A Māori Language Week Commemoration

In a vibrant and heartfelt celebration of Māori Language Week, the multi-award-winning Chrysalis Early Learning Centre in Avondale, founded by Dr. Darius Singh and Ni...

We Need to Ensure We Leave the Planet in Safer Hands than Ours…

Is sustainable living about protecting Earth, its 8.7 million species or Us? Find out what we are are doing to ensure we leave this planet and our future in safer hands than ours......

Gaia (Earth) Education Philosophy® – a journey back to the f

Read about our latest inspirational publication - "Gaia (Earth) inspired education principle - a journey back to the future". A very timely and relevant publication in today's accelerating world...

Helping children and parents return to early learning centres at Level

Read about what we are doing very successfully here in our own centres to rebuild our children's routines, colleagues' well-being, and community's livelihoods ......

The Importance of Building Huts

Creating secret forts, caves, hideouts, dens and playhouses isn’t just any random kind of play. Find out what the secret really is......

Take a Look Inside our Hyper-Clean Childcare Bubble

Take a look at our 'all-new' strict COVID19 rules, stemming from our absolute care, absolute commitment and absolute confidence that we are doing the right things as well as doing things right......

Supporting your Child to explore at home…

In this blog, we show a great way for young children to explore and use their imagination while still stuck at home - Treasure Baskets or Heuristic Play Baskets. Read on for more idea...

Establishing a lockdown routine that works for you and your children

Establishing a routine that works for everyone will help to make the weeks become more manageable and will ensure that everyone has their own time and space and make a happi...

Helping our youngest children cope in times of uncertainty

It’s hard to imagine that in January and February 2020 we were thinking of the impact that the drought was having on all our lives. Now in we have something much more significant that we are facing ...

ECE Teachers Deserve A Raise – We’re Giving Them One (Part

Teaching is one of the most important jobs in the world. In fact, we believe humanity's best hope for the future - is teachers. That’s why we are raising pay rates and more for our teachers. Read on...

The Importance of Valuing our ECE Teachers (Part 1)

As an integral part of our young children’s lives, early childhood education teachers should be provided with all the support possible. Learn more here!...

Empowering Children to keep their bodies safe

From the day a child is born, we strive to keep them safe. But have you thought about the importance of teaching children about body safety?...

“Nature Deficit Disorder”

Not getting out into nature enough is a serious issue in society today. We find out what implications this can have, and how we can get children and adults outside more!...

Give “time” & “experience-gifts” this Chr

This Christmas, give your child(ren) the best gift of all - the gift of your time and tons of "experience-gifts"......

First 1,000 Days of a Child – Eat, Play, Love

The first 1,000 days of a child are the most crucial. With Eat, Play and Love, we can give children the best possible start in life. Learn more about Eat, Play, Love here!...

Separation anxiety – How to make morning drop-off easier?

Some excellent tips for you by our teachers who have over 100 years of combined ECE teaching experience as well as some best practices derived from their ongoing studies and research....

Behind the Scenes of Creating “Child Care Like Never Seen Before®

Get a special behind-the-scenes look of how our award-winning child care centres were created in Part Two of our series...

Behind the Scenes of Our Third Teacher – Part One: The Environment

Discover how the environment in our child care centres becomes the third teacher in our special “behind the scenes” series...