Early Steps Child Care Centre

Pet care: the centre has two rabbits, Oreo and Carrots, that the children can help care for.  

Music program: the children enjoy music sessions with a qualified music teacher twice a week.

Yoga program: each week the children take part in a fun yoga session (for those aged 2 years and above).

Dance program: for children aged over 3 years, a South American dance program is offered once a week.

Early Steps Child Care Centre offers a play-based curriculum, with activities designed to build relationships with the child. All activities focus on trying to meet the diverse individual needs by assisting children to develop their physical self, thinking and communicating self, social development, arts and creativity, design and technology, diversity and understanding of the world around them. 

The children are cared for in the following rooms: 

Dolphin room: 8 weeks to 14 months. 

12 children are cared for by educators who focus on building relationships with them and their families. The children take part in tummy time, exploring the environment, rolling and crawling. The educators create a nurturing, stimulating environment where little ones have the opportunity to learn and grow through play. Early communication skills are taught through basic sign language throughout the day.

Ladybug room: 14 months to 2 years.

12 children are cared for in this room with activities such as painting, riding on train, and trying out musical instruments. The educators help children develop their gross motor skills by encouraging walking and climbing. Sensory play is a big part of the day, with messy play, tasting new things and listening to different sounds. The children are free to explore their environment with educators present to help them feel safe, as well as giving the children the sense of being, belonging and becoming.

Butterfly room: 21 months to 2.5 years.

15 children are cared for in this room, where they take part in activities such as books, animal play, painting, sand play and climbing. The educators work with  the children to help develop self-help skills such as serving food, toileting and putting on their own socks and shoes. They encourage positive peer interactions by guiding the children through play experiences. The children are encouraged to develop fine and gross motor skills to enable them to achieve a range of movements to help their coordination.

Duckling room: 2.5 years to 3.5 years.

15 children are cared for in this room, where they take part in activities such as art and craft, block play and dancing. The educators are focused on building children’s language skills through books and singing as well as positive verbal interactions with peers and educators. Self-help skills and independence is encouraged by supporting children and allowing them to make their own choices and giving the children the time to do tasks themselves.

Treefrog room: 3 years to 4 years.

20 children are cared for in this room, where they take part in activities such as imaginative play, learning colours or days of the week, learning about animal care, sand play, early literacy, numeracy and block building. The children are supported in building friendships through play, learning about the life cycles of frogs, and even learning Arabic.

Tiger room: 4 years to school age

25 children are cared for in this room, where they take part in investigations of basic literacy concepts, playdough, art and craft, mobilo constructions and cooking experiences. The children are encouraged to embrace their sense of adventure and creativity. They learn about numeracy, literacy and science through play.

Early Steps Child Care Centre has a strong focus on relationship-building with the children and their families, which helps the children to feel safe and secure. The professional team are experienced, mature and nurturing.

Early Steps has a big focus on being family orientated. All educators are committed to developing long lasting relationships with all families and children in their care.

I have worked at Early Steps for over 12 years, during this time I have worked in the baby room and now as a director. I absolutely love working at Early Steps and have developed amazing relationships with the educators that work there. 

Michelle, Centre Director, Early Steps Child Care Centre

I have been an educator at Early Steps for 3 years, before I did my school work experience at early steps in 2014. I enjoyed it so much I decided when I left school I wanted to be an educator. The staff at Early Steps are very friendly, welcoming and passionate about the industry. Each day at Early Steps is a fun, exciting, busy day.

Rosie, Educator