Why apply for funded childcare for 2 year olds
If your family is eligible, you can give your 2 year old a great start in life by taking them to a local nursery, pre-school or a childminder for a few hours a week, funded by the government.
Join the thousands of parents in Lancashire who already have a funded place for their 2-year-olds. Our Lancashire nurseries and childminders support children to play, learn and grow helping them to:
Make new friends and share
Build their confidence
Learn and develop
Family are the most important people in a child’s early life, but your local nursery staff or childminder can offer great support and will be happy to assist you with your child’s early learning and development. They are qualified, caring professionals and their tips on the things that you can do at home can help your child come on in leaps and bounds.
Play, learn and grow
Play
Learn and develop through play. Taking up your funded hours with a nursery or childminder can provide lots of opportunities for your child to be active and develop physically through fun and play both indoors and out.
Learn
Singing songs, rhyming, reading and being read to with their friends are just some of the fun activities used by nursery staff and childminders to develop your child’s speaking and listening skills.
Grow
Making friends and playing alongside other children from a mix of different backgrounds really helps to develop your child’s confidence, social skills and their awareness of the world around them.