Child's Play ELC

About Us

About Our Child’s Play Family

Child’s Play Early Learning Centres are a family run business, run by our family for your family! Our centres are owned and operated by Samantha and Ian Johnson, two parents dedicated to early childhood education. They have worked in the education sector for over 25 years and are dedicated to providing high quality services for all children.

Our priority is to provide children with real-world experiences, new opportunities, challenges and a safe environment for them to grow into confident, caring individuals. When we started our childcare services we wanted to create a place where children could feel loved, nurtured and safe outside of their home. We now run three amazing childcare centres and continue with our aim to provide the highest quality of care to children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.

Our Centres

Child’s Play ELC is one of the few childcare operators in Australia awarded an Exceeding Rating by the Department of Education. Sam and Ian are very proud of this recognition and credit their employees for their love, loyalty, dedication and commitment to providing the highest quality of care to our families.

Our centres are purpose-built facilities complete with indoor and outdoor play spaces, an open door policy and engaging learning resources. Every centre is designed to fit our philosophy of “Every Child Matters” and we invite you to take a tour of our services to decide if it is the right fit for your family.

We welcome our families’ input at all times and we have an open-door policy when it comes to our services, so our families can visit at any time. We also have a strong sense of community and love to be involved with local organisations as we find this provides our children with new experiences and grows their global awareness.

Torquay

Torquay

Tarneit

Tarneit

Tarneit West

Tarneit West

Wyndham Vale

Wyndham Vale

Point Cook

Point Cook

Our Approach

Our educators take pride in delivering a variety of learning philosophies to expose and accommodate our children to different ways of learning. We want our children to have individualised learning experiences driven by their passions and interests throughout their early years.

We value every family that is a part of our community, and as early child care educators it is our priority to get to know you, your child, and your family to deliver a holistic educational service. Our approach will not only harness your child’s upbringing but innovatively teach your child that they are strong, capable and resilient individuals.

Every child that walks into our centres brings with them a deep sense of curiosity and capacity to achieve greatness. Within our services, we nurture their potential to drive their success and enjoyment of the world around them.

What our parents say…

Reagan Grace

Tarneit West

I’ve been through many daycare centres and Child’s Play Tarneit West is the one I’ve settled with. From the beginning management and the ladies have been helpful and caring. It was hard for me to put my 1 year old into daycare but they made the transition easy. It’s even better when I get to see through the app the times my son has eaten, slept and has had nappy change. It’s rare to find good daycare centres these days. My son loves it here. And the centre itself is always clean and it’s brand new. Couldn’t ask for a better child care for my son. Thank you ladies
Roubal Arora

Tarneit

Very impressive since we visited before it officially started. Great location amazing building. Brand new facility with professional staff. Our child was bit fussy in start but is very comfortable and willing to go everyday. Will recommend to everyone around the area.
Emily Dunlop

Tarneit West

Our family highly recommends Child's Play Tarneit West. Our son has been enrolled since the centre opened and we couldn't be happier! The educators and management team are absolutely amazing, caring, and personable. Our son loves going and has lots of fun. We also love the photo updates we receive about our son's day on the app.
Jocelyn Jara

Torquay

Highly recommended childcare centre. My little girl absolutely loves to be there and I have hard time taking her home because she doesn't want to leave. Their playground area is big with lots of interesting things to do.
Emma White

Torquay

This place is not just a daycare service it’s a second home and a second family to my 2 year old. They staff are encouraging, caring and supportive to the kids and their families and the learning that takes place is above and beyond what I ever expected.
Macey Vivas

Tarneit West

We are so glad to be a part of the Child's Play Tarneit West family. Our children continue to improve their social and development skills through an excellent curriculum. We commend all educators and staff for guiding and encouraging our children to learn and confidently explore their environment. We cannot recommend this facility enough as we are assured of our children's safety, qualified and experienced staff, great relationship with our children and a positive environment evidenced by my childrens' contentment and happiness to attend :).