Kel’s Kapers Family Day Care

Kel’s Kapers Family Day Care Est. 2010 I am a family day care service registered with Brisbane and Bayside Family Day Care.

Family Day Care attracts any rebates you may be entitled to through Centerlink. Alternatively, I offer babysitting in your home instead of mine on a casual basis.

01/09/2026

🎤 Introducing In Their Words with Miss Kellie 💛

Sometimes the best way to understand what children are thinking, learning and noticing is simply to stop… and listen.

No rehearsed answers.
No grown-up interpretation.
Just little conversations, big thoughts and childhood exactly as they see it.

This is the first in a new series of chats with the children of Kel’s Kapers….. capturing their ideas, their humour, their observations and all the wonderfully unexpected places a conversation can go.

Because children’s voices matter.

🎤 Episode One — In Their Words with Miss Kellie

29/08/2026

Women in business supporting women in business. 🤍

Sharing ideas, learning from each other, inspiring each other, feeding each other 😂 and somehow turning a planning day into a whole lot of friendship and shenanigans.

This is what happens when women choose connection over competition.

We all run our own little worlds… but we don’t have to do it alone. 🫶

This. This is what brought me here.

29/08/2026

Nothing to see here.

Just a group of highly professional educators engaging in meaningful critical reflection while the approved provider drops in. 👀😂

WE ARE VERY BUSY AND PROFESSIONAL.

29/08/2026

POV: you put a group of early childhood educators together for a serious planning day…

✨ Critical reflection
✨ Intentional teaching
✨ Curriculum planning
✨ Professional collaboration

…anyway, here’s the Harlem Shake. 😂

18/08/2026

Apparently “Music & Movement” was taken as a personal challenge today. 😂💃

The educators understood the assignment… perhaps a little too well. 🤣

But this is the stuff I love… children seeing the adults around them laugh, move, be silly and genuinely join in the fun.

Connection first. Learning everywhere. Dignity questionable. 😂🫶

28/07/2026

It started with a few crash mats…

The older children had an idea. They wanted to build a cubby.

Before long, the younger children wandered over, curious to be part of it too. Together, they negotiated, problem-solved, experimented and created. We offered just enough support to help bring their ideas to life… adding sheets, finding a way to support the roof, and introducing a basket of ribbons that transformed the space into something magical.

And then… we stepped back.

For well over an hour, children aged 1 to 8 years remained completely immersed in their play.

There was no planned outcome.
No instructions.
No “right way” to do it.

Just time.
Space.
Loose parts.
Creativity.
Collaboration.
Belonging.

This is the kind of childhood I want to protect.

A childhood where ideas are valued, imaginations are trusted, and children are given the freedom to stay with their play for as long as they need.

Because when we slow down, incredible things happen. 🤍

17/07/2026

Sometimes the most meaningful learning doesn’t happen in a single moment.

It grows.

One seed planted.
One garden tended.
One handful of herbs picked.
One conversation about where our food comes from.
One child proudly saying, “I can do it.”

Until one day… it all comes together around the kitchen bench.

These corn, bacon, herb and cheese muffins were so much more than a cooking experience. They were the culmination of weeks of caring for our garden, harvesting fresh herbs, exploring healthy ingredients, working together and sharing responsibility.

Every stir, every crack of an egg, every sprinkle of herbs and every turn taking with the spoon represented learning that had been building over time.

This is what slow pedagogy looks like.

Not rushing from one activity to the next, but giving children the time to revisit ideas, make meaningful connections and experience the joy of seeing their efforts come full circle.

Because we weren’t just making muffins.

We were growing capable, confident children who know that learning is something they can see, touch, taste and share. 🌿💛

16/07/2026

Some days remind me why I love family day care so much. 🤍

Today was all about slowing down.

With just one little mate in care, we had the freedom to move at his pace… to swing a little longer, jump a little higher, hold hands, share conversations over lunch, and simply enjoy being together.

We also met up with our beautiful friends from This Little Mind Family Day Care (Miss I and Mr O) for a morning of shared play, laughter and connection. These community relationships are so valuable, giving children the opportunity to build friendships that extend beyond one service while still enjoying the calm, nurturing rhythm of family day care.

This is what slow pedagogy looks like to me. Less rushing. More noticing. More connection. More childhood.

Just a sweet child o’ mine. 🤍🌿

25/06/2026

Sometimes it’s the little things. 🍍

Months of watching, waiting and checking… and today I realised I was far too excited about our pineapple. 😂

The children have loved following its journey, and moments like these remind me that learning doesn’t always come from planned activities. Sometimes it comes from simply slowing down, observing, wondering and celebrating what nature gives us.

(Still think we might need adult supervision though… 🤣)

22/06/2026

Tiny hands, big garden plans

Our winter garden project has officially begun at Kel’s Kapers.

This week we planted, watered, labelled and wondered together — with lots of little hands helping along the way.

Will everything grow perfectly? Maybe not. But that’s not the point.

The learning is in the process: caring for living things, noticing change, building responsibility, asking questions and being part of something that takes time.

Slow, simple, real learning

Address

Heritage Road
Jimboomba, QLD
4280

Opening Hours

Monday 6:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 6:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 6:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 6:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 6:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday 12am - 12am
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+61499771908

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