Learning Curves Childcare

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Learning Curves Blockhouse Bay first opened in 1994 and has enjoyed much success over the last two decades. Learning Curves Blockhouse Bay offers a large play area, catering to up to 40 children on any one day. At our Blockhouse Bay centre we also provide spaces for children from the age of 6 months.

We proudly offer a mixed age centre where older children can care for, and mentor the younger children, and the younger children can learn from the older.

Many parents mistakenly believe that mixing the ages only benefits the youngest children. However, the benefits go both ways. For example, in mixed-age groups older children more often exhibit leadership than the very same children show when they are among their same-age peers. Indeed, many older children who are not confident leaders in their own age group seem to feel less threatened when attempting to be leaders in mixed-age groups. They also engage in more help-giving, explaining, teaching, and sharing behaviors, and show greater sensitivity to the complexities of group processes in the mix. These are useful life skills to develop.  – Lilian G. Katz

Located at the top of Kinross St, only 2 minutes walk from Blockhouse Bay village, this location also provides easy access to the shops, library, beach and parks for the children to go on excursions too. As a major traffic thoroughfare, having a centre on Kinross St also provides easy access to drop your children off and pick them up again to and from work.

Learning Curves has a large grassy play ground and sand pit, large outdoor play structure, Kiwi Kiwi Whanau room which doubles as a play area and sleep room, and a safe space for our youngest to explore.

Learning Curves also provides a specialised program for Under-2’s to help maximise learning and development. For more information on this please visit our Toddlers program page.

Learning Curves emphasizes a strong Transition to School program and at our Blockhouse Bay centre we are fortunate to have a large number of local schools we visit with the children preparing for school. Schools we visit include Blockhouse Bay Primary, St Dominic’s Primary, Green Bay Primary, Chaucer Primary, New Windsor Primary and Glenavon Primary, among others. The schools we visit are based on where the children nearing age 5 at the time of the visit will be attending.

If you feel Learning Curves Childcare Centre is the right centre for you please do not hesitate to contact us or come visit us at:

11 Kinross St

Blockhouse Bay

Auckland

(09) 626 3270