Centre Locations

Kin Early Education has two convenient locations in Yarra Glen and Healesville.  Click HERE to view our locations...

Centre Hours

Our Centres operate 50 weeks per year between 6.30am and 6.30pm, Monday through to Friday.

Public Holidays

The centre will be closed on all Victorian gazetted public holidays. (Normal fees & charges apply on these days)

Christmas Closure

(This is a non-charged closure period.)
All KIN Early Education services are closed for a two week period over the Christmas/ new year. These dates change from year to year and will be communicated to all families via internal communication methods.

Whats Included?

• Nutritious Meals & Snacks
• Bed Linen
• Sun Cream
• Educational Program
• Incursions & Excursions

Meals & Nutrition

Our Services promotes healthy eating habits and provides delicious and nutritious food for your child each day. We provide a nutritionally balanced meals & snacks:

We follow the Australian Dietary Guidelines to ensure our meals are prepared to meet the dietary requirements for all children. Our menu is carefully planned and prepared by a qualified cook. We cater for the dietary requirements of all children enrolled at our Service.
Please discuss your child’s special requirements, allergies and any other medical conditions with the nominated supervisor.

Our Environment at Kin

• Babies / Toddlers - 6 weeks to 2 years
• Pre-Kinder - 2 to 3 years
• Kinder 3 - 3 to 4 years
• Kinder 4 4 to 5 years

All spaces at the centre have daily routines which have been developed within the children’s ages and developmental stages in mind. These routines incorporate daily events such as mealtimes, rest times and group times. These routines are put into place to provide the children with a sense of security and continuity throughout their day and they are also times when educators can meaningfully interact with the children. While each learning space has a routine in place there is space for spontaneous experiences and flexibility as part of educating children. Our early learning day has a natural rhythm, a relaxed pace where one part of the day flows happily to the next. The children have the opportunity to long periods of uninterrupted time which allows and encourages them to get involved in what interests them without being hurried on or having their efforts packed up before they are finished. We aim for all the children to have choice and balance throughout their day.

Centre Routines

KIN Early Education understands that routines for children are of upmost importance as it promotes safety and belonging for the children providing predictability and development of trust along with self help skills, self confidence and manageable expectations for the children. Within our services for children under 18mths of age we adapt the routine that you have established in your family home, this will be communicated to us via our infant routine forms during your orientation/enrolment process ensuring a smooth transition into care from their home emvironment.  Once the children move towards a more central routine. In general, a typical day revolves around meal times….

• 6:30am-8:30am- Breakfast
• 9:30am- Morning Tea
• 11:00am- Lunch
• 2:30pm -Afternoon Tea
• 5:30pm -Late Snack
• 6:30pm- Centre Closes

Daily routine times for each learning space may vary slightly adding in elements of indoor and outdoor play, open play and exploration, intentional teaching, group collaboration time,project work, rest and relaxation catering to the childrens learning and development stages, Individual room routines are displayed in all our our learning spaces for families to see.