Proudly Serving Families Since 2004
I started The Funhouse Family Day Care in Homebush West, New South Wales in October 2004. Since then, I have been happily serving young families with parents who are working and looking for a safe and registered childcare provider to entrust their children with.
My Educational and Work Background
I hold a Master's degree in Psychology and have been a school counsellor and relationship counsellor. In addition, I have a Diploma in Children's Services and Training Certificates in first aid, CPR, Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), nutrition, as well as anaphylaxis and asthma management.
I started my career as a teacher at a junior high school just 2 months after I successfully completed my Master's. Later on, I moved on to work as a high school teacher and taught social sciences.
I worked as a lecturer for a short while after I got married. When my children were born, I took a hiatus, and when they started school, I underwent training in counselling and became a school counsellor.
How I Started
It was a few months after we moved to Australia while I was looking for a job to support my family that I came across the opportunity to become a family day care educator. I took the opportunity and never regretted my decision.
A Passion or Nurturing Young Ones
I love being with children. I adore the little ones and have built wonderful relationships with families whose children I have looked after in the past and are looking after now. I like to think of the daycare children as part of my extended family where we all must learn to work and play together. I feel that it is important that the children realize that if we are all going to be together each day then we need to have the same respect that we would have at home with our own brothers and sisters. This means not leaving small toys on the floor when there is a baby in care, helping younger children, or waiting and taking turns.
I use a Guided Discovery approach to learning during the free-play portions of the day. This means toys and activities are made available for the children to select according to individual interests and abilities. They learn at their own rate but peer interaction is encouraged. Time is set aside each day to do things together as a group such as reading stories, doing crafts, pre-academic skills such as colours, shapes, letters, numbers, and for exploring seasonal and other fun themes according to the interests of the children.
