Staying Safe in the Sun
In homebased care, children have access to shady places to play and learn, in and around the home. We have made it easy for our Educators to promote...

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Community Music Groups
Nurtured at Home reimburses our Educators a weekly activity fee that can be used for Educators and their children in care to participate in a variety...

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End of Year Message
Message from Petra 😊 This year has moved very quickly and for us it has been a year of growth in many respects, notably children enrolled are at...

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Healthy Baby Teeth
Looking after your child’s baby teeth can help ensure their adult teeth come through healthy and strong. Your child’s first teeth (also...

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Keeping Toddlers and Babies Safe Around Water
Summer means more time spent around water. At our Educator’s homes, the safety and supervision of children in and around water is of the...

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Supporting Positive Behaviour
Where the child’s physical, mental, spiritual, or whānau wellbeing is out of balance, their behaviour will be affected (Durie, 1998)....

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Speech and Language Development
At Nurtured at Home, we can provide individualised support for children to develop speech and language skills in a small home setting. Using the...

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Rhyming
One of the six key phonological awareness skills is - “rhyme”. The ability to hear and generate rhyme is the strongest indicator of...

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Born Scientists
Children are born scientists – they are innately curious about the physical environment and naturally open to making meaning through their...

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Educator Training Days
At Nurtured at Home we recognise that for some Educators, studying and achieving the Level 4 Certificate in Early Childhood Education may feel a...

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