Our Nursery Room

As young children’s physical, social and developmental abilities flourish, they transition from the Toddlers Room to the Nursery Room. At this time a child’s curiosity is continuing to grow and to complement this, we have designed this room so that it is particularly inviting, interesting and stimulating.

At Merchant Square Day Nursery, our Nursery Room helps to cater for children’s increasingly developing physical and communication skills. Children’s curiosity is at an all-time high at this age as they excitedly explore and investigate the world around them, seeking answers to the perpetual question, why?

Our team members encourage your child to try new things and motivate them to learn. We spend quality time with your child, both individually and in small groups, to support their continuously growing social skills. Our team will also take the time to help your child understand how to engage with others, with a focus on more challenging concepts such as sharing and taking turns.

Sensory, heuristic, physical and creative play are at the heart of the activities taking place within the Nursery Room, to support your child’s learning and development journey. Our approach to storytelling, songs and rhymes aims to teach your child numbers and letters as their speech and vocabulary advances.

Lots of exploratory play using messy materials, paints, crayons and pencils support children understanding that they have control over the marks that they make; a key pre skill for developing children’s writing.

Our Nursery Room has:

  • Age-appropriate books
  • Puppets
  • Natural materials
  • Small and large construction
  • Vehicles, animals and small world people
  • Play dough
  • Paint and art resources
  • A large physical play gym
  • Puzzles and games
  • Role play and dressing up materials
  • Sand and water play

Provision is made for sleep time if your child needs to rest during the day, however it is in the Nursery Room that children begin to grow out of their afternoon nap so we ensure that there is plenty for those not requiring one to do.

The Role of the Key Person

Your child will be assigned a Key Person whose role is to really get to know your child and support their individual needs. Every child is unique and whilst they will encourage your child’s growth and development, it is important that this is at each child’s own pace.

Building on developing skills from when your child was younger our Key People work with children to help them to continue their social and independent skills. This is often the age/ stage where children begin to become interested and ready to start toilet training. All of our rooms at the nursery have child sized toilets and access to potties to support children on this journey.

Get in touch

For more information, about our brilliant Nursery Room here at Merchant Square Day Nursery, please get in touch. Our team would also be delighted to show you around our nursery.

What Our Parents Say

Very talented and caring staff. My son really loved this nursery. He learnt a lot in all aspects from communication, relationship building, being independent, to learning maths, shapes, letters, word, sentences etc. Really pleased with the development. Thanks to all the lovely staff, you are all the best.

Vaibhav H (Father of Child)

My daughter has been in the nursery since the Baby Room. It has been an incredible journey. Now she is in the pre-school and every day she is excited to go to the nursery. She loves the staff, her key worker, the other kids, the setting (especially the garden). She really enjoys all the activities organised through the week/day. She enjoys and has fun while learning. The staff encourage and support multilingual families making the kids feel proud they can speak more than one language. Now the staff are also getting her ready to go to school this September. The staff have always been amazing, very approachable, flexible and caring.

B C (Father of Child)

The staff are so kind and caring, they all know my daughter even those in different rooms. She skips in to see them every day and they are as excited as me when she does new things. It's a home away from home.

H G (Mother of Child)

I can't thank the staff enough for giving me peace of mind when my child is with them. The number and variety of activities each day is amazing and the fact they manage to get in the garden or go on trips - even in winter is fantastic. My child's development is streets ahead of his peers who don't attend nursery.

S H (Mother of Child)

The nursery has a lovely nurturing and vibrant atmosphere which my son loves. There is plenty of space for him to explore and learn via the vast range of toys and equipment they have. I know he is well cared for. I am always well informed and I work together with the nursery staff to give my son the best possible experience.

Claire F (Mother of Child) 

The care, consideration and attention my son receives is exemplary. Staff pay attention to his strengths and weaknesses and verbalise them to us and ideas for developing them are implemented. All staff demonstrate an excellent attitude and have excellent relationships with their designated children.

A D (Father of Child)

The staff were warm, caring and professional and the facilities are great. We felt like our daughter was part of a big family. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all working there.

E S (Mother of Child)

I have been impressed by the level of care given to my son since he started. The daily warm welcome of the staff makes both children and parents alike feel at ease. Seeing the smile on my boy's face as we drive into the car park is proof enough for me that the team are doing something right.

Alexander M (Father of Child)

My little girl has recently started and is absolutely loving her time at nursery. The settling in sessions were brilliant and really helped put my mind at ease, especially with me starting back at work. The ladies in the Baby Room are super friendly and enthusiastic and I can't thank them enough for their support in what could have been quite an emotional rollercoaster.

G W (Mother of Child)

Once I drop my son off into the Baby Room, I feel he's as safe and as well looked after as I do at home.

Laura R (Mother of Child)