Giving children choice and independence is paramount at Bright Beginnings Private Day Nursery. This is reflected in its approach to toy boxes and storage generally.
Toy boxes each bear a photograph of children carrying out the activity so they can easily choose for themselves what they want to play with, while pre-schoolers can prepare for school by doing activities from what is labelled the 'manipulative box', such as learning how to tie shoe laces and do up buttons.
These learning resources are all part of the refurbishment of the nursery in Burton-on-Trent, which has undergone a dramatic overhaul since it was taken over by new proprietors, Helena Mills and Zoe Sutton, last year.
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