Welcome to Kindy Cottage Child Care

At Kindy Cottage Childcare our aim is to provide an environment that is an extension of the children's homes where they can experience exciting educational opportunities and stimulating activities in an atmosphere of love and laughter.

Key features of Kindy Cottage Childcare:

a homely environment
extensive educational resources
lengthy tenure of staff and a high number of qualified teachers
a Schoolroom Programme that prepares 4 year olds for new entrant classes
the design and philosophy of the Child Care Centre allows siblings to spend time together during the day
children do not have to face transitions to new rooms or new buildings at Kindy Cottage Childcare
a competitive fee structure and flexible hours

Photos of Kindy Cottage can be viewed here.

We encourage you to contact the centre and arrange a time to visit Kindy Cottage Child Care. We're sure that you'll be impressed!

Kindy Cottage Childcare is located on Auckland's North Shore in the East Coast Bays, we are in close proximity to Mairangi Bay, Rothesay Bay, Torbay, Murrays Bay, Sunnynook, Albany, Windsor Park and Rosedale.

Visit from Murray's Bay School

Fleur Knight's Year 5 class from Murray's Bay Primary presented 6 murals they created for Kindy Cottage Childcare. Earlier in term 4 the Murray's Bay students met with Kindy Cottage's children to get input on what they'd like to see on the murals. A couple of weeks later the students returned with 6 amazing murals.

See photos of the murals

Announcements

School Room Report

Monday, 21 May 2012

The 4 year olds have been learning about solar energy and primary colours. Click on these files to read the story. solar power_May2012.pdf colour exploration_May2012.pdf

School Room Programme

Monday, 14 May 2012

The 4 year olds have been busy in their School Room programme. Click on these files and see how the children have been learning about bones (of a rat!), their senses and weighing items...... rat bones.pdf senses.pdf weighing.pdf

Easter Bunnies at Kindy Cottage

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Take a look at the Easter Bunnies at Kindy Cottage, click on Easter Bunnies 2012.pdf

Chilling out in the Foot Spa

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

The children relaxing in the sandpit's foot spa, click here Foot Spa.pdf

Song of the month-April 2012

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Cindy has been teaching the 2 to 5 year olds the song Puff the Magic. Click on this link for the lyrics.....Song of the month April2012.pdf

Magnet Fun

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

The children love using the magnets from the science table and finding out how powerful these are. Click here to read the story. Magnet fun.pdf

Sensory Experiment

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

The children could still identify an object with one of their senses taken away. Click here to read the story. Whats in the bag.pdf

Making Masks

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

One day last week a group of 4 year olds really enjoyed creating masks. Click here to read the story and see the photos.Masks_Mar 2012.pdf

Water Play Fun

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

The children loved the creative water play using the water trough for mixing colours and rolling around the painted golf balls. Click here to see the photos. Water Play Fun_Mar2012.pdf

Song of the Month-February 2012

Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Every month Cindy is introducing a new song to the children. This month's song is a classic from the Sound of Music, Do-Re-Me. Click on this link to get the words so as you can sing along at home. Song of the month_Feb 2012.pdf

Summer has arrived

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

What better way to enjoy the warm summer weather than dancing outside and "baking" in the sandpit.... click here to read the story Summer has arrived.pdf

Kindy's Summer Garden

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Taking care of the garden is keeping the children very busy. Click here to read the story..... Taking care of our garden.pdf

Worm Farm

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

There was very keen interest by all the children in the new worm farm. Click here to read the story....worm farm_Jan2012.pdf

Parent Comments

"Kindy Cottage Child Care is like a family, it is small & flexible, everything is in a good state" Adele Marshall

"Homely, child centred and friendly staff with a long tenure" Keri Edwards

"Extremely friendly staff that genuinely enjoy the children" Samantha Lenik

"Lovely environment, visually stimulating" Pauline Allan

"We like the small family feel of this childcare centre" Emma Hope-Eade

Your can read more of the feedback received during the Parent Survey in October 2010