ContactIf you would like to get moreinformation or to register your child/children on our waiting list, please contact

Gisela Schumacher at our Head Office:P. +61 2 8080 0065enrolment@froebel.com.au

Play-based. Purposeful

Learning through play and purposeful activities, guided by experienced and passionate educators; for example at our Little Scientist’s Day, designed to spark your child’s enthusiasm for natu­ral science & technology through fun experiments. Children need stimulating and fun challenges so that they learn with joy, keep their curiosity up, and are proud of what they have learned and achieved.

Approved ProviderFROEBEL Australia Limited

Level 2 Suite 31650 George StreetSYDNEY NSW 2000P. +61 2 8080 0065info@froebel.com.au

FRÖBELCompetence for Children

FROEBEL in Melbourne …

… will be located in the heart of the Fitzroy North commu­nity, in close proximity to “Deutsche Schule Melbourne”. We plan to imaginatively redesign the existing building and to provide a stimulating and welcoming environ­ment for up to 66 children.

The centre will be beautifully furnished, using pre­dominantly natural materials, in combination with a light, harmonious colour scheme; the playground is going to offer natural play environments and edible gardens for the children and we have some unique features which make this FROEBEL Bilingual Early Learning Centre an ex­citing place for children to explore and feel at home!

Our two centres in Sydney have received an excepti­onal high­quality accreditation through the National Childcare Accreditation Council in April 2011. We are determined to emulate this success in Melbourne. Healthy. Sustainable

Health and sustainability education is one of our core values. We value high quality food and nutrition and promote a healthy, active lifestyle. Most of our centres offer yoga classes for children. Outside play areas are designed to provide a variety of experiences of nature as well as giving opportunities for exercise. We encourage children to explore their world with curiosity and respect, and we promote a culture of care for the environment.

FROEBEL MELBOURNE

Our Philosophy “Children should not be kept inside and told what to do, but rather happily grow, strengthen and develop in the sunlight, opening up like a flower under the careful hand of an attentive gardener.”(Friedrich Fröbel)

Our philosophy is rooted in progressive ideas developed by Friedrich Fröbel, the renowned educator who shaped the kindergarten concept almost 200 years ago. His holistic approach to early learning is inspiring us even today: child-centred, play-based, in unity with nature. We appreciate children as free, active, feeling and thinking human beings, seeing patterns and drawing conclusions. Early learning at FROEBEL supports all capabilities of your child: aesthetic, creative, cultural, imaginative, linguistic, mathematical, moral, musical, physical, scientific, social, spiritual and symbolic. We want your child to experience joy, wonder, concentration, unity and satisfaction through activities that have sense, purpose and meaning to her or him.

Our teachers and educators at FROEBEL guide your child on their journey of exploring the world – very much like a gardener who is nurturing seeds and seedlings in his garden to make them flourish in all their individuality. Excellent qualifications, educational professionalism and state­of­the­art training for each member of our team ensure that your child is ideally supported in her or his play and learning adventures. We design the children’s daily activities in such a way that children discover and develop their individual abilities. We believe in the uniqueness of each child’s capacity and potential and advocate active educational partnerships with the parents by building a partnership of care. We encourage children to be self­active, self­educating individuals, and recognise the importance of play as a central, integrating element in your child’s development and learning.

Bilingual early learning with the Immersion Concept

We strongly focus on immersive bilingual early learning. Language has a critical period for learning. Studies show that babies and children are geniuses at acquiring a second language until they turn 7, and then there is a systematic decline. FROEBEL ensures that your child gets a head­start in her/his linguistic abilities, tolerance and multicultural awareness.

Native German­speaking educators and their English­speaking colleagues work and speak with the children in their respective mother tongue only (“One person – One language”). Thus, every child is immersed in a 2nd language on a daily basis, gets familiar with the language melody, and learns it in a playful way without the need for „language classes“. We strongly believe that language learning should not be forced upon a child; we offer opportunities to learn.

FROEBEL’s approach is a child-specific and age-appropriate method of early language learning. The new language is introduced by native­speaking educators who use their language consistently in everyday situations, making the new language an integral and natural element of the children’s environment. All activities are conducted in English or German. Your child experiences the language in a playful way, through children’s songs, games, media, as well as specific design of the interiors in both languages. Our educators support their communication with the children through mimics, gestures and daily routines. The learning of the new language follows the same principles as the learning of the child‘s first language. Children use the experience they recently gained in mastering their primary language, and therefore abilities they already possess and develop.

Welcome and “herzlich willkommen”

to our FROEBEL family!FROEBEL is a premium not-for-profit provider of bilingual children’s services. We offer your child• excellence in modern early childhood education & care,• a unique bilingual early learning program.

FROEBEL in Melbourne will become an extension of your family; a new, small world for your child to start growing into a community with peers in a loving atmosphere and a stimulating learning environment. Our program is based on the Early Years Learning Framework and designed to encourage your child’s autonomy and self-esteem.

Not-for-profit FROEBEL Australia has been established in Sydney in February 2009 as a subsidiary of the charitable FRÖBEL e.V., founded in Berlin in 1990 and today one of the most highly-regarded providers of early childhood education, child care and after-school care programs in Germany.

We aim to be your trusted partner in care and endeavour to offer your child every opportunity to be an adventurous, successful learner and a happy, confi-dent member of our community.