The Garden ELC Bali
Opened since 2014, The Garden Early Learning Centre has become Bali’s premier Early Learning Centre. We offer a nurturing, immersive, creative & safe educational environment.
We offer drop in classes for Parents and Babies (6months – 2.5years) and a registered drop off Early Learning Centre (minimum 5 week enrolment).
Our Philosophy
At The Garden Early Learning we believe that the first 6 years in a child’s life, is an important time where the brain rapidly develops and children are learning and mastering skills known as developmental milestones. Parents are their child’s first teacher and our teachers respect and work in partnership to nurture each child’s developmental stages.
We value the importance of relationships. Positive relationships and are essential for a child to bond with an educator and to feel safe and secure. Once children have established a bond with an educator, they will explore the learning environment and interact with peers. Every new experience, each moment of discovery helps to shape who they are and whom they will become. We seek to create a community of learners, where children and adults, play, work, talk, think, invent and create together.
Our learning areas inside and outside the classroom incorporate a play-based pedagogy. The learning areas are defined spaces and attention to detail is paramount where educators offer rich provocations to encourage children’s learning and skill acquisition. Our educators intentionally teach the children using a play-based approach.
At The Garden, children are allowed to go at their own pace. For us, the learning process is always more important than the product. The process of discovery, the ability to make meaning of their environment and the development of new relationships with peers and educators, is an essential stepping-stone for your child. We believe that Early Learning is a step towards independence for each child.
As family is a strong focus for young children, it is a fundamental pillar of every students experience at The Garden. Both our core curriculum and daily flow are grounded in this. From the warm smile of our security staff, the friendly, caring & trusting nature of our educators, to the regular community events & parent involvement; we aim to forge a bridge between the child’s home life and school life.
Teaching & Learning
We use the Australian National Early Years Framework; Belonging, Being, Becoming to guide and support our inquiry based learning. Our day to day practice is inspired by the principles of multiple progressive play-based and nature based philosophies, The Reggio Emilia Experience as well as The Walker Learning Approach and elements of Montessori Education and used. Click to learn more the foundation of our teaching and learning curriculum.