A PROMISE IN EVERY SMILE.
Little Penguin Early Learning Centre is a family-owned long day care and preschool with two centres in Melbourne: Kilsyth and Greensborough.
Kilsyth
Our established centre: a 90-place service with five purpose-built rooms for children from 6 weeks to 6 years, open Monday to Friday from 7am to 6pm.
Greensborough
Our newest centre: the same philosophy in a warm, boutique setting where every child and family is genuinely known and supported from the very first day.
Our Centres
Little Penguin Kilsyth
Our established centre in Melbourne's outer east, welcoming families from Kilsyth, Croydon, Mooroolbark and the surrounding suburbs.
Little Penguin Greensborough
Our newest centre in Melbourne's north east, bringing the same rooms and program to Greensborough, Watsonia, Eltham and nearby suburbs.
Our Philosophy
Our philosophy is inspired by the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF), the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence, Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development, and Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory.
To partner families to provide children with a good start in life.
To empower children to become an enthusiastic life-long learners.
To encourage To engage To empower.
