Welcome to Kidsway Pty Ltd
The Kidsway Infant Program provides children aged 0-2 with opportunities for learning through movement, exploration, and connection. Learning goals for infants focus on movement skills, language development, developmental milestones, fine motor development, social skills, and the joy of every child.
The Kidsway Infant Program provides children with a nurturing learning environment that is full of educational materials that meet their specific developmental needs and interests during the first two years of life.
During this stage of development, infants move through sensitive periods for movement, hand-eye coordination, language, order, small objects, and toilet training. The design of the infant classroom, and the educational materials within in, reflect these interests and provide rich opportunities for learning.
Similarly, the daily routine reflects this age groups need for consistency and repetition, while embracing children’s individual needs, interests, stage of development, and learning styles.
Once children complete the Infant Program, they progress to the Kidsway Toddler Program, where they gain a formal introduction to all five areas of the Kidsway Curriculum.
The Practical Life Curriculum provides infants with opportunities to practice daily life skills such as self-feeding, cleaning, dressing, washing and self-care.
Example materials and activities include:
The Sensorial Curriculum assists in refining the senses of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell. Through sensorial materials children develop the ability to discriminate by size, colour, and texture.
Example materials and activities include:
Infants learn through movement and exploration. Learning goals for infants include healthy physical development. Through the Infant Curriculum, children develop fine motor, gross motor, and fundamental movement skills.
Example materials and activities include:
The Kidsway Language Curriculum introduces infants to spoken and written language. Children use language materials to explore names, sounds, songs and music.
Example materials and activities include:
Children’s happiness and wellbeing is at the core of everything we do. The Infant Curriculum nurtures children’s potential through positive, warm interactions, and collaborative partnerships with families. This includes respecting and valuing each family’s culture, beliefs, parenting style, and preferences for their child.
The Kidsway Curriculum and the Australian Government’s Years Learning Framework (EYLF): Belonging, Being & Becoming work together to nurture children’s potential. The EYLF incorporates five outcomes:
The infant routine outlines the typical daily flow for children aged six weeks to two years in the Kidsway infant community. The infant’s daily routine provides a consistent pattern of activities for learning time, meals, rest, and outdoor play. The predictability of the routine helps children to feel secure and positively influences their emotional, cognitive, and social development.
Imbucare Boxes help children recognise two shapes in the same size. It supports the development of visual discrimination, hand-eye coordination, and introduces the concept of object permanence.
The Coloured Discs on a Dowel introduces infants to discs that vary in size and colour. This materials helps develop visual discrimination, a sense of order, and introduces simple counting.
Treasure baskets introduce children to different objects and textures. They aid in the development of sensory perception, coordination, concentration and fine motor skills.
Dressing Frames introduce children to buttons, zippers, velcro and ribbon tying. They are used to develop hand-eye coordination, concentration and independence.
The Three Shapes Puzzle introduces the circle, triangle and square as well as the primary colours. It assists in the development of visual discrimination, the pincer grip, and fine motor skills.
The Imbucare Peg Box is a tray with 6 pegs to develop hand-eye coordination. This material also teaches colour sorting.
Kidsway deliver a Program for ages 0-6 that nurtures confident, courageous, and independent learners.
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