Lilchamps Highland Park is a Montessori preschool and childcare centre at 43 Aviemore Drive, Highland Park, in East Auckland, set right beside Lloyd Elsmore Park. It is registered with Montessori New Zealand and blends Montessori learning with the Te Whāriki curriculum. It takes children aged three months to six years. The centre offers short days, long days and full-time care, and 20 Hours ECE funding is available. The centre also runs a school transition curriculum for children moving on to school. Opening hours are weekdays, from 7 or 7.30am until 5.30 or 6pm. The centre says it keeps its numbers low, so each child has a close relationship with the teachers. One parent says they chose the centre after visiting three others, and that the calm, purposeful environment and the teacher-child interactions set it apart. Phone 09 532 8777.