Choices Family Day Care children grow and thrive

Choices and Regional Choices Family Day Care has a strong focus on providing high quality education and care for its local community.

Early intervention programs of Backchat, music therapy, nature play and Abecedarian Approach Australia are embedded into its daily activities.

Professor Edward Melhuish’s work and beliefs are something the team at Choices Family Day Care and Regional Choices Family Day Care believe in.

That every child, from every family and every community should have access to high quality, early years education and intervention to ensure that they can ‘grow, thrive and learn’.

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His body of work, and research shows how important children’s early environments and experiences are – within the home and also outside the home for improving outcomes and closing the gap.

At Choices Family Day Care, staff believe that ‘by engaging children in high quality, research-based early intervention programs, they can support children’s diverse needs’.

The use of movement and exercise across the life span to improve brain function is well-documented in the research.

Educators are bringing nature and fun back to their children’s play spaces.

Educators are encouraged to incorporate natural elements into their program including sand and mud, water, stones, rocks, wood and the wide open spaces.

Another of Choices programs is nature play and music, where staff see creativity and resilience in children in action, as children are encouraged to use natural play spaces.

This has resulted in significant benefits to children that extend to all areas of children's learning and wellbeing: physical, cognitive, social and emotional, and overall wellbeing.