Putting the child at the centre of learning
For too long, play- and preschools have operated to suit the childcare needs of decades ago. At Play Sense, we’ve reimagined early childhood education by removing expensive infrastructure and poorly paid teachers. Our innovative approach ensures the best learning and development outcomes for your child.
Co-founder: Meg Faure
Meg is an OT & the author of the Sense Series, including the best selling Baby Sense and Weaning Sense books. She specialises in Sensory Integration and is passionate about supporting parents to raise confident, well-adjusted little beings.
Co-founder: Lara Schoenfeld
Lara is an OT and the founder of Nanny ‘n Me. Lara has lectured extensively about play-based learning and developed Play Sense’s world-class curriculum. Lara continues to enhance learning and teaching tools for the business.
We’re on a mission to change ECD
We believe (and the research agrees) that learning should be engaging, nurturing, and play-based. When little minds are open to exploring and mastering new skills and concepts, they thrive.
Play Sense combines these elements to provide a leading early education curriculum that truly prepares young children for the world we live in.
Our Values
Looking ahead to your child's future, there are certain specific skills they need to lead a happy and fulfilling life. Skills like creativity, collaboration, problem solving, decision making, and self-regulation are the foundation for all other academic skills, such as mathematics and language. Play Sense's curriculum is designed to teach children these skills by staying close to our values:
Playfulness
Our curriculum prioritizes play as a method of teaching and learning. We use six different types of play, including our all-important imaginary play, to teach toddlers to preschoolers core 'super' skills.
Connection
Our approach emphasizes creating strong bonds between teachers and children. We ensure that each child feels seen, heard, and valued, fostering a supportive and engaging learning environment that nurtures their development.
Developing soft skills
Creativity and self-regulation are the key skills to lifelong success, along with collaboration, problem solving, and decision making. Our curriculum teaches these super skills in age- and developmentally appropriate ways.
Based on science
Our play-based curriculum is rooted in the best research into Early Childhood Development and Education. Developed by Lara Schoenfeld, an OT with a background in neurology, the curriculum encourages each child's potential to develop with the guidance of a nurturing, skilled teacher.
Empowering women-owned businesses
We want as many children as possible to experience an early learning environment that is meaningful, fun, and focused on what they do best—play! Our curriculum provides children with the best start to their learning journey, and we support schools in delivering this enriching and engaging approach, ensuring every child feels capable, cared for, and confident.
What makes us different?
We want as many children as possible to experience an early learning environment that is meaningful, fun, and focused on what they do best—play!
Our curriculum provides children with the best start to their learning journey, and we support schools in delivering this enriching and engaging approach, ensuring every child feels capable, cared for, and confident.
Comprehensive Year-Round Curriculum
The Play Sense curriculum covers 11 months each year, featuring monthly themes and weekly subthemes that explore the human role in various scenarios. Each week, teachers bring these themes to life using art, stories, music, movement, and play (sensory, outdoor, and our all-important make-believe play), allowing little ones to engage their imaginations and flourish. By dividing the curriculum into themes, we spark children's interest, which is the essential building block for attention and learning.
Learning Lifelong Skills
Science tells us that play, and especially imaginary play, is the best way for young children to learn. Children between 2 and 5 aren't meant to sit at a desk, learning to read and write. They're meant to be pretending to go on an airplane ride, camping in the bush, or discovering the bugs in the garden. We combine six different types of play into a unique play-based curriculum. The exciting themes and lessons are carefully designed with practical and age-appropriate activities to teach children the life and school readiness skills they need to master—all through play!
Building Core Skills
At Play Sense, our curriculum is meticulously developed by expert Occupational Therapists and backed by extensive research. What sets us apart is our unique Play Plan, which uses the PROPELS framework to guide make-believe play, ensuring children not only engage in play but also develop essential skills through structured and imaginative activities. Our curriculum fosters creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking, providing your child with a strong foundation for lifelong learning and development.
Our Impact
