At Learning Ladder Early Years and Montessori centers, we cherish nurturing creativity using nature's wonders. From exploring outdoor environments to crafting with natural materials, we inspire young minds to blossom.

Learning Ladder ELC and Montessori Centres, children’s creativity blossoms through tailored activities and an enriching environment. From hands-on exploration to imaginative play, every aspect of learning fosters creativity.

When the Easter Bunny hopped into Learning Ladder, it wasn’t just any ordinary visit—it was a delightful surprise that sparked joy and wonder among the children.

Cultural Diversity is one of Learning Ladder Montessori's most important aspects of the program, being able to incorporate other cultures and explore a wide variety of ethnicities from around the world by celebrating whether it may be holidays, important dates.

In the vibrant world of early childhood, a myriad of activities await young minds, fostering holistic development and creating a nurturing environment.

As we step into the vibrant and joyous season of Chinese New Year, Learning Laddder ELC centres are gearing up to celebrate this important cultural festival with their young learners, using creative mediums to embrace the festivities!

At Learning Ladder, we are firm believers in Vygotsky's theory surrounding creativity, which is a fundamental part of a child's overall development.  Our little toddlers dived into a craft activity that was both engaging and educational using the summer season as inspiration. They created their own colourful sandals.

Our weekly incursions allow hands-on teaching and learning in turn making learning interactive and fun and provides opportunity for children to be taught by someone other than their educators!

Nature took the strength of a mountain, the patience of eternity and combined them to create the person we call dad.Father’s Day is a time where we come together to celebrate our dads, fatherly figures and special persons in our lives. 

Interactions with animals hold many benefits in early childhood development including helping children build a sense of connection with their environment and enabling them to learn about nature and how they can aid in the preservation of the different habitats.

This allows them to enhance their learning anytime and anywhere whether it be in a classroom or in any other environment!

What better way to promote oral health in child care aged children then to bring the dentist to them through an amazing program called teeth on wheels!

Here at Learning Ladder, we constantly set up and create new S.T.E.M experiences that perfectly mix fun and learning to allow the children to discover and strengthen new ideas and interests while setting them up to succeed in the future.

The children were given the opportunity to explore a range of natural resources where they had to discover toy insects using a magnifying glass.

When children engage in play-based, hands-on learning they are engaging in scientific experimentation. The Pre-Kinder children at Learning Ladder were faced with a question – “Will it sink or will it float?” Children hypothesize what might happen, and analyse their theories “Why?”.

Dramatic and Imaginative play is a kind of play where children take on roles and act them out as a way of exploring themselves and their surroundings. By pretending to be someone—or something—else, children can learn new ways to express themselves, share thoughts and ideas, and even get in touch with their feelings ...

Pet Rocks makes the perfect kids art and craft activity. This is a form of Process Art which sneaks in a lot of important learning. The Caterpillar children demonstrated interest in finding and collecting rocks from the garden and they like to keep those rocks with them.

Gardening is an educational, stimulating, and interesting activity for children in early childhood years. Being outdoors and getting their hands dirty is not only fun but children can also learn new skills while they play as well as developing fine motor skills and learning to grow their own food.

Our mascot Larry had his cousins come and visit Learning Ladder Cranbourne! Here at learning ladder we thrive on exposure for children. Giving children exposure in different ways helps build their confidence and personality. Incursions like these expose children to all sorts of new scenarios and experiences.

Here at learning ladder we take celebrating milestones very seriously! We ensure we give our children the best send off to the next step of their journey! Celebrating milestones and achievements is a big thing at learning ladder and we want to make sure it's one you will always remember.

Cultural Diversity is one of Learning Ladder's most important aspects of the program, being able to incorporate other cultures and explore a wide variety of ethnicities from around the world by celebrating whether it may be holidays, important dates, planned activities as well as fun filled incursions such as our African Drumming incursion!

Diwali is one of the largest festivals celebrated as part of the Hindu and Sikh culture. Allowing children to experience other cultures is important in creating a diverse community. With understanding comes acceptance and it is important to create this understanding as early as possible by allowing children from all cultures to share there experiences.

Incursions give children the opportunities to learn through new experiences! This allows them to enhance their learning anytime and anywhere whether it be in a classroom or in another environment!..

At Learning Ladder, children in Kinder 1 have been learning about insects and bugs and have shown a strong interest in this topic, and to further extend on this theme, teachers are always thinking about fun and exciting ways to strengthen development and growth...

It is not about smart children, it is about happy children who have the confidence and courage to learn and pursue things dear to their heart. Alexandra Fidel’s @ riglife journal. Here at Learning Ladder we help the children extend their knowledge and development by extend on the children’s interest a nd parent input.

Here at Learning Ladder ,Cranbourne to make this Father's Day 2022 more special, we organized a Father's Day Afternoon Tea for all the amazing dads and to say them thank you for the endless efforts they make to give their child the best in their lives. The super dads were pampered with massage, a visit from Superhero- Batman and delicious food and drinks.

Drawing in sand to create artwork is a great sensory experience alternative to traditional crayons and papers. It supports in developing skills in letter and number formation, building on thinking and creativity skills and sensory awareness.

Colours have to be one of the most wondrous ways to express many different aspects of anyones life especially that of a child. It enables the sharing of emotions and allows them to express others feelings, determine and identify objects and personify them through colour.

Here at Learning Ladder Cranbourne relationships between children and educators are formed in the most special way. The love and relationships they share is like no other. At Learning Ladder we know how important it is to build Strong relationships with children and families to ensure they feel comfortable and build trust between one and another.

Numeracy is important for our young minds to learn in their first years because it is a time of rapid learning and development. Children begin to recognize numbers, patterns and shapes as they use math concepts to make sense of the world and connect concepts with their environment and everyday activities...