to offer some (hopefully) helpful advice on selecting and buying toys for a child with special needs, although you may find some useful bits of information regardless. Now there are many sorts of special needs, and I don't have ...  Read the complete review

My son started nursery four years ago he has now left.When he first started he could not talk properley and was unable to play with other children.He started to see a speech theripst who taught him to talk properley. He went to nursery three days a week monday wednesday and friday from ten am until three thirty pm.At first he was very reluctant to ...  Read the complete review

okay, for some reason my 4 year old daughter, has been in this awful destructive phase since she was about 3. She seems to break everything she touches on purpose - not just accidental childish clumsiness either. Her bedroom looked as though someone had vandalised it - seriously, it, was incredibly depressing. I tried taking her ...  Read the complete review

Like most mums I am far too over protective of my daughter and the thought of her goint to nursery is terrifying for me. She was only two in june so she is a bit young to start pre-school. She already attends lots of play gyms and playgroups but I stay with her. She is getting to the stage where she needs to play with other children and ...  Read the complete review

Is it called Pre-school or Nursery, these days? Kindergartens or Playschools? I can never get my head round all these titles that we give to our children's environments. But anyway... In my day, I went to Nursery. It was a cold, concrete slab of unlovliness that was built temporarily during World War II, and had clung on to ...  Read the complete review