Your child’s early years are incredibly special. We know through science that when a child has warm, engaging, nurturing interactions with significant adults, they have the best opportunity to grow, learn and flourish. This is called attachment-rich, and that is important, because children thrive when they feel safe and loved. At Kakapo Creek, we create a nest for each child where they’ll find closeness and comfort with cuddles, gentle words, smiling faces and engaging eyes.
The first 1000 days of any child’s life are the most vital, which is why the nursery classrooms at Kakapo Creek are a spacious haven of safety and nurturing. Through close relationships and with unconditional love, your child will find an extraordinary foundation for their future.
The mixed-age, family-styled preschool classrooms at Kakapo Creek Children’s Garden offer a safe, comforting and adventurous space for our three to five-year-olds. We maintain an excellent teacher-child ratio to ensure the best individual attention and genuine love and care.
Enrich your child’s learning with our 100% pure nature experience at a once-a-week excursion to our Northern Campus farm in Silverdale. It’s an optional extra where our children learn about nature and develop a deep, life-long connection with the natural world.
If you are looking for the best care and education options for your preschooler and want exceptional attachment-rich childcare that is like extended family, book a tour at Kakapo Creek in Mairangi Bay on Auckland’s North Shore. It’s the best way to discover what our premium ECE service can offer.
Children only have one childhood, and we are passionate about making sure it is extraordinary. Kakapo Creek offers attachment-rich, nature-filled care and education with fully qualified and experienced caregivers that will love your child unconditionally. We have exceptional ratios and offer a unique blend of hands-on learning experiences as well as on-site parenting support and a social network to support your whole family. Our kaiako teach with love and intention, through an attachment-rich philosophy that is steeped in the joy of play.
Our Pūtake, or reason for being, shines through in our ‘families first’ approach, where quality is never compromised for profit. Our strong values, whanonga pono or guiding principles, are what sets Kakapo Creek Children’s Garden apart.
Kakapo Creek offers a blend of planned intentional teaching with plenty of opportunities and time for free play. Children are surrounded by nature, both inside and out, and encouraged in a kind and loving way to be curious and creative. Our primary trained teachers support children’s literacy and numeracy development through our learning plans and curriculum.
Extraordinary experiences create happy, confident children. Through interactive lessons and activities such as farm-to-table cooking, science projects, literacy, numeracy and opportunities to connect with the wider world, we foster children’s love for exploration.
Privately owned and operated by Ian & Kaye McKean, Kakapo Creek is designed using the very best evidence based family research, incorporating attachment theory and neuroscience.
09 410 2181
Monday – Friday
7:30am – 5:30pm
409 – 411 Beach Rd,
Mairangi Bay, Auckland, New Zealand