Options for Parents: The Range of ECE Services and Help Available

See what it’s like and what happens within some different licensed early childhood service options in New Zealand/Aotearoa. When choosing an early childhood education and

Private early childhood centres are as the name suggests – privately owned. Owners can be individual people such as business entrepreneurs, accountants, lawyers, as well

Community-based early childhood centres are ones that are registered as Incorporated Societies.  They may be run by a group of parents, a charitable organisation, a

Montessori and Steiner Waldorf Education Most children in Aotearoa New Zealand start school at age five, but Steiner and Montessori philosophy suggests keeping a child

There are over 460 Kōhanga Reo throughout Aotearoa so chances are you will find one in your area. You will find the welcome mat is

Playcentre Playcentre provides parents with often much needed community support and friendship, while children are also experiencing an educative benefit. Parents meet other parents and

Kindergarten In almost every suburb in NZ there is at least one kindergarten run by a kindergarten association. What is a kindergarten? Kindergartens are defined

Many parents who need flexibility in hours with their childcare employ a nanny themself or go through a home-based agency for a nanny. Parents can

Home-based ECE involves people caring for children in a home environment (either their home or the child’s home), who have signed up to a government