Risky or adventurous play gives children the opportunity to push boundaries, experience challenges and tests their limits in an exciting, engaging and fun environment. You can promote risky play environments in the home, outdoors and in child care settings, providing safe and supervised environments that teach children about risk.

Music is central to the learning curriculum at Keiki Early Learning. From infants to toddlers to kindy all programs incorporate music in different ways. There are a range of ways this can be continued at home, depending on your child’s life stage.

Children are not born with a set of values, ethics and morals. It’s something that’s learnt from their parents and upbringing. Laying the foundation of values in early childhood will mean that children have acquired the knowledge to grow into well balanced adults and lead a bright and healthy future.

Love and respect for the environment can start young. At Keiki Early Learning, we believe the fate of the Earth is in the hands of our children and with our help, they have the power to make a substantial difference in the future. Follow our suggestions to help your children build lifelong habits that will work towards living a greener life.

Action songs are songs or nursery rhymes with sing-song phrases and movements. Benefits to your child include enhancing creative language, vocabulary and motor skills.

Educational programs delivered by qualified professionals in nurturing, play-based environments can enrich a child’s life. But it is the quality of their relationship with their carer that ultimately matters the most.

Play dough has been synonymous with childhood for as long as most of us can remember. Brightly coloured, resilient, easy to make and impossible to break, play dough is the ultimate conduit for creativity and learning.

The first day at childcare is an exciting milestone in your baby or young child’s life. Your child is embarking on a journey that will lead them on many roads of discovery and learning. New situations and change can, at times, be exciting as well as unsettling for all of us.