Tiny Tots Nursery and Preschool is a small, homely, privately owned and family-run centre at 148 England Street in Linwood, Christchurch. The website describes open plan spaces both indoors and out, fully qualified and registered teachers, and individualised programmes developed with parents. Twenty hours of early childhood education is available for children aged three, four and five, and childcare subsidies may apply. The website lists a 9am to 3pm full-day session, and we hear it has recently been added.
Reviewers describe a safe environment, and say children grow in confidence, independence and social skills, and are well set up for school. They mention the cultural days and fun activities, and say the teachers are loved and still talked about by children years later. One family's child attended for about four years. Avonside Early Childhood Centre, 0.4 km away, is the other nearby centre with ten or more reviews, and it rates lower than this one.