Our Program

At Montessori Kids Family Day Care, our educators provide education and care in nurturing, natural and flexible home learning environments where every child feels safe, valued and inspired to explore.
Children are supported to work independently or in small groups, developing confidence, curiosity and a genuine love for learning through the freedom to make choices. This freedom fosters self-motivation and helps children grow into lifelong learners with a strong sense of independence and responsibility.
Each child forms a genuine, lasting relationship with their qualified and passionate Family Day Care Educator. Educators observe and evaluate each child’s development, offering individualised learning programs that allow them to progress at their own pace. Learning experiences span across language, mathematics, geography, history, science and culture, helping children build a holistic understanding of the world around them.
We offer flexible care options - including standard hours, evenings, before and after school care, and school holiday programs - for children from 0 to 12 years of age. This flexibility allows siblings to learn and grow together in one consistent and familiar environment.
Our programs reflect the diversity of our communities, encouraging children to participate in community service projects and ‘going-out’ opportunities that build a sense of connection, belonging and citizenship.
A hallmark of both Family Day Care and Montessori education is the multi-age learning environment, where children of different ages learn alongside one another. Younger children are supported by older peers, while older children develop empathy, communication and leadership through guiding others. These daily interactions foster cooperation, respect and confidence - skills that serve children for life.

Who was Maria Montessori?

Dr. Maria Montessori was a pioneering physician, anthropologist and educator whose innovative approach to early childhood education transformed the way we understand how children learn. For over fifty years, she developed the Montessori philosophy through careful scientific observation of children from diverse cultural, social and economic backgrounds - from birth through to maturity.

Her work is grounded in a deep respect for the natural stages of child development. At the heart of the Montessori philosophy is the belief that children are innately curious, capable and eager to learn when given the right environment. Montessori environments are designed to foster self-motivation, independence and respect; for oneself, for others and for the world. Educators model this respect by engaging with children as active participants in their own learning and daily routines from the very beginning of life.

At Montessori Kids Family Day Care, we aim to create beautiful, calm and safe spaces that invite exploration and a sense of belonging. Within these home-based environments, children are recognised as valued, contributing members of their families and communities. Through experiences that nurture independence, order, movement, language and an understanding of the world, children discover the joy of learning during the most absorbent and formative period of their lives.

“All that we ourselves are has been made by the child,
by the child we were in the first two years of our lives.”

(MARIA MONTESSORI ~ THE ABSORBENT MIND)

0-6 Aged Children

From birth to three years of age (first plane of development) the physical development of infants is remarkable, inspiring the attention and care of both family and community. In tandem with their physical development, infants are developing psychologically, socially, intellectually and spiritually.
During this time, they acquire the culture and language of the community into which they are born. This multi-faceted development is accommodated in the Montessori environments prepared for children of this age. Specifically, Montessori learning environments for this age group are designed to foster independence, psycho-sensory-motor development and language development.
Between the ages of three to six years, children continue the process of self-construction, consolidating, refining and adding to the skills and knowledge they accumulated before the age of three. From the age of three children become conscious of what they are learning through their own freely chosen activity, especially activity with their hands.
Montessori environments prepared for this age group provide children with motives for activity through which they refine their perception, movement and language, and become independent in everyday life.

6-12 Aged Children

The second six years of life (second plane of development) build on the foundation of the first six years, all the developments and acquisitions as children continue the process of self-construction. The nature of this process, however, changes because the characteristics of children beyond the age of six are very different.
While the first plane of development is one of rapid physical growth and transformation, the second plane of development is characterised by physical stability and steady growth. Less energy is being used for physical growth and the children have increased stamina. These stronger, healthier children are more adventurous and daring, often willing to try physically challenging things. This increase in physical stamina can also manifest itself as a capacity for sustained intellectual work. Children in this plane of development are more receptive to intellectual learning than at any other time in their lives.
Children begin to use reason and logic to learn about their world consciously. Typical questions asked by children of this age include why, how and when. This is a time when children are developing great intellectual power, children broaden their horizons beyond the confines of the family and into the wider society, most specifically into a new level of social life with their peers.
Working with another child, or a small group of children, cooperatively on the same task to achieve shared goals. Activities in the environment prepared for these children are generally for small groups, enabling them to work together.