Over 3 Programs at Caterpillar Kidz
Big questions.
Growing confidence.
The kindergarten years are full of ideas: why, how, what if and can I? Our Over 3 program gives children room to investigate those questions while building the confidence, capability and relationships that prepare them for what comes next.
Learning becomes richer when children help shape it.
Educators build from children’s questions, interests and observations, creating projects and experiences that weave together language, early literacy and numeracy, science, creativity, movement and social learning. The goal is not to make kindergarten look like school. It is to help children become enthusiastic, capable learners.
🥚 Cocoons
Children strengthen friendships, communication and independence while learning to follow ideas, collaborate, negotiate and persist.
🦋 Butterflies
Our oldest children take increasing ownership of their learning, building resilience, confidence and the practical capabilities that support a positive transition to school.
🤝 Family partnership
We share what we are noticing and invite what you are seeing at home, because the strongest picture of a child is built together.
School readiness is bigger than knowing letters and numbers.
Being ready for school also means being able to ask for help, manage belongings, join a group, recover when something is difficult, communicate an idea and feel confident enough to have a go. Those capabilities grow through real experiences—not worksheets.
A program that works around childhood—and family life.
Caterpillar Kidz offers kindergarten within an early learning environment, giving families the opportunity to combine a high-quality kindergarten experience with the flexibility of longer care hours. Explore My Kinder for our kindergarten pathways and what they include.
Ready to spread their wings?
See how the Caterpillar Kidz journey builds towards a confident transition to school.