I sent DD to nursery when she first started with a pile of Tots Bots Easyfits, all ready to go with fleece and paper liners, as they seemed the simplest to deal with - velcro fastening etc. But recently I've been putting 'treats' in the bag for staff, and have found that it's always the plainer nappies that come home unworn at the end of the day! They seem to love her Cushie Tushies, and cope quite well with the poppered up ones, though now she is more mobile, the aplix is a lot easier to fasten... You do need absorbent ones because they will probably change them less frequently than you do yourself - you could always stick extra boosters in them so they last longer.
I think like all of us, once they have tried cloth and are used to the concept, they will want to branch out and try new things!