Children enrolled at Goodstart early learning centres explore Yanchep National Park.
Camera IconChildren enrolled at Goodstart early learning centres explore Yanchep National Park. Credit: Supplied/Supplied,

Goodstart bush kinder program explores Yanchep National Park

Staff WriterWanneroo Times

A CHILDCARE program that encourages children to have greater respect for the natural environment will resume next month.

Goodstart early learning centres in Merriwa and Clarkson each take up to five children a week to the Yanchep National Park as part of a ‘bush kinder’ program that started last year.

Assistant directors Louise Haffenden for Clarkson and Andrea Garlick for Merriwa said the program helped increase confidence, motivation and concentration among the children, as well as increasing their social, physical and language skills.

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Its benefits are also said to include deeper conceptual understanding and respect for the natural environment.

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