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Discover simple natural dye recipes as well as flour glue recipes you can create with your child, and bring a little of our SOEL studio home.

Mixing paint is a skill SOEL children learn in the studio, and this process often happens before we paint. Try this at home with our step-by-step guide.

SOEL is here to support you in your return or continuation of work. However, we have an obligation to every child we care for and every educator we employ to provide a safe and healthy place.

The bubbles experiment is a simple yet rich learning experience. Try this at home with toys, kitchen utensils or anything else you want cleaned.

SOEL educators from sister centres in Studio and Toddler rooms came together to research how music and sounds transform toddlers and the world they live in. 

Having trouble finding a childcare centre that suits you and your child? It may seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be when you know what to look for.

At SOEL, children have a direct influence on their physical environments and the nature of the investigations that happen within them.

Resilience is the ability to successfully manage the bumps and bruises of life, to successfully manage the things that can hurt physically, emotionally and psychologically.

Our aspiration is to support our children to be competent, confident, resilient, creative and reflective thinkers who want to learn, who value learning, who will challenge assumptions, who value and defend human rights, and responsibly care for the world’s environments and people.