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…