OUR APPROACH
We adopt a play-based learning approach that focuses on the individual needs and
interests of each child. Our experienced caregivers are experts in toddler care, providing
gentle guidance and support as your child navigates through their daily discoveries. We
maintain an open line of communication with parents, offering regular updates on your
child's progress and memorable moments.
✅ DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION FOR SUCCESS
The staff at Dinotots make a real difference; we support, coach and mentor each other to
ensure the same level of expertise is delivered by everyone. Our team strive to be the best
we can be through continuous professional development and ongoing evaluation,
reflection and assessment. We are a family. We want the best from all our staff, we care,
we take care of our people without hindering their growth and ensure they have a voice.
With our brilliant, hand-picked team, we guarantee the pathway to successful education
and development of your children.
✅ OUR CHILDREN
We recognise that each child is an
individual, with individual needs and
individual learning abilities. Together with
this special uniqueness they also bring
their own set of qualities and challenges;
At Dinotots we listen, respond, respect and
support our children.
✅ OUR FAMILIES
The advanced relationships that we build
with our families are essential; through
effective 2-way communication and trust
we unite your family's expert knowledge of
your children with our early years expertise
to produce the very best outcomes for all
children.
✅ THE CURIOSITY APPROACH ACCREDITATION
As part of our daily approach we are investing time, resources and passion into an
accreditation called The Curiosity Approach. The Curiosity Approach Accreditation is
something that we are working on for. the foreseeable future in partnership with our staff,
our families and the Curiosity Approach team themselves. We are embarking on this
journey to promote awe and wonder in early childhood, it is a pedagogy that inspires
children to see beauty in the random & unusual, to ignite creativity in educators & children.
✅ THE CURIOSITY APPROACH ACCREDITATION
As part of our daily approach we are investing time, resources and passion into an
accreditation called The Curiosity Approach. The Curiosity Approach Accreditation is
something that we are working on for. the foreseeable future in partnership with our staff,
our families and the Curiosity Approach team themselves. We are embarking on this
journey to promote awe and wonder in early childhood, it is a pedagogy that inspires
children to see beauty in the random & unusual, to ignite creativity in educators & children.
✅ WHAT DOES THAT ALL MEAN TO THE NURSERIES?
An example of this is where we have introduced real tea-sets in the home corner. We have
introduced metal teapots for younger children to explore and china teapots for our older
children. These different materials, to previous plastic tea sets, broaden children’s
learning – they have different textures, sounds, feels, smells, tastes, resistances, weights
and feel to them. This also teaches children to handle them with care and respect. We
have found by introducing changes such as these that children’s engagement with items is
much more involved, sustained and REAL – care is taken not to break things, to put things
back when they have been played with, children talk to each other about how to look after
the materials and when things do get broken we show children how to safely clear up
whilst learning valuable lessons about taking care of things and looking after things
properly.
✅ WHAT IS THE CURIOSITY APPROACH?
“The Curiosity Approach is a modern-day approach to Early Childhood, taking parts from
Reggio, Steiner, Te Whāriki and adding a sprinkle of Montessori. It is a beautiful recipe
book of wonderful ingredients, carefully mixed together with experience, passion and a
love of Early Childhood. It’s baked together in a mindful oven of loveliness that needs
thoughtful practitioners and professionals to be mentally present, thankful and forever
curious about their career with little children”. This approach, and accreditation, builds
on these well known and established early years theorists in providing children with an
environment, experiences, activities and resources which foster their in-built need to
explore, try things out and engage in a high level of sustained shared thinking. What we
are working on with this approach enhances the environments and resources that we
already have in the nursery. We are introducing resources that are “real” and authentic to
inspire awe and wonder and to enable children to handle items that are made of natural
materials to gain skills and a level of understanding to support their learning and
development at a deeper level.