Bush Kindy Philosophy & Pedagogy

Bush Kindy is a child-focused learning process, that is conducted in the natural world, typically, rainforests, woodlands and parks. It offers opportunities for holistic growth through regular sessions, by developing confidence and self-esteem as well as investigation of ideas, thinking reasoning and hypothesizing.

Our Bush Kindy program aims to:

• Develop relationships with children and facilitating communication
• Enter children’s worlds, identifying and building on children’s outdoor interests, scaffolding play and sustained thinking
• Providing opportunities for child-initiated play and outdoor play
• Help children negotiate and maintain play and model inclusive behaviour
• Support appropriate challenging and risky play
• Teach children about the natural world and care of the environment
• Provide opportunities for nature play in in natural environments on a regular basis
• Work with parents, carers and children in outdoor spaces
• Provide practical hands on experiences
• Teach that the outdoors is a natural backdrop to learning and consolidating values
• Problem solving opportunities, pursuing children’s interest at their own pace and in their own time