“Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.”

“Children come into the world with instinctive drives to educate themselves. These include the drives to play and explore.”

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Kathy Walker OAM is the founding director of Early Life Foundations

“Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.”

“I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.”  

Our staff at Mt Martha Preschool are constantly reflecting on their responses and interactions to ensure emphasis is placed on building and maintaining an environment that is warm, safe, positive and inviting.

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