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Meeting National Quality Standards
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Meeting National Quality Standards 〰️
What began as a small family business in an old wooden home has grown into a beautiful, flourishing Montessori inspired service built on love, dedication, and a deep belief in children and their potential. Every step of this journey has been guided by strong values, meaningful relationships, and a genuine commitment to providing the very best for our children and families.
We are incredibly proud to be meeting all areas of the National Quality Standards, an achievement that those within the early childhood sector know requires passion, consistency, and a whole lot of heart. This milestone reflects the care, professionalism, and unwavering commitment of our amazing team, who show up each day with warmth, intention, and a shared vision for quality education and care.
We are so grateful for our families who place their trust in us and walk alongside us as partners in their children’s learning journeys. And to our wonderful children, your curiosity, kindness, laughter, and unique spirits inspire us every single day. You are at the heart of everything we do, and you truly make our world a brighter and better place.
This service is more than just a place of learning; it is a community, a home away from home, and a space where children, families, and educators grow together.
Play…
It’s not just an idea. It’s the foundation of learning and a healthy childhood. We provide mixed learning experiences based around nature and outdoor play.
There’s more and more data coming out about the health benefits of mud with connections to the outdoors being a foundational biological need.
Whether its bush preschool or simply gazing at clouds, we believe children thrive when surrounded by real, authentic experiences and natural elements in play.
Our Early Learning Programs
Long Day Care
After School Care
Holiday Programs
Six Little Ducks
We believe nature is the first teacher and we believe in letting children be children for as long as possible.
Childhood is not a race to adult hood.
Life is a series of moments; fleeting, delicate and transformative.
We are not the same person moment to moment. With each sunrise we grow a little more and to support these changes we need room to explore, and to master the skills that will take us to the next level.
We help children grow through providing space, time, and simple materials. Our aim is to help them form authentic relationships with each other, with their environment, and with the adults in their lives.
Six Little Ducks began our journey in 2011 when our daughter was 2 and we realised there was a need for more authentic learning experiences in Alice Springs. My wife and I are the founders and owners, and we are both trained and experienced school teachers and we are constantly available to talk about your child, about their day or about the journey.
From working in the NT out bush we saw the amazing benefits of outdoor play for growth and development, and we saw simple natural elements calming children and resetting nervous systems. We take these observations with us and allow children to explore in their own way and in their own time by providing simple open natural environments to play in.
In short, we focus on what works for children.
Natural elements, simple materials, transformable spaces, and authentic relationships.
