How to use CocoRio around your nursery schedule

Is your little one a new starter at nursery? Looking for childcare that fits flexibly around their nursery schedule? You’re in the right place.  

Our fully-vetted, creative nannies and mentors, who range from professional musicians and dancers to puppeteers and scriptwriters (and more) are ready to educate, inspire and nurture your children’s skills through creative learning.

CocoRio creative nannies strive to make every moment meaningful, putting a creative twist on daily activities and fostering their love of learning to create mini leaders of the future. 

So what could a session with a CocoRio creative look like for your little one? It could include walking home from nursery with their creative nanny, who also happens to be a nature enthusiast, gathering leaves and bark to make a collage back at home.

Or, if you’ve chosen an actor and puppeteer to look after your little one, expect immersive storytelling with fun puppets before they wind down for bed.

Looking for a creative nanny to cook for your children after nursery? You could even choose a nutritional chef with childcare experience to make deliciously healthy dinners for your little one, getting them involved in the cooking process and teaching them along the way.  

Feeling inspired? Here’s how to use our creative childcare around their nursery schedule…

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1. Personalise your creative childcare

We are fully committed to tailoring childcare around your schedule, whether you need a creative nanny to do nursery drop offs and pick ups or mealtimes and bedtimes when back home. We’re here to be your weekly saviours, so you can count on our creative nannies and mentors to bridge the gaps in  your timetable when you need a helping hand. Plus, you’ll have total peace of mind while a CocoRio creative nanny is looking after your little one before or after nursery, learning a new skill, getting creative and having endless amounts of fun.

2. Creative learning starts here

Our resources align with the Early Years Foundation Stage principles and take inspiration from elements of the Montessori method and the Finnish education system. This ensures they’re learning skills that boost development, confidence and support their nursery education, whilst having fun and thinking creatively. Many of our creative nannies and mentors are also trained teaching assistants and nursery teachers themselves, who are here to teach them the nursery syllabus at home - from messy play and sign language for babies to forest school activities and phonics for toddlers. 

3. We’ll support their settling in period

If your child is going into nursery for a few hours each day to settle in, we can arrange for one of our creative nannies to take them, pick them up and create a creative and educational learning experience around their schedule. Or, perhaps your little one is booked into nursery for half a day? We’ll provide creative childcare adventures for the rest of their day!

4. Preparing your little one for nursery

Nursery can be a big transition for little learners, which is why our fully-vetted, talented creative nannies are here to help them feel comfortable in new environments. From taking them out and about to the library or park to nanny sharing with family or friends, our creative nannies can ease anxiety when it comes to new faces and places.

5. Learning a new skill

If your child is at nursery throughout the week, having a creative nanny at home to give them 1:1, bespoke learning time can be hugely beneficial. Not only is it a great chance to learn outside a nursery environment, but it also means the creative session can be led by your child, so they feel empowered and confident to learn a new skill that isn’t covered on the nursery syllabus. After just one session, your little learner may even be able to say ‘Hello, how are you?’ in Spanish with a foreign language teacher, learn tap dancing techniques with a professional dancer or create their own paper lantern with an arts and crafts leader. Step this way to discover new passions, skills and hobbies that’ll stay with them throughout childhood and beyond.