We are passionate about children and their childhood. Your child's success in life is our highest priority. We believe in the development of the child as a full system - this means that developmentally we focus on cognitive, emotional, mental and physical development and we acknowledge the impact that these areas can have on each other. Giving children the home away from home experience and the surroundings to develop your child in a natural, fun, warm environment.
We offer farm like surroundings, with all our animal friends roaming around. The children have the freedom of running around, playing with mud, patting a sheep, feeding the guinea pigs, riding the ponies and much more. We believe in nurturing a child's development through play and we also use attachment based teaching. When a child feels safe emotionally and a child's nervous system can function optimally, learning takes place naturally. We make sure your child gets all the input and education they need to go to a mainstream school in Grade R or any other school of your choice.
People often think play based learning is inferior and less important than traditional formal learning in early childhood development. When in fact research shows that children who developed and learned through play based learning models, thrive later in life, have high developed intelligences, well developed, well developed sensory systems, their nervous systems had an opportunity to become stronger and resilient, in addition they have a curiosity for learning which leaves them with a positive disposition with regards to academic work later in life.
At Little Hoofprints we use play in all the learning. Engaging with real objects to engage all the systems including the sensory system. Your child's
academic future and emotional well being is of utmost importance at Little Hoofprints.
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Please visit our Facebook page for loads of info, videos and photos
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Extra Murals in school time
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Horse Riding
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Pottery
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Music Box for Movement and Music development
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Science Experiments with Little Lab Coats
Who can join us?
We take kids in from 2 years of age up until 5 years (Grade RR)
Operating Hours
Please contact us to arrange a visit and a chat so we can show you our little piece of heaven where your child can thrive and get the healthy foundation they deserve.
Mon - Fri: 7am - 3pm
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Our Background
As an Educational Psychologist and a mom myself, I witness children going through pre-school, having to sit still for extended periods of time, loose their imagination and sense of exploration and being put into boxes. I also see a decline in play overall. Play is the highest form of learning and development for a child's brain and therefore we see more and more children with difficulties. There is a time where children have to learn to sit still and learn, it is definitely not in early childhood. In fact it is detrimental to their development and mental health later in life.
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I decided to start this homeschool to give children the opportunity to develop in a natural, warm and attachment based setting, a childhood where they can grow and develop the way that it was supposed to be for children. Bringing experiential learning back. Research now shows that the decline of experience for children in the way our society approaches and implements early childhood education, creates sensory difficulties, under developed emotional children with lower empathy, it destroys natural curiosity and creativity, to name a few.
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The research also shows that children who develop through play in early education do extremely well academically in later years and the chance of developing mental, behavioural or learning difficulties decreases significantly. Furthermore their attitude towards learning also stays positive into their adult life.
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Our Teachers have over 20 years of experience in early childhood education. Our children are in good hands.
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Get in Touch
We are 800 meters from Pinehaven and 1.8km from Cradlestone mall
0723787340
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“Children still need a childhood with dirt, mud, puddles, trees, sticks and tadpoles” – Brook Hampton.