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GIGGLERS DAY NURSERY
At Gigglers there is no danger of a playful outdoor activity becoming predictable or too easy. When a child has mastered the art of jumping off the water butt, they can have a go at creating a tower of crates, climbing a tree or balancing beams and tyres. At the Bolton-based setting, staff see their children as powerful, active adventurers who are prepared to try things that may have an uncertain outcome.
The large garden can be endlessly reinvented, with its two trees and tree swing, grass, flagstone and decking areas, man-made tunnel, music wall and tepee. There is a mud kitchen that provides real mud to make pies and other culinary creations, a digging area with trucks and tools, and a mechanics’ garage to provide space for children to role-play and narrate their own play.
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