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Little Starters Early Learning & Kinder

Child Care Centre Carrum Downs

Little Starters Early Learning and Kinder offers child care in Carrum Downs, and hosts a team of dedicated and caring educators ready to welcome your child to the wonderful world of learning. Your child’s natural sense of curiosity and imagination will be supported by our thoughtfully designed learning environments. Our educational curriculum strives to cater for children’s interests and build confident and active learners. We look forward to welcoming you and your family to Little Starters Early Learning and Kinder.

At our centre, you will find:

  • Our Bachelor qualified Kinder Teacher is keen to not only get your child school-ready, but to work in partnership you to build a resilient and caring child who is ready to embrace the world.
  • Our onsite cook is making fresh and nutritious meals to fuel your child’s body and mind. We provide breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and a late supper to support your child’s learning and play all day.
  • Our environments are purposefully designed to meet every child at their unique point of development. We understand not every child or family is the same, and our learning spaces reflect that. Like you, we wonder who they will be if we offer them the best start in life…
  • Our holistic curriculum is designed to achieve not only school readiness, but to nurture thoughtful, understanding and tolerant young citizens in a way that makes learning fun. Who knows what amazing ideas lie in these young minds?
  • When we say open-door policy, we mean it. We are here to support families in every way we can. Whenever you need to talk, we are here to listen.

Our fully-funded, all day Kindergarten program is led by a Bachelor trained Early Childhood Teacher. We offer a stimulating curriculum with the aim of building confident and active learners. Using a holistic approach to education, we combine school readiness programs with learning experiences to foster the social and emotional development of young children. Our integrated indoor/outdoor curriculum is child-directed and seeks to engage children in meaningful learning experiences that get them excited about learning and confident to commence their formal education journey.

Meet our Director: Peta Bertolotti

Hello, my name is Peta, and I am very proud to be the new Executive Service Manager of Little Starters Early Learning and Kinder.  I have worked in Early Learning for just over 10 years now, and have been a Service Manager for most of this time.

My favourite part of my role is creating a loving, safe, educationally-rich community, a “village” with our families and their beautiful children. I am passionate about literacy, brain development and attachment theory, and firmly believe that our role in getting children ready for school is to ensure that they are able to express their emotions, and self-regulate them.

I am looking forward to working with our educators and community as Little Starters transitions into Nido Carrum Downs, embracing the Reggio Emillia philosophy, that all children are capable and deserving of our respect.

I look forward to meeting you, and welcoming you and your family into our Nest.

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  • Care in the future
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Once you’ve filled out this form, you will receive an email regarding how to update your details in the future. We will do our best to match our availabilities with your needs and give you a buzz soon. Thanks!