The Learning Forest Family Day Care

09/08/2026

Anyone in the sunbury area. This just came up on my feed I felt I needed to share with others.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19JpVFJQ7P/

FREE Kids Activities at the The Do Food Truck ! 🎉

Starting next week, we're bringing some extra fun to your mornings! ☀️
Looking for a local place for the kids to have a great time? Come and join us!

📚 Monday – Story Time & Craft
🕤 9:30 am – 10:30 am

⚽ Tuesday – Little Sports Day
🕤 9:30 am – 10:30 am

✨ FREE to attend!
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Hosted by our friendly team (and yes, some of us are parents too!)
It's the perfect mid morning get together with old friends and new!

☕ Before or after the activity, grab a barista-made coffee, enjoy a delicious hot meal, or treat yourself to one of our tasty snacks.

We're open 7.30am - 3.00pm Monday - Friday.
50 McDougall Rd, Sunbury.
Phone us for more information!
🤳0456 659 397

📍 No bookings needed! Just turn up and join the fun in our indoor and outdoor spaces. We can't wait to see you and your little ones!

Tag a parent who'd love this! 👇 or Share this with a friend looking for a fun morning out!

14/07/2026

The children have been loving washing their hands. This interest gave me the opportunity for some intentional teaching about hand washing.

So after morning tea/fruit time, we all had sticky fingers from the fruit juice.
I took this opportunity to demonstrate how to wash our hands.
How we rub our hands together to spread the soap between both hands.
How we ensure we are thorough and cleaning different parts of pur hands.
Then using a container with some warm water, we rinsed the soap off and used an old hand towel to dry our hands -
We spoke about why and when we wash our hands.
This extended to catching our coughs and our sneezes.

We have had quite a few conversations about how we stay healthy. Eating fruits and vegetables, drinking water, brushing our teeth, washing our hands after the toilet.

This was an activity that wasn't planned but with the interest and the real situation presenting itself. It was an authentic way for the children to make connections to the images on the poster in the bathroom and out in the community.

14/07/2026

An update on the set up of the daycare space.
Alot of reflecting goes into the changes of the space. Also what is chosen from the Sunbury Toy Library makes a big inpact on the configuration.
This fortnight the children are loving the sports equipment and the basketball ring is a huge winner with all the children.

It has been a great way to introduce my son to skipping and discussions about . Such a simple way to make connections with your own children.

A reminder that there are still vacancies for care in my service. If you would like to touch base and have a chat feel free to send a message through.
I am happy to answer any questions you have. You can send enquiries for Family Daycare to the Melton City Council on their enquiry form: https://portal9.harmonykids.com.au/OnlineEnrolments/Register?id=69ee9ace-8cac-4922-9bbc-0f32e586d0f1

This will ensure more educators can help you with your care needs.

14/07/2026

Highlight of yesterdays school drop off. The 'weeper'. Cleaning the roads.

22/06/2026

This weekend we did a refresh of our daycare space. With the weather not being crash hot this weekend. Why not, right.
So alot of reflecting led me to reducing what is on the on the walls and repaint a wall to test out a new paint colour. It is now my happy wall. The children loved the changes this morning. Which is the best feedback you can get.
I hope everyone is having a nice Monday.

11/06/2026

What a beautiful day to enjoy a picnic at the park.

29/05/2026

Vacancies alert!
Currently we have
Monday: 2 spaces for preschoolers available
Tuesday: 1 space for a preschooler available
Wednesday : 1 space for a preschooler available
Thursday: 2 spaces for preschoolers available.
Friday: 3 spaces for preschoolers available.

So if you or someone you know would be interested in a place in a family daycare setting.
I am here to answer any questions that you may have.

I have been open since 2017. Registered with the melton city council family daycare unit.

29/05/2026

Today we enjoyed a sensory walk. We spotted some birds in the trees, listened for their calls. Enjoyed some time in the playground, made some drawings in the bark with a stick and made a leaf bird. This afternoon we enjoyed our newest addition to the learning space - our yarning circle. We listened to the 'where's the galah book by Sally Morgan'

08/04/2026

Watercolour painting during sleep time.

03/04/2026

Simple throwing and catching equipment. I think we all forget anything is educational. That is my biggest take away this week.

🧸🎈Children can practice their catching skills at home using everyday items like rolled up socks, soft toys or balloons. You don’t need special equipment.

🏐They can play catching inside or head to a local park if they’d like more space to move.

👉🏻For more active play ideas, check out a list at: bit.ly/4azgrhs

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