The Benefits of Sending Your Child to a Local Nursery

Deciding to send your little one to nursery can be a difficult decision, for others it isn’t necessarily a choice but determined by financial pressures or career demands. Regardless of the reasoning, you can be guaranteed that there are lots of positive benefits which will have a direct impact on your child’s development now, and as they progress to higher education.

A child’s brain develops more in the first five years than at any other point of life. During this time they develop emotions, speech, taste, touch, behaviour and so many more important skills that will shape their lives. With this in mind, allowing them to have these formative experiences will help to maximise their development and learning.

Selecting to send your child to nursery plays a key role in their childhood development, this is because it is an environment that allows your child to flourish from an early age.

There are plenty of benefits to sending your child to nursery, but what about sending them to a local nursery? What are the additional benefits of this? In this blog - this is what we set out to discover. Read on to find out more.

Confidence

For many children attending nursery or playgroup may be the very first experience they have had away from their parents or carers. The level of independence that comes from being away from their main carers can encourage a child’s self-confidence as they learn to complete basic tasks themselves and discover more about life outside of their family unit.

Attending a nursery or playgroup widens your child’s understanding of the world. Taking part in varied activities, playing with different children from different backgrounds, interacting with adults and visiting different places helps their confidence to flourish and establishes a foundation which prepares them for life in the outside world.

Learning new skills

Beginning nursery can be a thrilling adventure for children and will nurture a plethora of new skills. From basics such as learning to hold a pencil correctly through to developing their numeracy skills, your little one will soon be increasing their skill set once they start at nursery.

Domestic skills such as hand washing before eating and putting on their coats and hanging them up will all be developed at nursery.

Preparation for later education

Being at nursery is a constructive way to ease your child’s transition to starting school. Starting school will not come as such a surprise to a child that is already used to spending time in a social and academic environment.

Some nurseries are linked to a primary school based on the same site and using some of the same facilities. Attending a nursery which is joined to a school is a prime way to ease the process of starting school, making it easier as your child who will already be familiar with the location and will start school with many of their nursery classmates and friends they've made.

Taking part in planned activities, spending time with peers, adhering to rules and following instructions from staff will aid them in feeling prepared for the future at big school when that time comes round.

Making new friends

Nursery is the ideal time for your little one to begin forging those first all important friendships. They will be spending time with children of a similar age and will see the same faces every time they attend.

Being around all these children is also ideal for establishing exciting opportunities for play. Even when simply playing alongside other nursery children, they will be aware of each other and may start imitating one another to establish a connection. Without doubt, being surrounded by their peers is also perfect for taking part in group games and role play activities too.

Most children are taught within their catchment school. You can, until your child reaches the age of 16, choose another nursery if you prefer. In some cases your local authority may suggest another school if they feel it would be better suited to your child’s needs.

As we have established, the perks of sending your child to a nursery are plentiful, so when it comes to determining whether your child will benefit from this, take some time to see what will be offered and perhaps just a significantly, the location.

If you are still anxious about sending your child to nursery you can also speak to other parents you know who live in the same area as you, the obvious go-to place to start is looking at local nurseries. With selecting a local nursery comes plenty of additional benefits:

Be able to pick your child up - without too much hassle

If there is ever an issue throughout the day or during the hours that your child is in nursery, you’ll want to know that you’ll be able to get there relatively easily, whether that is jumping in your car for a short amount of time or having to walk a few minutes down the road, this really is a highly convenient factor to consider for parents.

Peace of mind and reassurance

The chances are, when your children are at nursery age, this may well be one of the first times you have not been at your side. With this in mind, for your comfort and reassurance as much as theirs, you may want to have them based at a nursery that is within the vicinity to where you live and or work.

If there is an emergency - you can be there

In the highly unlikely instance that there was any kind of emergency involving your child, undoubtedly you would want to be there as quickly as you possibly could. This is another factor to consider in terms of placing your child in a nursery, you’ll want to consider the overall convenience of the location you opt for, this is another reason why local nurseries are the best option.

Making friends locally and building up a social network

Some of those early, formative friendships that we make are the most special and significant friendships that you come to appreciate more and more as you get older. With this in mind, choosing a local nursery gives you the opportunity to build a network with other parents in the community and allows your little ones establish friendships, giving them that much needed blueprint to carry them through school.

If you are seeking a local nursery near me - Sandfield Day Nursery would love to hear from you

As experienced and compassionate childcare providers in Nottingham, here at Sandfield Day Nursery we appreciate that selecting the best day nursery for your little one’s childcare can be difficult. That is why, at Sandfield Day Nursery, we go above and beyond to create a comforting and educational nursery environment for the little ones of Nottingham. Our daycare facilities are suited for children aged six weeks to five years old, and are run by a team of friendly and qualified daycare staff who recognise and appreciate the specific needs of each individual child. If you’re searching for local daycare facilities in Nottingham, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

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