Li'l Pumpkins Early Learning Centre - Glenview

​Something magical occurs for children who are part of the Li'l Pumpkins family.  Children and their families enter a world where they are respected, and a place where their voices are valued. Your children will explore the 100 languages such as art, dance, construction, loose parts play, mathematics, storytelling and much more.

• Our learning resources are carefully selected to reflect sustainable practices and our commitment to the Reggio Emilia philosophy. 
• We also strive to promote a strong, positive cultural identity and respect for ourselves, each other and our environment. 
• We favour natural materials including glass, wood and, clay and gifts from nature for the children to explore, play and experiment with.
• Our extensive outdoor spaces allow children to enjoy nature, with opportunities to harvest in-season fruits and vegetables.
• Our tamariki leave us with a highly developed foundation to build complex literacy, mathematical and scientific learning on. 
• Because the environment has so many possibilities, children are not afraid to take risks, make mistakes, try again and find success.

Li'l Pumpkins children live outside the box where nothing is impossible - where the question "does a tree have a heart" becomes a project to explore, to argue for and against, and to prove.

Infants 

With a maximum of eight children, infants are able to build secure, unhurried relationships with their caregivers. Their programme is sensory based and individual rhythms are followed, which allow for children to develop naturally. The environment is carefully set up each day to reflect every child's learning goals. 

Preschool

From 2 to 5 years old, our preschoolers continue to have individual programmes and are also introduced to project work. Project work allows children to research more complex ideas and theories.