A kindergarten on Irvine Street in Mosgiel, one of 24 kindergartens run by Dunedin Kindergartens, the association that claims the kindergarten movement began in Dunedin. The first Dunedin kindergarten opened on 10 June 1889 in the Mission Hall on Walker Street, now Carroll Street. The kindergarten takes children aged two to five and builds its programme on the Te Whāriki curriculum, with play, exploration and group participation at the centre of the day. Each kindergarten has a team of three to five teachers, including a head teacher, and the association says its teachers are qualified. It is a non-profit, community-based organisation governed by an elected board, and most of its funding comes from the government. The association says it is proud of this model, and families can email the kindergarten to ask about a place.