At Melbourne City Child Care and Kindergarten, we value the education and care of children from 6 weeks through to 6 years of age. This is Baby Ellie and Educator Marie from our Nursery room. Ellie started with us this week and is the youngest child in our care here at Melbourne City. Marie and … Continued

We are so excited to have harvested our first basket of fruit from our fruit trees this week! The children enjoyed eating the apricots and investigated the seed inside. They are hoping to germinate the seeds and grow more fruit plants! We also harvested zucchini and tomatoes as our gardens continue to thrive!

Here at Melbourne City Child Care and Kindergarten even our youngest children are showing off their Master Chef skills! Our Nursery children have joined their educator Marie in making cheesy scones after lunch today. The children were so excited to be able to get involved in this sensory experience by touching and tasting the ingredients. … Continued

When the weather isn’t wonderful outside, Melbourne City Child Care and Kindergarten enjoy a mix of free play and structured learning experiences indoors. Today in our Toddler room, Alice, Jude and Phoebe made pink play dough with Maidel. They measured out the ingredients and each had a go at mixing it all together with their … Continued

Happy Love Day from everyone here at Melbourne City Child Care and Kindergarten! Today all of our children enjoyed various art and craft experiences stemming from conversations about who we love in our lives and why. The children cannot wait to give their gifts to those who they appreciate most.

Isobel arrives at Melbourne City Child Care and Kindergarten every morning at 7am and enjoys breakfast with her Mum in our Piazza. After she says goodbye to Mum she sits next to Bec (Centre Director) and creates a picture to give to her Mum later that night. Isobel has created connections and relationships with the … Continued

Here at Melbourne City Child Care and Kindergarten we are committed to promoting and teaching sustainable practices. The Junior Infants children have been busy investigating and learning about our worm garden. The worms are fed with kitchen scraps and the fertilizer the worm farm creates will go back into our community garden to help it … Continued

Over the weekend our Centre Director was honoured to personally deliver the amazing donations received from the Laurimar Township Child Care and Kindergarten community. Visiting the Upper Murray Region, Kim saw images and heard stories that will stay with her forever. She could see firsthand the amazing work of the firefighters and volunteers but could … Continued

At Laurimar Township we love to see the relationships that children build with their peers and also love to see the special bonds between our children and their siblings. Valentine’s Day is an appropriate day to celebrate this through the lens of the camera. Pictures such as these create such precious memories for families who … Continued

After having a discussion of what Valentine’s Day and love means to the Kinder children they engaged in a wonderful creative session of craft. Brooke’s Nan, Glenys, came in for a visit and introduced the children to many wonderful learning experiences. They made necklaces with their names, tissue flowers, biscuit and muffin decorating. She had … Continued