Creative Minds Early Learning Centre is a childcare centre at 73 Omaunu Road in Kaeo, in the Far North. It keeps a page on Facebook at facebook.com/creativemindskaeo.
A good early learning centre looks after children's wellbeing first, then supports play, language and learning through a settled daily routine. The best way to choose one is to visit while children are there, and to notice whether they seem relaxed, whether teachers get down to their level and how babies and toddlers are comforted. Ask about teacher-to-child ratios, staff qualifications, how illness is handled, settling-in visits and how the centre keeps parents informed. In a rural area like the Far North, it also helps to ask about hours, travel times and how the centre connects with the local community and whānau. Regulars check the latest Education Review Office report and ask about 20 Hours ECE funding for children aged three to five, and they put a name down early, as places can fill.
For families in Kaeo and around the Far North, Creative Minds on Omaunu Road is a local early childhood centre to visit and ask about.