Guardian Childcare and Education’s new early learning program is helping families to clearly see and understand the links between play and learning.
The organisation’s CEO, Warren Bright, said the To BE Me program was a simple way for families to observe their child’s behaviours and activities, and understand how they linked to becoming readers, writers and counters over time.
“Over the years we have received feedback from parents that the link between play and learning and development milestones can be hard to see,” Mr Bright said.
“To BE Me changes that. It brings early learning to life like never before.
“It also provides a really straightforward way for our teachers and educators to create individual play-based learning activities that match where a child is at. These are organised under seven simple learning areas.”
Mr Bright said the individualised learning programs were developed in partnership with families.
“Think of To BE Me as a shared language of learning between families, children and our teachers and educators,” he said.
“Guardian has always benchmarked itself as a world-class, premium early learning provider.
“To BE Me demonstrates that we offer much more than childcare. It is something really special we can do for your children to give them the best possible start to life.”
To BE Me includes a personalised book for every child that tracks their learning and development over their whole period in the Guardian Childcare centres.
“The book becomes a keepsake that will allow families to treasure their child’s learning journey in a lasting, meaningful way,” Mr Bright said.
“If children stay with us from the very early years until school, families will see every step of their learning adventure and can be confident they will be well and truly ready for that next big step.”
Mr Bright said it was “heartwarming” to read some of the early comments from families about To BE Me.
One said it gave them a chance to “talk about who my child is, what they love, and how they see themselves. It was such a special moment; I didn’t realise how much I would learn about my own child”.
Another said: “It’s not just a memory book; it’s a reflection of who they are becoming.”
More details on To BE Me are available here.
