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High Quality Child Care Centres
since 2003
Keiki Early Learning is a small group of family owned and operated child care centres in Perth. We are committed to providing high quality early learning education and child care set within beautiful natural environments. Including long daycare, vacation care programs and before and after school care, our early learning schools and daycare centres can provide the child care services you need while ensuring your child’s growing mind is nurtured and engaged.
A Unique Approach to Child Care Services and Early Learning Education
Since 2003, Keiki Early Learning has provided quality early learning education and child care across our group of centres in Perth’s northern suburbs. Our services are based on the Early Years Learning Framework which encourages dynamic learning and development through play. The next time you’re wondering “are there any quality child care centres near me?” in Perth, consider Keiki Early Learning.
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We believe in providing the ideal environment for children, families, our staff and the wider community to grow, learn and develop. We do this by providing welcoming and inclusive spaces, fostering an environment of play-based learning at each child's own pace, and modelling practices of sustainability, care and love for the environment in everything we do.
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ROAD SAFETY WEEK AT KEIKI 🚦
The 5th-12th of May was National Road Safety Week, an Australia-wide initiative to highlight safer behaviours on and around roads. We used this opportunity to bring road safety to the forefront of the educational program across Keiki, supporting children to develop skills, behaviours, and attitudes to become safer while travelling as passengers, pedestrians on the road and in car parks or footpaths, and as users of bikes and wheeled toys. Educators prepared experiences such as:
🛑 Constable Care and Smart Steps incursions all about the safe ways of using the road.
🛑 Making traffic lights using recycled box with the red, green and yellow round-shaped papers
🛑 Looking at the signs and cars on the street
🛑 Small world play of streets signs, roads and cars
🛑 Exploring colours red, light and yellow through art stamping, collages and painting
🛑 Learning about street signs and their meanings
🛑 Singing songs about crossing the road safely
🛑 Creating our own zebra crossing in the carpark for the children to practice crossing a road while holding an adult’s hand, looking and listening.
🛑 Holding meaningful discussions about what to do when crossing roads.
By giving children the skills and knowledge around road safety, we can help them to keep safe throughout their childhood and beyond. For more resources to help you teach road safety at home, visit the Smart Steps website: www.sdera.wa.edu.au. 🚸
#roadsafetyweek #keikiearlylearning #spacetogrow
ROAD SAFETY WEEK AT KEIKI 🚦
The 5th-12th of May was National Road Safety Week, an Australia-wide initiative to highlight safer behaviours on and around roads. We used this opportunity to bring road safety to the forefront of the educational program across Keiki, supporting children to develop skills, behaviours, and attitudes to become safer while travelling as passengers, pedestrians on the road and in car parks or footpaths, and as users of bikes and wheeled toys. Educators prepared experiences such as:
🛑 Constable Care and Smart Steps incursions all about the safe ways of using the road.
🛑 Making traffic lights using recycled box with the red, green and yellow round-shaped papers
🛑 Looking at the signs and cars on the street
🛑 Small world play of streets signs, roads and cars
🛑 Exploring colours red, light and yellow through art stamping, collages and painting
🛑 Learning about street signs and their meanings
🛑 Singing songs about crossing the road safely
🛑 Creating our own zebra crossing in the carpark for the children to practice crossing a road while holding an adult’s hand, looking and listening.
🛑 Holding meaningful discussions about what to do when crossing roads.
By giving children the skills and knowledge around road safety, we can help them to keep safe throughout their childhood and beyond. For more resources to help you teach road safety at home, visit the Smart Steps website: www.sdera.wa.edu.au. 🚸
#roadsafetyweek #keikiearlylearning #spacetogrow
MOTHER”S DAY 2024 🌸
Last week we celebrated Keiki mums, aunties, grandmothers, and mother-figures at Keiki Early Learning services with wonderful morning and afternoon tea events! Educators planned a range of crafts and activities for children to enjoy with their loved ones, including puzzle pieces and collages, cupcake decorating, jewellery making, playdough, portait drawing, painting, pot plants, flower arrangements, potion making and much more. Mums were also pampered with nail painting, hand massages, hair styling stations, and lots of yummy food and tea. It was a beautiful time to celebrate all the special people who nurture our little ones. 💕
MOTHER”S DAY 2024 🌸
Last week we celebrated Keiki mums, aunties, grandmothers, and mother-figures at Keiki Early Learning services with wonderful morning and afternoon tea events! Educators planned a range of crafts and activities for children to enjoy with their loved ones, including puzzle pieces and collages, cupcake decorating, jewellery making, playdough, portait drawing, painting, pot plants, flower arrangements, potion making and much more. Mums were also pampered with nail painting, hand massages, hair styling stations, and lots of yummy food and tea. It was a beautiful time to celebrate all the special people who nurture our little ones. 💕
KEIKI TRINITY - Martial arts incursion 🥋
Last week, the Keiki Trinity children enjoyed an incursion from martial arts instructors from @jmamartialarts_alkimos! The children listened and followed the instructions very carefully as they participated in games and an obstacle course that challenged different physical skills, while building confidence and self-esteem at the same time. They can`t wait to develop their skills further as we welcome our new friends back in coming weeks.
KEIKI TRINITY - Martial arts incursion 🥋
Last week, the Keiki Trinity children enjoyed an incursion from martial arts instructors from @jmamartialarts_alkimos! The children listened and followed the instructions very carefully as they participated in games and an obstacle course that challenged different physical skills, while building confidence and self-esteem at the same time. They can`t wait to develop their skills further as we welcome our new friends back in coming weeks.
KEIKI EDGEWATER: Kindy Cafe Fun ☕
One of the Keiki Edgewater families donated an old coffee machine for our kindy children to play with in our home corner. This sparked the children’s interest to engage in dramatic play where they converted our home corner into a cafe, played little baristas and made coffees for their friends and educators. Following discussions with our families, we discovered many of the children have a love of babycinos, with several of them visiting our neighbouring cafe to have babycinos in the mornings before attending Keiki.
To extend on these experiences, we went for an excursion to our local @iamfit.cafe. Once there, the children lined up and ordered their babycinos and asked if they could have the curly swirly marshmallow too. They showed their good manners while ordering using “please” and “thank you”. There were lots of interesting things to see, and the children took it upon themselves to pick out food they would love to try from the hot foods section. Once ordered, they patiently watched as the barista whipped together our drinks. Their little faces lit up with excitement as the barista put the curly swirly marshmallows on top of their babycinos. We then headed outside to sit and enjoyed the brief passing of the sun. Together we sipped our drinks, ate the marshmallows, licked the chocolate that got stuck on the lid and chatted about our weekends. The children went back to the kindy room with happy hearts! 💖
KEIKI EDGEWATER: Kindy Cafe Fun ☕
One of the Keiki Edgewater families donated an old coffee machine for our kindy children to play with in our home corner. This sparked the children’s interest to engage in dramatic play where they converted our home corner into a cafe, played little baristas and made coffees for their friends and educators. Following discussions with our families, we discovered many of the children have a love of babycinos, with several of them visiting our neighbouring cafe to have babycinos in the mornings before attending Keiki.
To extend on these experiences, we went for an excursion to our local @iamfit.cafe. Once there, the children lined up and ordered their babycinos and asked if they could have the curly swirly marshmallow too. They showed their good manners while ordering using “please” and “thank you”. There were lots of interesting things to see, and the children took it upon themselves to pick out food they would love to try from the hot foods section. Once ordered, they patiently watched as the barista whipped together our drinks. Their little faces lit up with excitement as the barista put the curly swirly marshmallows on top of their babycinos. We then headed outside to sit and enjoyed the brief passing of the sun. Together we sipped our drinks, ate the marshmallows, licked the chocolate that got stuck on the lid and chatted about our weekends. The children went back to the kindy room with happy hearts! 💖
KEIKI HAMERSLEY - Early Literacy in Action 📖
This month, the toddlers at Keiki Hamersley have been exploring literacy in action. After reading the story Room on a Broom by Julia Donaldson, educators set up a beautiful magic potion invitation where the children delighted in investigating cause and effect with their magic potion mixtures. Extending further on their early literacy journey, the children discovered a new story of dinosaurs, trucks and counting with Dinosaur Dig by Penny Dale. They then explored their very own dinosaur construction world to explore the story in action!
Extending storybooks into hands-on play offers numerous benefits in early childhood. It enhances language development, creativity, social skills, and cognitive abilities, while also promoting emotional regulation, fine motor skills, sensory exploration, and imaginative engagement with narratives.
#keikiearlylearning #spacetogrow #earlyliteracydevelopment
KEIKI HAMERSLEY - Early Literacy in Action 📖
This month, the toddlers at Keiki Hamersley have been exploring literacy in action. After reading the story Room on a Broom by Julia Donaldson, educators set up a beautiful magic potion invitation where the children delighted in investigating cause and effect with their magic potion mixtures. Extending further on their early literacy journey, the children discovered a new story of dinosaurs, trucks and counting with Dinosaur Dig by Penny Dale. They then explored their very own dinosaur construction world to explore the story in action!
Extending storybooks into hands-on play offers numerous benefits in early childhood. It enhances language development, creativity, social skills, and cognitive abilities, while also promoting emotional regulation, fine motor skills, sensory exploration, and imaginative engagement with narratives.
#keikiearlylearning #spacetogrow #earlyliteracydevelopment
Remembering our Anzacs 🎖️
Children across Keiki Early Learning commemorated Anzac Day last week by talking about how and why we recognise this important day. Children of all ages participated in meaningful activities to support their learning, including:
❤️ Discussing stories of the brave soldiers who fought for their country and values
❤️ Exploring Anzac Day sensory trays with rice, soil, poppies and ANZAC imagery
❤️ Using recycled materials to create poppy crafts, wreaths and pictures
❤️ Reading age-appropriate books such as ‘Anzac Ted’ and ‘My Grandad Marches on Anzac Day’
❤️ Creating poppy-themed paintings, play dough and collaborative artworks
❤️ Discovering special items linked to Anzac Day, such as medals and soldier’s tags
❤️ Inviting families to share their stories and family history linked to the Anzacs
❤️ Making Anzac biscuits with the children.
Anzac Day is observed on the 25th of April, marking the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during WWI, and recognising all those who have lost their lives in military and peacekeeping operations in which Australia has been involved. Learning about Anzac Day links to our core value "Community" as we inspire children to have a deeper understanding of the celebrations that are important to our community and families. By engaging younger generations in these rituals of respect and remembrance, we can ensure the legacy and sacrifice of our military personnel is never forgotten.
#keikiearlylearning #spacetogrow #lestweforget
Remembering our Anzacs 🎖️
Children across Keiki Early Learning commemorated Anzac Day last week by talking about how and why we recognise this important day. Children of all ages participated in meaningful activities to support their learning, including:
❤️ Discussing stories of the brave soldiers who fought for their country and values
❤️ Exploring Anzac Day sensory trays with rice, soil, poppies and ANZAC imagery
❤️ Using recycled materials to create poppy crafts, wreaths and pictures
❤️ Reading age-appropriate books such as ‘Anzac Ted’ and ‘My Grandad Marches on Anzac Day’
❤️ Creating poppy-themed paintings, play dough and collaborative artworks
❤️ Discovering special items linked to Anzac Day, such as medals and soldier’s tags
❤️ Inviting families to share their stories and family history linked to the Anzacs
❤️ Making Anzac biscuits with the children.
Anzac Day is observed on the 25th of April, marking the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during WWI, and recognising all those who have lost their lives in military and peacekeeping operations in which Australia has been involved. Learning about Anzac Day links to our core value "Community" as we inspire children to have a deeper understanding of the celebrations that are important to our community and families. By engaging younger generations in these rituals of respect and remembrance, we can ensure the legacy and sacrifice of our military personnel is never forgotten.
#keikiearlylearning #spacetogrow #lestweforget
Earth Day 2024 🌏
Children across Keiki have been learning about the environment and how to protect our natural resources as part of Earth Day, celebrated on the 22nd of April. Linking in with our core value Earth To Sky, as well as our services’ individual Sustainable Development Goals, children have enjoyed a variety of different experiences prepared by their educators, such as:
🌱 Exploring sensory trays filled with coloured sand, flowers, natural materials and animals
🌱 Creating age-appropriate art and collage activities using recycled and natural materials
🌱 Enjoying collaborative projects such as window murals, posters and informational displays
🌱 Participating in interactive experiences including a Clean Up Earth window illustration and a Sea Environment where children could rescue sea animals by removing rubbish in the ocean
🌱 Having meaningful conversations around how we can all Recycle, Reduce, and Reuse to contribute to a cleaner planet
🌱 Experiencing a wonderful incursion from Perth Reptile Company to help children learn about how we can look after some of our smaller animals including snakes, lizards, turtles and frogs
🌱 Picking fresh fruit and produce from the garden for afternoon tea to help children understand where food comes from
🌱 Planting our own pot plants and learning how to take care of them as they grow from seeds
🌱 Exploring our worm farms and discussing how worms play a part in a healthier Earth
🌱 Going on nature hunts and finding rubbish that belongs in the bin
🌱 Making our own Earth with green and blue playdough
🌱 Building a bug hotel to give our smallest critters a safe space in the garden
Earth Day is an important day to inspire appreciation and awareness of the earth’s environment all over the world. By instilling a sense of environmental responsibility in children, they can be positively empowered to take care of the Earth long into the future. 🫶
#earthday2024 #keikiearlylearning #spacetogrow
Earth Day 2024 🌏
Children across Keiki have been learning about the environment and how to protect our natural resources as part of Earth Day, celebrated on the 22nd of April. Linking in with our core value Earth To Sky, as well as our services’ individual Sustainable Development Goals, children have enjoyed a variety of different experiences prepared by their educators, such as:
🌱 Exploring sensory trays filled with coloured sand, flowers, natural materials and animals
🌱 Creating age-appropriate art and collage activities using recycled and natural materials
🌱 Enjoying collaborative projects such as window murals, posters and informational displays
🌱 Participating in interactive experiences including a Clean Up Earth window illustration and a Sea Environment where children could rescue sea animals by removing rubbish in the ocean
🌱 Having meaningful conversations around how we can all Recycle, Reduce, and Reuse to contribute to a cleaner planet
🌱 Experiencing a wonderful incursion from Perth Reptile Company to help children learn about how we can look after some of our smaller animals including snakes, lizards, turtles and frogs
🌱 Picking fresh fruit and produce from the garden for afternoon tea to help children understand where food comes from
🌱 Planting our own pot plants and learning how to take care of them as they grow from seeds
🌱 Exploring our worm farms and discussing how worms play a part in a healthier Earth
🌱 Going on nature hunts and finding rubbish that belongs in the bin
🌱 Making our own Earth with green and blue playdough
🌱 Building a bug hotel to give our smallest critters a safe space in the garden
Earth Day is an important day to inspire appreciation and awareness of the earth’s environment all over the world. By instilling a sense of environmental responsibility in children, they can be positively empowered to take care of the Earth long into the future. 🫶
#earthday2024 #keikiearlylearning #spacetogrow
KEIKI GLENDALE - Muddy Sensory Fun 💦
This week the toddlers at Keiki Glendale have been extending their interest in animals through nature, by using mud and water to feel, scoop, dig and explore the sense of touch. Educators set up a mud tuff tray and introduced our new Australian animal resources such as wombat, emu and dingo to the tray. This sparked new conversations and lots of questions about the different animals as they played together.
Mud is an amazing natural resource for messy sensory play, allowing children to manipulate, squeeze, and freely explore texture with their fingers and hands. It`s also a lot of FUN!
KEIKI GLENDALE - Muddy Sensory Fun 💦
This week the toddlers at Keiki Glendale have been extending their interest in animals through nature, by using mud and water to feel, scoop, dig and explore the sense of touch. Educators set up a mud tuff tray and introduced our new Australian animal resources such as wombat, emu and dingo to the tray. This sparked new conversations and lots of questions about the different animals as they played together.
Mud is an amazing natural resource for messy sensory play, allowing children to manipulate, squeeze, and freely explore texture with their fingers and hands. It`s also a lot of FUN!
KEIKI MINDARIE PRIMARY - Preschool Paint and Sip 🎨
Extending from a child`s interest of doing outdoor painting in the garden, Three Plus Kindy educators at Keiki Mindarie Primary set up a beautiful paint and sip experience for the children. The preschool children had so much fun painting the beautiful nature around them as they relaxed and listened to music while sipping their water bottles. 🍃
#keikiearlylearning #spacetogrow #100languages
KEIKI MINDARIE PRIMARY - Preschool Paint and Sip 🎨
Extending from a child`s interest of doing outdoor painting in the garden, Three Plus Kindy educators at Keiki Mindarie Primary set up a beautiful paint and sip experience for the children. The preschool children had so much fun painting the beautiful nature around them as they relaxed and listened to music while sipping their water bottles. 🍃
#keikiearlylearning #spacetogrow #100languages
KEIKI TRINITY - Nature inspired painting 🎨🌳
Our Trinity Kindy children made the outdoor environment their art room recently in a painting experience inspired by nature. Using recycled cardboard boxes as a canvas, the children set up their watercolour paints and let their surroundings spark their creativity. As the children painted, they spoke about the colours they could see and the different plants that were growing in the yard 🌈
There`s lots of benefits to using cardboard as a canvas: it is a good way to be sustainable with resources, it makes a sturdy base for wet paint, and it is easy to move and place in the perfect position for your creation!
#keikiearlylearning #spacetogrow #paintingnature #natureplayweek
KEIKI TRINITY - Nature inspired painting 🎨🌳
Our Trinity Kindy children made the outdoor environment their art room recently in a painting experience inspired by nature. Using recycled cardboard boxes as a canvas, the children set up their watercolour paints and let their surroundings spark their creativity. As the children painted, they spoke about the colours they could see and the different plants that were growing in the yard 🌈
There`s lots of benefits to using cardboard as a canvas: it is a good way to be sustainable with resources, it makes a sturdy base for wet paint, and it is easy to move and place in the perfect position for your creation!
#keikiearlylearning #spacetogrow #paintingnature #natureplayweek
KEIKI HAMERSLEY – Easter themed sensory play 🌈🥚
The Hamersley toddlers took part in some egg-stra special sensory play this week as part of their journey discovering the way different objects feel, look and move. The Easter-themed tray was filled with a rainbow of coloured oats, plastic Easter eggs and fluffy pom poms which the children were intrigued to touch and move about. There was a lot of talk about the different colours the toddlers could see and how the objects felt. The children were soon scooping and pouring the oats, demonstrating their developing fine motor skills as they opened and closed the eggs and picked up the oats using pincer grip. What a bright and fun way to get excited for Easter and enjoy sensory play at the same time!
KEIKI HAMERSLEY – Easter themed sensory play 🌈🥚
The Hamersley toddlers took part in some egg-stra special sensory play this week as part of their journey discovering the way different objects feel, look and move. The Easter-themed tray was filled with a rainbow of coloured oats, plastic Easter eggs and fluffy pom poms which the children were intrigued to touch and move about. There was a lot of talk about the different colours the toddlers could see and how the objects felt. The children were soon scooping and pouring the oats, demonstrating their developing fine motor skills as they opened and closed the eggs and picked up the oats using pincer grip. What a bright and fun way to get excited for Easter and enjoy sensory play at the same time!
HARMONY WEEK 2024
Harmony Week is a wonderful opportunity to learn about all the incredible cultures and traditions of our families and educators at Keiki. This year Harmony Week runs from 18-24 March and we’ve been celebrating our diverse backgrounds with lots of activities including:
🧡 Wearing orange to show our support for diversity. Orange represents social communication and meaningful conversations as well as mutual respect;
🧡 Celebrating the theme “everyone belongs” by talking about where we come from, searching for our photos in rice sensory activities and creating a collaborative artwork inspired by the countries we come from;
🧡 Setting up small world play showing what is significant in Educators’ home countries including safari in South Africa, snow season in England and green sensory experience for Ireland;
🧡 Bringing in books and objects from home to read with our friends and learn about one another’s cultures;
🧡 Creating traditional objects such as Korowai cloak from Māori culture from recycled materials and paper lanterns to celebrate the beginning of Ramadan;
🧡 Welcoming family members into the service to share their language, traditions and stories with the children;
🧡 Listening to music and learning cultural dance such as British Maypole dancing;
🧡 Sharing food from other cultures including making scones and fettuccine with the children.
Celebrating Harmony Week helps to foster a sense of belonging and inclusion for all, creating learning spaces where everyone feels respected and heard.
HARMONY WEEK 2024
Harmony Week is a wonderful opportunity to learn about all the incredible cultures and traditions of our families and educators at Keiki. This year Harmony Week runs from 18-24 March and we’ve been celebrating our diverse backgrounds with lots of activities including:
🧡 Wearing orange to show our support for diversity. Orange represents social communication and meaningful conversations as well as mutual respect;
🧡 Celebrating the theme “everyone belongs” by talking about where we come from, searching for our photos in rice sensory activities and creating a collaborative artwork inspired by the countries we come from;
🧡 Setting up small world play showing what is significant in Educators’ home countries including safari in South Africa, snow season in England and green sensory experience for Ireland;
🧡 Bringing in books and objects from home to read with our friends and learn about one another’s cultures;
🧡 Creating traditional objects such as Korowai cloak from Māori culture from recycled materials and paper lanterns to celebrate the beginning of Ramadan;
🧡 Welcoming family members into the service to share their language, traditions and stories with the children;
🧡 Listening to music and learning cultural dance such as British Maypole dancing;
🧡 Sharing food from other cultures including making scones and fettuccine with the children.
Celebrating Harmony Week helps to foster a sense of belonging and inclusion for all, creating learning spaces where everyone feels respected and heard.
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