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Funded Hrs

I'm struggling to understand this. Can anyone explain how I claim or apply for the funded nursery hrs please? x

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Homeschooling

Hey Everyone! My son finally got evaluated for Autism last week, we are waiting for his results. My son is starting to take an interest in us actually reading books and participating in activities. We were going to start him in preschool, but we are having a difficult time potty training so he may not be ready by A...

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Nursery paint 🎨

Anyone got any recommendations of nice BROWN paints 🥲 We want to paint part of the nursery brown but who knew it’s such a hard colour to find a nice shade of.. I can picture what I want but can’t find it in any store so far🙃🙃

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What are some top resources you recommend for homeschooling through preschool?

My toddler is turning 3 in a few months and I planned to start homeschooling her for preschool. (Homeschooling in the loosest of terms. 3 is still very young)

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Nursery questions

Hi! I’m so anxious about my lg starting nursery and she will have settling in days soon. What questions should I be asking? Thanks I’m advance!

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Has anyone used the Children Learning Reading program?

My husband wants me to start teaching my toddler to read and I ran across this while looking for information on how to teach this. Please be positive I understand toddlers really don’t need to read but I’m tired of hearing how I’m wasting her potential. I was looking at getting the one from Toddlers Can Read but i...

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Grandparental Help

I am curious to know how many of us receive help from Grandparents, particular in terms of daily care instead of baby going to nursery.

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Nursery

Went to have a tour of a nursery today with my husband and it was okay I think? I'm from another country so I'm not 100% sure if it's normal for a nursery to be inside what looks like a house from the outside? What are the most important things to look out for when checking nurseries?

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Stay At Home mums?

Any stay at home mums here?? Are we entitled to 15 hours of childcare nursery?? Any advice or tips at all?

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Childcare funding

Can someone help? My daughter is 7 months old on 26th Feb and will be starting nursery 2 days a week from March. I understand she’s not entitled to any funding until she’s 9 months old, so when should I set up my childcare account and get a code? And when will the funding kick in? I’m so confused 🤣

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School

Hi all. When do we start apply for schools? Thanks

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Is high turnover normal for childcare? Or just our one?

My son has been in daycare for about 10 months and he has had multiple different educators, is this normal ?

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Little spring wonders Nursery

Any of you take their LO to this nursery? Do you recommend it?

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Universal credits

Please can someone tell me the minimum hours I need to work with a three year old? I can only see that it says up to 30 hours. I’m a single mum.

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Screen time

I want to know others doing in terms of keeping babies busy. Are you showing to shows like Rachel to the baby or no screen time at all ? If you are all alone how do you manage to see house chores and babies along ? Plz share

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sahm’s

How long did you stay at home with your kid(s) ? How long do you plan on being a sahm

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