Day Care in Tokoroa

Central Kids Arohanui is conveniently located next to Cargill Primary School. We offer a beautiful home-like environment that inspires imagination through natural resources and 'loose parts' that enable children to play and create. We have a challenging outdoor environment that encourages risk taking and strong gross motor development. We also have quiet, comfortable areas offering children a place to learn with books and puzzles, or just to slow down and take time. Our high-quality science programme and environment with pets encourages children to learn about our living and non-living world. At Central Kids Arohanui we have a strong team philosophy that is centred around children's 'sacred urge to play'.

Central Kids has been providing high-quality, affordable early childhood education and care since 1951. We have 52 early education services across the Central North Island of New Zealand, offering a child-led, learning through play philosophy that enables tamariki to grow at their own pace - socially, emotionally, physically and cognitively (thinking creatively, problem solving, decision making).

Located on the south side of Tokoroa, we offer children the opportunity to lead their own learning, through respectful, responsive, and consultative relationships between your child and their whanau, kaiako/educators and the wider supportive community. We have a large outdoor area planted with shrubs and trees to nurture connections with nature. We have a large garden area to grow food for ourselves and our community. We also have chickens which provide us with eggs. Our environment fosters unhurried learning which nurtures your child through inclusion and equality, provoking investigation, discovery, and exploration. Our multi-cultural centre is indeed rich and stimulating, musical and fun for all to enjoy. Call and see us today!

Central Kids Paraonui is a richly resourced kindergarten close to North School, Tokoroa. The diverse cultures and backgrounds of our children and their whanau are valued by encouraging the sharing of their knowledge and skills. Building positive, reciprocal relationships with whanau is important to the team at Paraonui as it strengthens our work with children. The kindergarten environment fosters children's social and emotional competence and promotes their love for learning. The kindergarten programme is based on the strands and principles of the early childhood curriculum, Te Whariki; this broadens the outcomes for children, building on their strengths and skills. Call and see us today!