Welcome to First Steps Waihi, for happy confident learners
First Steps Waihi FREE Stay and Play Mornings!
Date: Every Monday Time: 9.30am to 11.00am
Come and join us on our Stay and Play mornings every Monday! Meet our passionate teachers and take a guided tour around our beautiful centre. Watch how your child can enjoy an environment set up to inspire and stimulate exploration and discovery! Call us now for more information!
Children’s growth and development doesn’t happen by chance… 
We believe that authentic learning experiences are largely emergent. Children learn through experiences that are real and not contrived. Educators will provide an environment and experiences which arouse children’s interests, stimulates their thinking and provides motivation for learning…
View our centre's philosophy here!
Our drive is to inspire… children and teachers alike…!
Families/whanau will feel welcome and will understand that we (teachers and family/whanau) together are responsible for positive outcomes for our children. We acknowledge our families/whanau as being our first and best source of knowledge regarding their children…
At First Steps you will discover…
Teachers who have a passion for providing quality education and care for your child. Genuine, caring and respectful relationships between our children their teachers and our families/whanau.
An environment where respect for self, others and our natural environment is role modelled and fostered by educators/carers. 
High parent/whanau involvement in daily centre life. Each of our infants and toddlers routines are individually observed by our primary educators/carers. Whole centre end of year trips – this includes our babies!
'Be School Ready' programme for our 4 year olds, regular library visits, regular parent evenings/teacher interviews and regular walks in our community to local primary school, mine visits.
Come and visit us today and see how First Steps Waihi can help your child become a happy, confident learner.
5 reasons why you should choose us..
Parent Feedback:
"Thank you all for making the past 3 years of daycare for Lydia so much fun. She has enjoyed coming here to learn and play. You have all played a part in helping her become the little girl we see before us today, a happy, confident, strong mined little girl who is ready for school." - January 2012
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