Nature Kinder
Nature Kinder is The Farmhouse’s three-year old nature-based Kindergarten program, during which children are provided with opportunities to just ‘be’. Your child will also be able to experience new adventures, meet new challenges, and at all times – have fun !
Nature Kinder is a gentle introduction to educational concepts in an environment where children can be content within a natural setting. Our 1km native corridor on-site enables children to become familiar with our native Australian trees, shrubs and birdlife as they head out on adventures with their educators.
The difference
You’d like your child to find themselves and thrive, right? Nature Kinder provides children with a beautiful opportunity to flourish as they explore a whole new environment for themselves, making sure they feel safe, secure and supported throughout.
We appreciate this may be the first time you’ve entrusted your child to others outside of family, and we take that responsibility seriously. Your child’s contentment is our utmost priority and we work closely with parents and guardians to ensure there’s a smooth and comfortable transition.
How will my child be ‘educated’?
The Nature Kinder program is designed to achieve fundamentals at a comfortable pace for your child, incorporating time for them to individually find their own readiness to reach them. We design our program to enable focus on science-related, maths-related and language-related activities in the context of the natural world, and where learning opportunities are empathetically interwoven throughout the day and into children’s play.
Academic basics are interwoven into a curriculum in which educators notice what children are engaged in and create learning opportunities based on the childrens’ interests. The educators help foster curiosity and independence as children develop self-help and socio-emotional skills, while shared experiences encourage students to get to know one another and their community.
Additional care
In 2026, Nature Kinder is delivered on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8.30am-4pm.
Life’s busy, for all different reasons. To help the running of your week, The Farmhouse offers before and after kinder care to Nature Kinder children. Your child can attend The Farmhouse before kinder, and is then walked across to the Kindergarten building ready commence their kinder session. At the end of the kinder session, your child is walked back by our staff to The Farmhouse for a seamless day. Many children do one or both of the above and enjoy the security this offers.
Before Kinder Care: 6.45am-8.30am
After Kinder Care: 4-6pm
Kinder children can also attend The Farmhouse on their “non-kinder” days where care is available 6.45am-6pm.
Enrolments are open
To avoid disappointment, please let us know as soon as possible that you would like to join us. Feel free to come and see Nature Kinder for yourself!
3494 Maroondah Highway, Mansfield.
Just 2 minutes from the centre of town!