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 childcare centres are owned and operated by Samantha and Ian Johnson, two parents dedicated to early childhood education. Having worked in the Education Sector for over 25 years, their goal is for Child’s Play to become a leader in the industry when it comes to the level of educational services we offer. 

At Child’s Play, our priority is to provide children with real-world experiences, new opportunities, fun 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 homes. Although we started small, Child’s Play now has several childcare centres and continues to provide communities with the highest quality of childcare to children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.

Our Childcare Centres

Child’s Play ELC is one of the few childcare operators in Australia to have been 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 one of our childcare centres is designed to fit our philosophy of ‘Every Child Matters’, which we bring to life in every part of the services we offer. 

We welcome our families’ input on anything and everything! We have an open-door policy at our childcare centres, so our families can visit at any time and discuss whatever they would like to. 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

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Tarneit

Tarneit

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Tarneit West

Tarneit West

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Wyndham Vale

Wyndham Vale

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Point Cook

Point Cook

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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 them to have individualised learning experiences driven by their passions and interests throughout their early years. So we’ve designed our curriculum and every one of our childcare centres to achieve that!

We value every member of our community and have made it a priority to get to know you and your child so that we can deliver a holistic educational service to your family. Our approach to education is all about inspiring a love for learning, moving at each child’s unique pace and giving little ones the foundation they need to become strong, capable and resilient individuals.

What our parents say…

Anon

Point Cook

We feel like we have struck gold finding this daycare centre. We had our daughter enrolled in another centre when she was 10 months old and she had not settled after 12 sessions, it was an extremely stressful and emotional time. I quickly decided we needed to change centres; I did some research and THANKFULLY came across Childs Play Point Cook.

The centre director Sam and assistant manager Wararat are both very approachable, caring and professional. You get a real family vibe. During our orientations, I was even approached by the owner who was visiting, she was extremely caring and reassured me that it gets easier.

The centre has been renovated and is very clean, the food menu is very balanced. But above everything else the educators are incredible. We couldn’t be more grateful - we would recommend Childs Play Point Cook to any family without hesitation.
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.
Caitlin

Wyndham Vale

I am so impressed by all the educators at Child’s Play, especially Mouna, who my 3-year-old just adores as his teacher. Everyone goes above and beyond to ensure my boys are happy and safe. I couldn’t ask for anything more.
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 :).
Tanjil

Point Cook

Beautiful centre, lovely staff. Our kids love it here. Furthermore, the staff support our special needs and care greatly. I can’t recommend this centre highly enough.