How often does the over-caring mother type in the Google search bar “child care near me” in the hopes of finding a childcare centre which is ‘just around the corner’ and also possesses all of the finest quality options a childcare can offer?
Young Academics does not discount the importance of family when it comes to influencing the stages of your child’s life. However, if your child attends infant child care, the experiences, relationships and knowledge they gain become an invaluable kick start to their lifelong learning.
This month, we opened the doors to our Cranebrook Early Learning Centre.
To mark the launch, we held a famous YA Open Day – filled with fun activities and open to the whole Cranebrook community.
At Young Academics, we understand that philosophy encompasses the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge. Our childcare philosophy therefore encourages the systematic investigation and discovery of each and every one of our students’ personalities, through the lifelong pursuit of learning. Young Academics services are dedicated to implementing the Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Standards to best serve your child’s learning process. Our early childhood teaching philosophy can be broken down into 3 principles:
Preschool philosophy over time has changed, merging play and education, now known as play-based learning. It is imperative that parents recognise the importance of this partnership between play and learning, and adapt a new focus on play ideas at home. Here are a few inexpensive play based preschool activities for toddlers which can be done in the comfort of your own home:
Finding the right time to send your child to school is a decision most parents avoid. Evaluating your child’s skills, behaviours and knowledge from a non-professional perspective is often subjective and involves emotional attachment. More than often, school readiness is associated with the ability of a child to read, write, and even add or subtract numbers. This is a misconception. Social, emotional, cognitive and physical development is the main objective of preschool learning and for school readiness. Young Academics aims to instill such skills to assist in the developmental process.
Sending your child to childcare means giving them an opportunity to learn prior to and beyond school-based learning, which involves reading, writing and understanding numbers. In alignment with the Early Years Learning Framework, childcare centres act as the driving force in allowing your child to belong, to be, and to become, the best version of themselves.
Early childhood educators value music education as a major segment of children’s social, emotional, physical, intellectual and psychological life.
While time spent on and around screens is inevitable in this day and age, it’s important to understand how and why to limit kids’ exposure to them.
Starting primary school is a milestone for every child and parent. It’s no doubt that a positive start to school leads to a more enriched and enjoyable experience for every child. At Young Academics, our Transition To School Program holistically approaches early learning by creating a foundation of skills. Whilst preschool is a great environment to establish these abilities, your child’s skills must also be nurtured at home. Read on to learn how you can help develop certain skills so that they can be confident in their new surroundings.