A world-first forest preschool set among native bush is about to open in Manurewa.
The mission to create Gaia (Earth) Forest Preschool began in 2019 but the project went “down a spiral that nobody had imagined” because of the pandemic.
“The dream was effectively shattered,” Chrysalis founder, Dr Darius Singh told Afternoons.
A New Zealand academic and ECE educator has been asked to speak alongside experts from NASA, the Smithsonian Institute and the US Air Force at the world’s largest earth and space science conference later this year.
New Zealand early childhood educator Dr Darius Singh will present a paper at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, which connects a 62,000-strong community of Earth and space scientists from 144 countries to collaboratively advance science for the benefit of humanity.
A New Zealand academic and ECE educator has been asked to speak at the world’s largest Earth and space science conference later this year.
Engaging preschool children in Earth and space science concepts from an early age has become increasingly important in recent years as the need for sustainability, connectivity and well-being becomes more apparent.
A New Zealand academic and ECE educator has been asked to speak alongside experts from NASA, the Smithsonian Institute and the US Air Force at the world’s largest earth and space science conference later this year.
Former university professor of engineering and technology management, Dr Darius Singh will present at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting on the introduction of scientific principles at a preschool level.
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Former university professor of engineering and technology management, Dr. Darius Singh will present at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting on the introduction of scientific principles at a preschool level.
New Zealand early childcare educator, Dr Darius Singh’s been invited to speak at the prestigious American Geophysical Union later this year. The conference hosts up to 62 thousand earth and space scientists from 144 countries. Dr Darius will be explaining how he uses the Gaia philosophy to teach science to pre-schoolers. He also explains he is opening the first Gaia inspired child care centre in the world in South Auckland.
Chrysalis Early Learning Centre in Avondale, West Auckland, is a part of the multi-award-winning group of centres founded by Nikeeta Singh and her husband Dr. Darius Singh. Children who attend our centres are being prepared to be “Guardians of Life” in an evolving and sustainable world through our core Gaia (Earth) Education Principle.
Dr Darius Singh has been invited to give two presentations at a global forum on early childhood education in Macao, China in April 8 – 11, 2019. Darius will be joined by over 800 peers from 80 countries to engage in presentations and dialogues on key challenges and opportunities for young children around the world.
The husband and wife founders of Chrysalis Group of early learning centres (Dr Darius and Nikeeta Singh) are convinced of a better, more balanced way to prepare our young children to become the next guardians of our future hybrid-age world. Their Gaia (Earth) inspired “back to basics” approach provides the balance, resilience, perseverance, passion and respect for life that one needs in a journey of life-long learning, together with the building blocks for the necessary STEAM knowledge areas later in schooling to evolve us to the next ages of civilisation. They have spent the last decade researching various educational theories, designing and demonstrating what award winning childcare looks like, and testing and proving best in class educational outcomes for over 1000 pre-schoolers in Auckland and Tauranga to date.
A world first in early childhood education has been announced – a fully-inspired Gaia based childcare centre inside a one-acre lush NZ native forest.
Dr. Darius Singh and wife Nikeeta Singh, Directors of Chrysalis Group’s multi-award winning early childhood education centres in New Zealand, have proposed a new, innovative pre-school that will enable kids to “go back to basics.”
The new pre-school has been designed to encourage kids to get back in touch with nature. As kids now grow up in a highly-technological, instantly-gratifying world, Darius and Nikeeta push for this innovative solution that will reconnect children to the natural world.
A world first design concept for an early childhood education and care (ECEC) facility will be unveiled this week at the International Conference for Education Research and Innovation, in Seville, Spain.
A world first concept in early education to be opened in Auckland is set to be unveiled by the NZ academic and ECE educator who created it at an international conference next week.
A childcare business says New Zealand children are obsessed with instant gratification and have become detached from the natural world.
And it is proposing an innovative solution – a “Gaia-inspired” preschool in South Auckland which encourages kids to “go back to basics”.
As union primary school teachers put down their tools to strike for a great cause, many children are stranded and parents are at a loss as to how to spend the strike day. Chrysalis Childcare, Magic Kingdom Childcare, Milky Way Childcare and Fern Garden Preschool have, however, invited all of their staff to have their children spend the day with them at work for the day.
Chrysalis Group is proud to announce that they’ve enrolled the 1000th child into their award-winning child care centres – a dream of a number since their first centre opened eight years ago in 2010.
Fern Garden Preschool and Childcare Centre is a home away from home for you and your child.
The centre is owned by husband and wife team Nikeeta and Dr Darius Singh, and is one of the most talked about, personalised, inspirational and high quality education centres in the Bay of Plenty.
One of the best childcare centres in NZ and part of a multi-award winning group of childcare centres is our very own Otumoetai based, Fern Garden Preschool. Husband and wife owners Nikeeta and Dr Darius Singh, with three generations of teaching background in both their families, have had a single vision: “To lift aspiration and raise educational achievement for every young New Zealander”, starting at preschool.
Forget any preconceived ideas you may have about a modern-day childcare centre.
The Chrysalis Early Learning Centre in Avondale, Auckland, designed by Collingridge and Smith Architects and built by Keola, shows just how much has changed.
Imagine launching a small vision that would one day start coming true? A multi-award winning group of childcare centres whose origins are our very own, local, ECE industry leading and award winning Fern Garden Preschool, has done just that.