Nurture@Home is a home-based early learning service at 38 Devon Street in Stoke, Nelson, covering Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough. Children are cared for in small groups, either in an educator's own home or in the family's home with a nanny educator. The service offers boutique early childhood care and education, and it works from a relationship-led approach, with a focus on children feeling safe, known and emotionally secure. Its educators are described as nurturing, and the service says it works closely with whānau.
Nurture@Home also runs Playschools every week during term time, and a weekly NatureFocus session in which children explore and learn outdoors. Families who want to find out more can attend a parent information session at 10.30am on the first Thursday of each month during term, at one of the Playschool venues. People interested in becoming a home-based educator can attend an educator information session at 10.30am on the last Thursday of each month during term. Parents who have written about the service say their children settle well and get more one-on-one time with their educator than they would in a larger centre. The service is a practical option for families in Stoke or the wider Nelson area who want a small, home-based setting with playgroup sessions as well.