We are No Cotton Wool Kids and we are passionate about developing children through child led play so we can build resilient, caring, and curious humans. We want to be the most respected and sought after in-home childcare provider for both Educators and Parents.
No Cotton Wool Kids is a home-based childcare provider who provides an environment that encourages children to explore and discover in a safe but spontaneous way.
Why? Because too many children are being wrapped in cotton wool.
Ingrid has been a teacher and an educator for over 30 years and has seen the changes in the sector where children have been robbed of valuable childhood experiences.
Megan has a young family of her own and understands the conflict of being a working Mum that uses childcare.
With Megan’s background in business and finance, and Ingrid’s wealth of knowledge in Early Childhood Education, the business was born.
Children thrive when they develop healthy attachments to the main adults in their lives, and they are empowered when given the freedom to explore.
The No Cotton Wool Kids experience includes:
A group environment where children learn about social competence, negotiation, team work and responsibility.
The natural environment leads children to better understand and care for the world around them. To encourage children’s curiosity about nature we have Wheako Taiao (Experiencing Nature) Nature Play each week.
We provide children with challenge courses, games, walking the line, throwing, and all sorts of active body movement activities, to empower our children to learn about how their bodies work and challenge their skills.
A variety of educational activities ranging from farm visits, community initiatives, to local cultural and historic experiences.
Our educators are a close family who regularly coordinate ‘play dates’ – small group social interactions that incorporate a child’s learning and development.
Like all licensed home-based education and care services, we are required to comply with the regulatory standards and criteria set out in the:
