Olivia Williams

When our children are young, exposing them to a variety of opportunities helps them learn what interests and inspires them.

The process of creating and making art is natural to children, as they engage all their senses to explore the world around them. The arts enable children to use their whole bodies for learning and create endless opportunities for imagining and creating.

Over the past few decades, we have been asking about the most influential factors that make a difference in your child’s learning. The greatest in-school factor is the expertise of the teacher – their passion, their ways of evaluative thinking, their expectations, and their understanding of what it means to learn.

Welcome to Educate issue #3 by KIDDO. The team behind KIDDO has created EDUCATE to put some of the best and brightest opportunities in SA education in the spotlight. So that families have access to a comprehensive look at what options there are to choose from when making the big decisions around schooling for our important little (and not so little) people! 

Choosing an early learning centre (ELC) or school for your child is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make as a parent. So, how do you find the ‘right’ one?

Research and experience has shown us nature play is essential to a child’s physical health. The naturally uneven and textural materials found in nature can’t be replicated (although we may try). Outside, children tune into their senses; nature provides opportunities to explore, to notice, to wonder. Climbing Tree Creations have been creating nature play spaces for kids for over a decade now, we find out more about their philosophies.