Join us on our curious adventure

The Curiosity Approach® is a modern day 
approach to Early Childhood. It’s a beautiful recipe book of wonderful ingredients, carefully mixed together with experience, passion and a love of Early Childhood.

A Curiosity Approach setting is painted in neutral colours and filled with easily accessible, loose resources. But unlike what you may see at other nurseries, such as plastic toys, the children are instead presented with ordinary, real-life items made of wood or other natural materials.

This encourages the child to create their own toys to play with while simultaneously learning about the world they will eventually venture into. The children essentially go back to basics and have to use their imagination to figure out what each item is for and how to use it rather than being given a toy with a fixed identity which shapes how a child will play with it. The 
Curiosity Approach gives the children control to shape the play, rather than the toy shaping and limiting the play. 

“When they’re in our care, it’s a ‘home from home’ experience and it’s completely play-based and led by the child,”



How does the Curiosity Approach work?

The clue is in the name – the philosophy is  centred around the natural curiosity which we are all born with. Providing children with a calm, stress-free environment filled with open-ended resources available at eye-level allows them to figure things out themselves.

With whitewashed, neutral-coloured walls and floors which create a tranquil environment, the focus lands on the various loose items which the children can play with. In doing this, 
children are challenged to use all their senses to explore and discover how different material feels, how they sound and how they interact.

This encourages children to think for themselves and build confidence without the need for guidance. As the loose parts, which can  include anything from cutlery to nuts and bolts, can be used in an endless number of ways,  children are given the opportunity to use their creativity, imagination, critical thinking, 
problem-solving and more to teach themselves.

Opening Times & Costs

At the Pitstop Nursery we focus on quality not quantity, which is why we are only open three and a half days a week and work with small groups. This allows plenty of time for staff to plan for sessions and share your child’s observations with you through our online journal, Tapestry and to make sure that your child has all the support and attention they need to thrive.

Mondays, Tuesdays & Fridays

8.00am to 3.00pm

Wednesdays

9.00am to 12.00pm

Breakfast Club

8.00am to 9.00am £6.50

Main Session

9.00am to 12.00pm £19.50

9.00am to 3.00pm £39.00

12.00pm to 3.00pm £19.50

Funded two year old children are welcome.