In 2017, Jasmine met, Lily, who was qualified with Steiner Education Training. This meeting inspired Jasmine to learn more about Steiner Early Childhood Education and together they set up the foundations for Steiner practices at Wonder World Play Centre in 2008. Since then, Jasmine continued to engage in research through self-study from readings and published information, followed by further education through an approved 6-month training course to develop Steiner knowledge in Steiner Early Childhood Education. In 2017, Jasmine met, Lily, who was qualified with Steiner Education Training. This meeting inspired Jasmine to learn more about Steiner Early Childhood Education and together they set up the foundations for Steiner practices at Wonder World Play Centre in 2008. Since then, Jasmine continued to engage in research through self-study from readings and published information, followed by further education through an approved 6-month training course to develop Steiner knowledge in Steiner Early Childhood Education. In 2023, Jasmine engaged in higher education through Rudolf Steiner Early Childhood Education from Sydney Rudolf Steiner College to gain the qualification to be a Steiner Early Childhood Teacher and is now nearing completion.   Jasmine has continued to strive and apply Steiner Early Childhood practices at Wonder World Play Centre with the support of another 2 dedicated educators, Viji and Mikiko. All educators have continued to contribute greatly to the Centre over the past 7 years to adapt to the Steiner pedagogical approach and continue to do so as our team grows stronger with more educators who believe in the Steiner Approach to education. One of our biggest achievements is that Jasmine and educators have created and maintained a green environment for over 22 years that has supported numerous children and their families.

A specially designed chicken coop offers a large space for children to participate in caring for the natural world through loving experiences such as feeding, watching, collecting eggs and repurposing food scraps. The natural environment supports children to contribute to environmental sustainability and engage in purposeful nature-based activities. 

For the health and safety of the younger children in the Baby room, soft fall has been provided with synthetic grass and cannot be replaced by natural materials for safety concerns.

The Indoor environment is newly painted with a light pink color to create a warm feeling as this aligns with Steiner education for its gently active and supportive quality. Most of the furniture is specially sourced, designed and made by Jason, from My Little Workshop, who has been making furniture for Steiner settings for many years. The furniture is nature-based and hand-finished with wax and oil without painting.
All play materials are ethically resourced and natural with soft colors, prioritizing tuned, cotton, wool, linen and wood that are crafted with care. The physical environment is intentionally designed to nurture the child with warmth, softness, beauty, beauty, calm, peace, harmony and to stimulate their imagination.

We strive to maintain the healthy quality of our environment as a sustainable and eco-friendly service across all of our practices. Unfortunately, in our society, everyday life exposes us to many chemicals, in qualities of food, air, traffic, and water which are harmful for children’s healthy development. Our service does our very best to promote health and uses organic cleaning products from certified organic suppliers. We use organic fruits and for morning and afternoon tea and afternoon tea and organic vegetables for lunch. We avoid any chemicals used in our environment to maximize children’s healthy development