Our Curriculum

Curriculum through ‘playing’ all day!

So, what do children do all day? Well, the simple answer is: PLAY!

As children are in their routine, other than eat, sleep, watch their surroundings, we will encourage them to play! Why play? There is so much research on how learning through play is the best way to learn!

We are quoting from the ‘Mind, Brain, and Education’ writers (Weisberg, Hirsh-Pasek, & Golinkoff, 2013, p.108).

Children learn best in active, engaged, constructive and interactive environments, when the material they are learning is meaningful to them, and when they receive consequential feedback and probing questions, by putting their interests and needs at the forefront of the learning process, by giving some feedback and direction toward the relevant dimensions, and by allowing children to be active partners, guided play is able to keep children engaged

Mirabilia’s curriculum is based on the Early Childhood Education and Care National Quality Framework, the National Early Years Learning Framework (birth to 5 years) and the My Time Our Place Framework (school aged). Mirabilia also practices emergent curriculum and approaches with nature pedagogies, which means that all intentional teaching and extension of learning experiences are focused on being responsive to children’s interests to create meaningful learning experiences that uses the nature and current environment as part of the teaching practices.

Mirabilia’s educators serve a vital role within the curriculum specifically when being facilitators and extenders of the children’s play. We will observe children through their play, gather all the information we need in order to offer and facilitate children’s learning with such intentional teaching within play. As part of the emergent curriculum, we also believe that children learn from being in small groups, planned and spontaneous. Other than the daily engagement small groups play, we also offer ‘Squad’ times during school terms.

Other than the daily engagement small groups play,
we also offer ‘Squad’ times during school terms.