Four Year Old Kinder

The four year old kindergarten program offered by Lilydale North Preschool is currently fully funded by the Victorian State Government under the Free Kinder initiative.

At Lilydale North Preschool we have a play-based learning program.
We believe play is the most important aspect of children’s learning and
development. 

Play supports children to:
- Make choices and decisions
- Use their own ideas and imagination
- Experiment
- Practice skills and learn new ones
- Exercise, develop and coordinate body movements
- Negotiate with their peers
- Follow an interest or line of enquiry
- Engage in a “what if?” activity
- Make up rules and change them
- Make mistakes
- Demonstrate competence in many areas of development
- Set their own goals
- Make sense of puzzling situations, events or equipment
- Become confident and enjoy challenges
- Have fun with friends and/or familiar adults
- Learn how to be a player

Our indoor/outdoor program provides flexibility and a calm sense for all children, allowing them choice, and to follow their own interests. This setup provides children with an environment to learn at their own place.

At Lilydale North Preschool our focus is on discovering each child’s individual needs, what they are interested in, what their strengths are, as well as observing the group’s dynamics, needs and interests.

Sessions currently run for five hours, three days per week. There are five x 4 year old kinder groups, please refer to the session times for more details.