Little Sunflowers
Where Community Thrives, Relationships Grow, and Playful Learning Feels Like Home.
Welcome to Little Sunflowers Early Learning Centre
Nestled in the heart of Nelson, our preschool is housed in a beautifully restored villa, offering a warm, homely environment where children of all ages grow and learn together.
As Nelson’s only mixed-age centre, we cater to up to 27 children from birth to 6 years old, fostering a sense of community and connection. Our thoughtfully designed environment features a mix of challenging and stimulating resources, empowering children to explore, play, and make sense of the world around them.
We provide full-day and sessional care for babies and preschoolers, with hours from 8 am to 5 pm. To support your child’s development, we encourage a minimum of three sessions per week.
Our Sister School, Learning Land, is situated down the road from Little Sunflowers. For your information the Learning Land Handbook is under the Parent Information tab above.
Preparing food with tamariki, offers opportunities to explore and encourage positive choices.
Encouraging a strong sense of belonging/turangawaewae for all at Little Sunflowers
A primary objective is to provide high quality care for our tamariki.
Nurturing and Trusting relationships are the Heart of our philosophy.
Little Sunflower's play-based curriculum respects the importance of learning through play.
Different spaces offer time for tamariki to explore interests at their own pace.
Trusting, responsive reciprocal relationships are important in our community.
Outdoors creates so many opportunities for developing creativity, relationships and exploration.
We respect our whanau cultural beliefs, values and aspirations.
Our play-based curriculum respects the importance of learning through play.
At Little Sunflowers each child is seen as unique and are treated with love and respect.
Different spaces offer time to explore, interact and share interests.
A primary objective is to provide high quality care and opportunities for our children to thrive in.