Our philosophy is inspired by Rudolph Steiner!
Our philosophy is inspired by Rudolf Steiner, a philosopher and social reformer that established significant findings surrounding Early Childhood Development and Education, leading to the recognition and support of holistic child-centered learning.
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Our service believes that early childhood learning experiences are significant which affects children’s entire lives, their future academic learning and wellbeing. Therefore, we strive to provide healthy learning experiences to support children’s development for positive outcomes with a Steiner Approach.
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Our service emphasizes all elements of the Steiner Approach in our program, including rhythm, singing in circle, storytelling, blessing at mealtimes, free exploration, rest time, helping with domestic tasks, etc. gardening, caring for chickens, tidying and packing up resources in the environment.
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Our service believes that parents are important teachers in children’s lives, and we would like to develop trusting relationships with all families to share in their wisdom and share our practices. We encourage families to apply some of our practices at home so children’s learning can be consistent.
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Our service believes educators and administrators, anyone who works at our service, are equally important for the service to provide a nurturing environment for children. Therefore, we appreciate everyone, their strengths, skills and experiences and all educators are encouraged to develop Steiner Early Childhood knowledge. We support all educators to understand the meaning of “worthy of Imitation”.
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Our service emphasizes developing the whole child, including their physical, emotional, moral senses, cognition and spirituality.
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Our service provides a safe, warm and home-like environment that encourages self-exploration, play-based learning, and the development of practical life skills. Our program is inclusive and welcome to all families.
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Our service emphasizes sustainable practices and strives to reduce any waste that has an impact on our natural environment. Our resources and play materials are of high quality but simple and made of natural materials. Green scraps are used for chicken food or composed. The service is moving toward Solar power as soon as possible to help our natural environment and ecological footprint. Our educators are encouraged to follow a sustainable lifestyle, and we strive to bring all parents awareness for sustainable living in all aspects of our communities.
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Our service uses collaborative strategies to acknowledge each individual educator’s strengths and provide ongoing support for their professional and inner development.
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Our service strives to build a community to work collaboratively on matters and concerns and provides opportunities to participate in classroom activities and family gatherings. So, educators, parents, families and children are well connected.
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Our service strives to achieve high standards of National Quality Standards and implement Australian Early Year Learning Framework and The Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework.