It was produced by the CBC's School Broadcast Department which made program plans and recommended reading lists available to parents.
Production of the first run from January to April 1958 was shared between Toronto and Winnipeg, hosted by Teddy Forman and Shirley Knight respectively.
After receiving positive feedback from this initial run, Nursery School Time was renewed for a full season that September.
The Toronto segments with Forman and Hoppy were retained with the addition of Smokey, an actual cat.
Production from Winnipeg was discontinued in favour of segments from Montreal hosted by Madame Fon Fon (Claudine Vallerand, from Radio-Canada), Mr. Dick (a beaver puppet) and Miki (an actual dog).