New Beginnings
For babies, the world begins with familiar faces, gentle voices and rhythms they trust. With the comfort to feel safe and the freedom to wiggle, reach, roll and explore, little discoveries begin to unfold.
Our New Beginnings Program offers a gentle first experience of care beyond home, following each baby’s own rhythms of sleep, feeding, comfort, movement and connection.
DEVELOPMENTAL
FOCUS
- Familiar faces & bonds
- Sounds & communication
- Rolling, reaching & moving
- Sensory discovery
- Cause & effect
- Familiar rhythms
- Separation & reunion
- Joining in with care
WHAT CHILDREN
EXPERIENCE
- Familiar songs and gentle chatter
- Books, faces and everyday objects
- New sounds and textures
- Reaching, holding and letting go
- Outdoor light, air and sounds
- Quiet moments to rest and settle
- Familiar routines, repeated with care
THE TEACHER'S ROLE
The Key Person learns the baby’s cues:
- Their hungry sounds.
- What helps them settle.
- The movements they’re discovering.
- What catches their eye.
- How they respond to new faces and spaces.
- When they need closeness and when they’re ready to explore.
The programme follows a dependable rhythm without expecting every baby to eat, sleep or participate at the same time.
WHAT FAMILIES
WILL NOTICE
watch them grow
Beginning to Blossom
A reach, a roll, a babble, a smile. Little by little, babies begin discovering themselves and the world around them.
DISCOVER ME
This is a period of walking, pointing, naming, carrying, climbing, choosing, separating and returning. Children are discovering not only the world around them, but also the power of their own bodies, voices and decisions.
Our Discover Me Program gives children the freedom to move, choose and explore, with familiar faces and gentle routines giving them a safe place to return to.
DEVELOPMENTAL
FOCUS
- Walking and changing movement patterns
- Pointing and shared attention
- Gesture, sound and emerging words
- Secure separation and return
- Object exploration
- Early choices
- Participation in care routines
- Growing independence
WHAT CHILDREN
EXPERIENCE
- Movement across different surfaces and levels
- Carrying, pushing, pulling and transporting
- Pointing-and-naming conversations
- Books, songs and repeated language
- Objects that open, close, fit, stack or disappear
- Simple choices
- Participation in mealtimes and care routines
- Familiar spaces for rest and regulation
- Playing alongside other children
THE TEACHER'S ROLE
Open Waters (12–14 months)
Children explore further from familiar adults, returning for reassurance. Teachers provide secure routines and space to move.
Trade Winds (14–16 months)
Children move with purpose, make choices and use gestures, sounds and early words. Teachers support them with simple language, songs and play.
New Shores (16–18 months)
Children become more independent and involved in routines.
They recognise familiar people, places and patterns.
watch them grow
So Many Little Firsts
Discover Me is a stage of movement, shared attention, early language and growing participation.
MY WORLD
The child’s world is becoming larger, and the child is becoming a more active participant within it.This stage brings rapid growth in movement, language, independence, repetition, imagination and social awareness.
Our My World Program supports growing confidence, communication and independence. Through movement, repetition and play, children begin making stronger connections with the world around them.
DEVELOPMENTAL
FOCUS
- Confident movement
- Emerging vocabulary
- Cause and effect
- Filling, emptying and transporting
- Pretend play
- Choice and participation
- Emotional communication
- Early relationships
- Growing independence
- Transition towards Pre-K
TRANSITION TOWARDS PRE-K
The final phase introduces children to the rhythms of Seekers.The transition is supported through:
- Familiar teachers and spaces
- Longer shared experiences
- Participation in routines
- Simple group activities
- Teacher communication
- A transition note in The Atlas
- Close family conversations
Transition is not a test of readiness, but a supported handover.
A SIX-PART CURRICULUM JOURNEY
Arriving in My World
Familiar people, places and routines help build belonging, recognition and a sense of what comes next.
On the Move
Climbing, carrying, pushing, pulling and balancing build confidence, coordination and awareness of space.
In and Out
Filling, emptying, hiding and finding introduce early ideas of space, quantity and cause and effect.
Words for My World
Gestures, sounds and emerging words grow through conversation, songs, stories and everyday experiences.
I Can Do It
Daily routines encourage greater participation, simple choices and growing independence with the right support.
Me and You
Playing alongside others helps build communication, social awareness and early ways to express needs and resolve conflict.
watch them grow
So Many Little Firsts
New words, make believe worlds and budding friendships begin popping up in the most wonderful little ways.
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