I don’t usually endorse play homes for children because I feel no one but parents must take care of such tender and innocent beings. They are so tender that their moves and their progress must be noticed by their parents first. But with the kind of busy schedules and over demanding jobs, parents are forced to leave their kids in external care. With this thought in mind, I visited one of the day care schools since I spotted it while I was visiting someone in a nursing home in the same lane.

Kids Den…this is what they named it. It is a kids den…where they roar and roll… I found that kids were really happy here with the care takers. I noticed that the children here were not being forced for anything they didn’t want to do. Actually the care takers here follow the simple rule of letting the child understand things in a homely and playful way. And then they are left to decide on their own. Though one might think as to what a little child can decide but here I found that the children loved to listen to their “teachers”. They felt free to move toys, felt free to eat food in their style and slowly imitated the teacher who was sitting there and eating with them (actually pretending to eat to make the children follow).

Here in Kids Den there are children from 1 year 8 months old to 7 years of age. Parents who need to leave for jobs initially were a little hesitant to leave the kids since it is newly opened but within 2 days’ time, parents were delighted to see that their kids wanted to be in the day care so they could meet their friends.

The place is neat and clean. They have a cute infrastructure anyone would fall in love with. Children have developed the habit of washing hands before eating …as per feedback provided by parents who have praised the environment of this place. Cut outs of alphabets, each supported by pictures that children can easily relate to hinting towards the usage of alphabet, usage of hand and eye co-ordination techniques are part of activities here. Over all, the place is a real boon for the working moms who are happy to leave their kids in safe hands.

 Kids Den is located in Sardarpura near Kalpana Nursing Home.