What is Playcentre?

Playcentre is a liscensed Early Childhood organisation where we have two roles

• To provide sessions for children to learn and explore through play, from birth to six years
• To provide support and learning opportunities for parents/whanau/caregivers.

The Playcentre philosophy embraces a number of strands:

• Playcentre believes that children reach their full potential most successfully when their parents undersand their development and take part in the learning process.
• Playcentre believes that children learn by doing - through play.
• Placyetres are run by the parents as a co-operative, so that the parents remain fully responsible for the education of their young children.
• Playcentre provides a variety of learning opportunities for parents.

Canterbury Playcentre Association belongs to the New Zealand Playcentre Federation. The New Zealand Playcentre Federation website provides more general information about Playcentre and a discussion board is available to discuss Playcentre issues.