Playtime Early Learning Mandurah

Play-based learning at it’s best. 🌈✍🏼

These new draw and wipe tablets make learning fun and engaging as children explore, create and experiment through play.

Children enjoy the repetitive action of drawing and starting again, while developing fine motor skills, hand eye coordination and early literacy and numeracy skills in a natural, joyful way.✨🦋

Hi Playtime families,

We would like to acknowledge Kelly Oldfield, an incredible child development and behaviour specialist who has supported us for many years, is releasing a book “BEHAVIOUR IS NOT THE WHOLE STORY” on September 3rd. 🙌🏼

Kelly has facilitated many professional development sessions for our educators, equipping us with practical tools and knowledge to better understand and support children’s behaviour everyday. Through her guidance, we have learnt how to acknowledge behaviour, identify triggers, de-escalate challenging moments and respond in ways that truly support children’s wellbeing. 💛

We are grateful for Kelly’s ongoing support and wealth of knowledge and can’t wait to read her new book. 👏🏼📚

I wanted to share something I have been working on. I am pleased to share that my first book is
Behaviour Is Not the Whole Story: will be released on 3 September.

It is a practical guide to behaviour support across education and care, written for educators, leaders, and teams who want to look beyond visible behaviour and strengthen everyday practice.

Prelaunch registration is now open.
Register your interest to receive book updates, pre-order information, and release details.

https://mailchi.mp/cdbspecialists/book-wait-list

Meet the Playtime team 💛

We are so lucky to have such a wonderful team of educators who are passionate about early childhood education and show up every day with kindness, patience, dedication and care for all of the children and families in our centre.

Each educator brings something unique and special to our little community, helping create a safe, fun and nurturing environment where children can learn, grow and thrive every day. ✨

We are so grateful for everything this amazing team does! 👏🏼

🪱🌱 Our little gardeners have been busy caring for our worm farm!

Each day, the children take on the important role of collecting fruit scraps after morning tea and afternoon tea to feed our hungry worms 🍎🍌 They love checking on the worms, gently holding them, and learning how they help our environment.

Once the worms have worked their magic, we collect the nutrient-rich “worm tea” to help water and nourish our gardens 🌿💧

Through hands-on experiences like this, the children are learning all about sustainability, caring for living things, and how small actions can make a big difference for our planet 🌏💚

The worms have definitely become some of our favourite little friends! 🪱✨

Poppy making for ANZAC Day ❤️

We used red play dough, green pipe cleaners, fresh leaves from the garden, and black pebbles to create our own poppies. A simple, hands-on way to learn and reflect. 🌿🇦🇺

Lest We Forget. ❤️

Playtime Early Learning is a home away from home. 🏡✨

Our dedicated educators create a safe, nurturing and joy filled learning environment where children feel supported to grow, explore and learn every day. We are passionate about building strong, trusting relationships with families, giving you peace of mind knowing your child is safe and supported during their days with us. ☀️🫶🏼

Playtime prides itself on having long standing team members who bring consistency to our centre, creating a sense of familiarity and belonging for every child and family who walks through our doors. 💛

Happy Thursday Playtime families 🌼🐰

We hope everyone has a safe and happy extra-long weekend this Easter 💛✨
We hope the Easter Bunny hops by your home with lots of special treats. 🐣🍫

Just a reminder that Playtime will be closed Friday 3rd April and Monday 6th April 🗓️

We’ll see all our lovely friends again on Tuesday! 🥰🌈

✨ Exciting News at Playtime! ✨
We are thrilled to announce that Claire is stepping into the role of Centre Manager! 💛

Claire has been part of the Playtime family since 2018, during this time she has completed her Certificate III and Diploma, and is currently studying her Bachelor in Early Childhood Education. Over the past few years as our 2IC, Claire has shown dedication, leadership, and passion for the Playtime children, families, and team. She is so excited to begin this next chapter, and we couldn’t be prouder to support her in this new role!

While we celebrate this exciting transition, we also say a heartfelt goodbye to Emma. 💐 Emma has been such an important part of Playtime, especially through the incredibly challenging time of the 2024 fire. Our educators are so grateful for all that Emma has taught us over the years, her commitment, resilience, and care have helped shape our centre into what it is today, and she will be very missed by us all.
We wish Emma all the very best for her future - but we know she definitely won’t be a stranger! 🤍

💛 the Playtime team.

Pancake Tuesday 🥞🤍

As part of our Community Helpers topic, we had a very special visitor join us for mat time - one of our wonderful mums who is a Nurse! 👩🏻‍⚕️🥼

She brought along some real hospital equipment for the children to explore, including a stethoscope and pen torches. The children were so curious and excited as they took turns looking at the items and using them on one another. 🩺🏥

This was a fantastic opportunity for the children to learn about the important role nurses play in helping and care for people in the community. Thank you so much for sharing your time and knowledge with us, we loved having you visit. 🤍