Philosophy

At Butterflies International Child Care Centre we offer a comprehensive, integrated service including care, education, health, safety and nutrition programs which work to foster all aspects of children's development - physical, social, emotional, intellectual and moral, and to provide support for families and all who care for young children. All children enrolled at the Centre will have access to the services available and the integration of children with additional and diverse lifestyles will be supported.

We work to provide a warm, safe, caring, stimulating environment that meets the developmental needs of each child. We seek to know each child, based on observation and interaction and provide experiences that meet each child's unique interests and development.

We believe that play is essential to young children's learning. We acknowledge and support children's interests and strengths to enhance and facilitate their learning process. We endeavor to meet the needs of children's natural curiosity by providing opportunities for them to experiment, discover, solve problems and find out about themselves, other people and the world around them. Children's sense of wonder and sense of fun will be nurtured.

We believe that children should be given time to grow, to try, to reflect and to experience success so that they are able to face the future challenges, build on their strengths and accept their individual limitations without fear of failure or loss of self-esteem.

We believe that each child comes to the centre with a different set of experiences, knowledge and interests and we seek to build on the child's home experience and acknowledge the range of diverse lifestyles of families. We have a genuine regard for all children and their language, culture and achievements. The family is valued and their diverse backgrounds are accepted, empowered, challenged and reflected in our programs through anti-bias education.

We support and encourage the interest and involvement of parents to share in, contribute and feel part of their child's experience at the centre at all times.

We believe children should learn the importance of respecting and appreciating the environment through nurturing of plants and animals, by using water wisely and understanding and participating in recycling. Environmental education will be fostered in all children by keeping the environment clean.

We believe that adults responsible for children should have access to services and facilities that will enhance their opportunities and abilities to provide for children's needs. By demonstration, Butterflies International seeks to be a resource to parents, students, childcare service providers, teachers and other interested persons and our aim is to provide observation facilities encouraging research together with the sharing of information, knowledge and experience in the area of quality care and education of young children.