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An Educational Partnership – The Key to Your Child’s Early Learning

November 3, 2021

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It takes a village to raise a child. This is the foundation of Grace Village Early Learning.

How do we give your tiny human the best early learning education in our little village? By taking the time and effort to build relationships not only with your little one but with the most important person in your child’s life – you!

You are the most influential person in your child’s life. It is for this very reason, our educators, spend time to build a strong, respectful, collaborative partnership with you and your child.

What is an educational partnership in early learning?

A partnership in general is an investment in a relationship that is mutually beneficial to all.

An educational partnership in early learning is achieved when families and educators work together to share and support a child’s learning journey.

We have seen first-hand, how a positive, open relationship helps educators to create a practical and personalised educational experience around the specific needs of your child.

What does a partnership look like in early learning?

By working together with your child’s educator, you have begun your collaborative partnership.

Continual, open communication, involvement and interest in what happens during your child’s day, play an important part in developing this partnership.

A collaborative partnership that is based on trust, mutual respect and positive relationships will see your little one happy and thriving.

Early learning in action - Grace Village ELC, nr Blacktown, NSW

Here are three ways you can support your little one’s learning and build a positive and collaborative partnership with their educators

1) Share information.

Your educator wants to know all about your child. As your little one’s main carer, you play an important part in their life. You know them the best and this information can significantly help our educators and tribe leaders in their development, growth and learning.

Tell them about all their interests, inspirations, their likes and dislikes, any special or additional needs, be open and honest. Our educators can plan and design specific learning experiences to keep little ones’ attention, interest and energy – so they can get the most from each activity and have a happy and fruitful day.

Sharing information is not one-sided. If you require support or need extra help with a new challenge at home, talk to your educator. Together, they can help you look for new ways to assist you and your family.

At Grace Village, we offer advice or in-house speech pathology, skill development, behaviour support services, or child psychology services to help you address any developmental challenges your child may have. Working closely with your little ones’ therapist, our educators can adopt customised learning experiences for your child.

2) Encourage independence.

Independence in your little one is being an active participant in their learning.

When your child is free to make choices and decisions in their learning, they embrace valuable life skills, way beyond their early childhood. Independence promotes confidence, decision making and competency as well as further supporting skills in problem-solving, risk-taking and cause and effect.

At Grace Village, we spend considerable time developing and encouraging your little one’s independence and self-help skills during the day. Their independence is vital for their learning, and development especially for their transition to school.

You can support and encourage your tiny human’s independence in the home, as well. We know your week is busy and tiring, and it may be quicker and easier for you to do things for your child.

But if you take the time to allow your child to develop simple skills such as packing their bag for childcare, choosing what to wear to childcare and other tasks in the home, you are creating a confident, capable young person.

Don’t forget our Third Space for our families. Grace Village likes to take care of the little things to leave more time for you to spend as a family.

Entryway to Third Space at Grace Village Early Learning Centre, Huntingwood

From home-made meals ready to take home to dedicated co-working spaces when you’re on the run, or laundry services, our Third Space is designed to provide a robust support network so you can focus on the important things.

3) Connect with the community.

By taking an interest and participating in the activities at early learning, you begin to build relationships with your little one’s educators, their friends and other families or community members.

This may include attending events, donating your time or money to worthwhile causes, or engaging with other families. There are many ways you can become involved with your early learning community.

By connecting with the community around your child’s early learning, you are sending a powerful message to your little one. Early learning isn’t a babysitting service, it isn’t just a place to learn and play. It is a safe and happy place, a place worth your time and effort in developing rewarding relationships.

Grace Village organises many activities within the village community as well as the wider community for this very reason. To develop rich relationships with those around us who have an influence on your little one’s education and well-being.

Grace Village makes it easy for families to belong. Our Xplor™ app keeps Grace Village families up to date and actively involved in all the activities happening. It is a great way to see what your little one gets up to during the day, their development and activities they have done.

There are added benefits of belonging to the rich and diverse Grace Village community – you will feel supported when things are down, and you can help others in their time of need. There is much to be gained by being a part of something bigger!

Discover more about our philosophy on educational partnership

Join our Centre Director for a 30 minute guided tour of Grace Village Early Learning and find out more about your child’s home away from home

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GV has fantastic facilities including a third space for parents, an art atelier, lovely free-play outdoor spaces, and an epic undercover play area that allows children to be feel as though they are... playing outdoors when the weather doesn’t allow for true outside play. No other centre we have toured has offered play areas like this.We chose GV for our children because of their play-based (Reggio Emilia) philosophy and approach. We love that our little people have been able to be barefoot most of the time, supporting sensory feedback and encouraging their physical and mental development.Everyone at GV shows love for our children as they would their own. GV has been our home away from home, our family and greatest support through some very hard times.Thank you to all the nurturing educators, carers and all of the GV tribe for guiding our young man and little lady through their special formative and most impressionable years.read more
Bee V
Bee V
Grace Village is a fantastic family run early learning centre. We’ve been sending our kids there for almost 4 years and we feel safe knowing that our kids are in great care.
Attila J.
Attila J.
Best preschool I could ask for to send my children too. I am a childcare educator myself & I can’t fault grace village. They really do go above and beyond for the children & ensure they are cared &... educated at an exceptional level.read more
Tara A.
Tara A.
Grace Village Huntingwood is an amazing early learning centre that continuously goes above and beyond to provide exceptional care for all the children and support families with the challenges of... working life. Unfortunately we moved away from this area, but I continued to drive 45 minutes each way to send my daughter here before she started kindergarten. I would highly recommend this centre to anyone looking for above and beyond care for their child/ren. The staff really care about the children and it is an extension of your family life. Thanks to the team for all the amazing care for our children!read more
Belinda H.
Belinda H.
My child has attended this lovely village for almost 4 years. Awesome learning center as there is always a little bit of extra effort in every single thing that they do. They have amazing and... friendly staff, great facilities and all round activities to ensure that a child develops physically,socially,emotionally and mentally well balanced. In each special occasion they have given us special memories whether in the app, physical souvenirs and lots of memories we’ll look back on when they grow older. My son is now in kindy but he still misses the staff and his friends there. Amazing and highly recommended team !read more
Maria De V.
Maria De V.
My two children have been with Grace Village from 8months old. Just over 3years later, we are relocating, and finding it hard to find a learning centre that is up to the standard of GV. The entire... team at Grace Village has always given our two children such high quality education, care, and emotional support. Communication was always open and clear. It’s really is a village environment, we are blessed to have been a part of & will miss everyone who made a beautiful impact on our children’s first years of life. Thank you Grace Village!read more
stacey K.
stacey K.
We really enjoyed the 4 year experience at Grace Village.Our kids were in the door from when Grace Village first opened and they managed to create a real community feel at this centre.The kids... loved the different play spaces and they always managed to give the children great learning experiences.We really really miss this centre is was a part of our daily routine.We will definitely miss the awesome staff too (and the odd morning coffee and breakfast treat! :-)2022 will feel so strange without Grace Village!read more
Stu E.
Stu E.
Grace Village is the best trustworthy, professional and reliable ELC you can take your child too. Kind , caring and loving educators who gives loads of love and attention to your child. My child n I... have had the best experience at Grace Village ELC, we will dearly miss you guys 😊. Thank you for everythingread more
Elina Q.
Elina Q.
Phenomenal. I’m so lucky to have found Grace Village.What a team of amazing professionals who care for your child as their own. I’m so sad my sons time has come to an end and moving up to Kindy. You... will always be in our hearts and have taught my son SO much!! I cannot ever Thankyou all enough.read more
Casey O.
Casey O.
Thank you for the last 2 years, my little one enjoyed her time ar Grace Village. The centre is clean, new and has an amazing play based philosophy. I would recommend Grace Village to family and... friends. Chantel is very professional and approachable, the educators are so lovely! My little one built friendships with her peers and has been supported by her educators. I had 2 previous experiences with other daycares that were awful, Grace Village has definitely met my expectations and I plan to enrol my other little one in the future!read more
Hiba F.
Hiba F.
My daughter attended Grace Village for 3 years. The space, carers and program exceeded my expectations. The centre is vibrant and innovative. I would highly recommend it to any local looking for care... that goes above and beyond. AAA+++++read more
Gabriella M.
Gabriella M.
This is an amazing centre for your child. Both my son and my baby girl attended here. My son was unsettled in another centre for almost 1 year. After I moved him to GV at age 3.5, he only cried very... little at drop off and settled in fully within 3 days! He looked forward coming to GV everyday!. Their indoor and outdoor play areas are amazing!The educators here are very caring, professional and responsive to you child. They will try their best to keep you updated. And I love that GV also look after the family by giving them coffee/ treats and sometimes dinner boxes so it takes some pressure off as a parent! It's so much fun for the kids here and they are learning a lot at the same time. Highly recommended.read more
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