Settling In

Once you have decided that Toybox Day Nursery is right for you and your child, the next stage is to familiarise your child with the new surroundings.

We offer two familiarisation sessions where you can stay at the setting and help the staff assess individual starting points for your child and work alongside staff to help settle your son or daughter into their new environment. 

We ask initially that you and your child visit the nursery together for an hour or two. Once your child?s starting points have been assessed we would encourage you to leave your child for a short period of time. 

The next stage is for you to leave your child for about an hour.  This reassures the child that he or she has not been abandoned and will return home.  We do not charge for these sessions

Each child is different; some will require a longer period of time to settle than others.  The frequency in which your child attends may affect how quickly they settle into nursery life.

In cases where your child becomes upset about being left, the best advice in our experience is to hand your child over to your child's Nursery Nurse, leave and then telephone after about half an hour. 

Usually by the time you have driven away from the nursery, your child will probably have settled in.  Although it is hard for you as their parent to hand over and leave promptly, all of the nursery staff are highly trained and understand your feelings as well as the child's.