The centre is located on a double block conveniently located near Kempsey Tafe and Kempsey Hospital.
a: 41 Polwood Street Kempsey NSW 2440
p: (02) 6562 8591
e: kempsey@cubbyhousepreschool.com.au
The Cubbyhouse Experience
There’s a saying, it takes a village to raise a child. And yet in today’s world too few of us have that village, separated by distance, time and modern lifestyles. At the Cubbyhouse Preschool, we get to know your child, their interests, their normal. Whatever your family looks like, we’re there to provide a supportive and nurturing home-like environment for your child.
The Cubbyhouse group of childcare centres is locally owned and operated and is committed to providing the best quality education services in the Manning Valley and Mid-North Coast regions.
We have 3 centres operating in the Mid North Coast located in the Taree CBD, Wingham and Kempsey.
The Cubbyhouse is an early childhood education and care setting offering a preschool program with long day care centre hours. We offer groupings of children in our nursery, toddler and preschool rooms which cater to the individual needs of all children. We ensure the cubbyhouse is a child safe environment where children can reach their fullest potential in all areas of early learning and development.
Parents are an essential part of early childhood education and development and therefore we encourage family involvement at every possible occasion. Raising and educating a child is a partnership between families and educators and children feel settled when the know families and educators trust each other. The first 5 years of a child’s life is crucial in building lifelong skills and friendships.
Our Centres
Kempsey Center
Kempsey Centre
Taree Center
Taree Centre
The centre is located on a large block conveniently close but not too close to the Taree Central Business District.
a: 54 Pulteney Street Taree NSW 2430
p: (02) 6551 2100
e: taree@cubbyhousepreschool.com.au
Wingham Center
Wingham Centre
The centre is located in a semi-rural area. we have extended hours to cater for the needs of families in this area.
a: 1316 Gloucester Road Wingham NSW 2429
p: (02) 6553 0111
e: wingham@cubbyhousepreschool.com.au
Our Educational Philosophy
The Cubbyhouse provides a warm, safe and happy learning environment to support your child’s development. Our educational philosophy and approach to care has been informed by extensive review of educational best practice and draws from credible, research-based theorists and their ideas. Our practices, procedures and curriculum development is guided by these ideas.
Rudolf Steiner
Children need free, creative play to develop their spirit, minds and bodies. When educators nurture children’s senses children develop an understanding of awe and wonder for beauty.
Lev Vygotsky
Play is an important way for children to develop. Children learn everything twice, first by watching and thinking, then by doing. Children need to be supported in their learning (scaffolding). Culture shapes how we learn and what we learn.
Jean (John) Piaget
Children are researchers, they use their sight, touch, taste, smell, movement and hearing to explore how things work. This is called “concrete learning”. Telling children lots of facts about an idea or thing is not very helpful; they learn more by exploring with their senses.
Barbara Rogoff
Children are active, involved and competent learners. Children develop understanding and skills in a social context. They develop social skills through observing and imitating others more skilled then themselves.
Abraham Marlow
Children are free to learn, develop and grow into strong, resilient, competent adults after their basic needs of food, water and sleep are provided.
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Children grow and develop within several different relationship systems.
Burrhus Skinner
Breaking down big tasks into smaller tasks helps children learn new skills more easily.
Maria Montessori
Children learn at their own pace through playing and that PLAY is children’s WORK.
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