About Us
Since 2007, Murwillumbah Kids have been providing quality child care and community care services. We offer affordable, professional childcare for children up to 12 years of age in the homes of qualified, registered and supervised Family Day Care Educators.
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Murwillumbah Kids family day care educators are approved, early childhood education and care professionals who engage in the principles and practices of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and work within the requirements of the National Quality Framework.
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What is family day care?
Family Day Care is an approved form of child care that is provided in the family day care educators own home. Family day care educators are early childhood education and care professionals, registered with a family day care service that is responsible for approving, supporting, training and advising its educators.
What are the benefits of family day care?
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The home based setting provides a familiar, safe and secure learning environment.
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Current research confirms the importance of strong relationships with significant adults to a child’s early learning; family day care’s small group environment facilitates strong bonds and promotes effective early learning and social development.
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Family day care can offer care during standard hours, evenings, before/after school, during school holidays and in some cases overnight and weekends.
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Family day care can provide education and care for children from babies to school age; offering the possibility for siblings to be cared for together, all in one location.
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Family day care provides experiences which reflect the diversity of your community.
Our Philosophy
We believe in providing an environment where children feel safe, happy and relaxed.
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We believe all children learn though play and should be offered a wide variety of activities and experiences to assist with their growth and development.
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We recognise that every child is an individual and has different needs and interests that need to be expressed.
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We believe diversity in culture i.e. race, religion, family types, ability groups make for an interesting and culturally rich world. Diversity increases knowledge, understanding, tolerance and empathy and helps to break down barriers between human beings.
We therefore believe it is of great importance to ensure children are exposed to and encouraged to explore and understand the diverse and rich culture we in Australia are free and able to embrace.
We believe that children have the right to express their ideas and opinions.
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We acknowledge that children should be exposed to a challenging environment to encourage problem solving, questioning, reasoning and thinking skills.
We recognize that children learn through hands on exploration and need a balance of opportunities to play in both indoor and outdoor environments.
We believe that providing an environment where children can succeed inn what they attempt and will therefore be eager to acquire and master the skills they need for independence.
We acknowledge that children develop a high self-esteem and feelings of self-worth through positive experiences, encouragement, realistic expectations and approval.
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