Sunshine Coast Early Learning Centre

Habitat Early Learning Peregian Springs:
Montessori Early Education

Tour Guidelines for Habitat Early Learning.

We’re so pleased you’re considering a tour at Habitat Early Learning. To help you get the most out of your visit, we encourage you to bring along the child you’re looking to enrol. This allows them to explore the space and settle in, while also helping us create a more engaging and personalised experience for your family. When you arrive, our friendly front desk team will assist you with signing in as part of our safety procedures. We also kindly ask that mobile phones not be used during the tour to respect the privacy of the children and educators in our learning environments.

We look forward to welcoming you and sharing what makes Habitat a special place to learn and grow.

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We’re pleased to let you know that Community Playgroup will resume at 9:30am on Wednesday 22 April 2026 and will run weekly until Wednesday 24 June 2026.
This playgroup is designed for children aged 0–3 years and is open to all Habitat families as well as the wider community.
We can’t wait to welcome you back and see our families learning, playing, and connecting together. Book now using the following LINK

About Habitat
Peregian Springs

Your trusted Early Learning Centre, Sunshine Coast

Welcome to Habitat Early Learning in Peregian Springs.

For more than a decade, Habitat Early Learning Centres have been expertly delivering Montessori Programs to children in the early childhood period. As society awakens to the limitations of traditional curriculum approaches, the possibility and potential of the Montessori approach is increasingly appreciated.

Peregian Springs is Habitat Early Learning’s first Montessori-exclusive service.

Habitat has long recognised that optimum development in a child’s early years occurs when the educational, nutritional and health needs of children are prioritised. Habitat Early Learning has established an unprecedented benchmark in helping young children get the best start in life by providing early education with a difference.

But what is the Habitat difference? It is an extensive investment in the sector’s best early childhood practitioners in a managerial capacity, overseeing and guiding practice. It is an investment in our fully qualified educators - delivering on our promise of happy staff to ensure long term consistency for your children. It is challenging the status quo and finding better ways.

Habitat Early Learning Peregian Beach offers an all-inclusive service which features:

Montessori Curriculum
Extra-curricular Programs - Performing Arts, Mandarin Language and Culture and the Happy Habits program
On-site chefs to provide healthy meals, snacks and beverages
Queensland Government Approved Kindergarten Program for children aged 4+
Dedicated yoga studio
State-of-the-art building and facilities
Astute Education Professionals
Long day care from 6:30am - 6:30pm for all children under school age
Parents Room – including private nursing room, office and kitchenette
Book a consultation with our Enrolment Team today to find out more about waitlists and child care fees

Discover Our Sunshine Coast Early Learning Centre

Transforming your understanding of child care centres, our new Peregian location takes cues from the contemporary coastal landscape, delivering an experience which nurtures learning through an environment that is relaxing, peaceful, welcoming, and safe.

From the moment you enter Habitat Early Learning Peregian Springs, there are touchpoints at every turn that evoke curiosity as a provocation for learning. Combining form with function, the Centre includes learning spaces that let your children explore, create and discover their own passions and interests.

Learning takes place within 5 family groupings: Nido, Infant Community, Children’s House, and two unique Montessori-inspired Kindergartens designed for children aged 3 and above. We strive to foster an environment of acceptance, emphasizing the importance of inclusivity, individuality, and the joy of embracing diversity in celebration.

Curriculum

Habitat Early Learning Peregian Springs offers a Montessori curriculum: an internationally regarded and inspirational teaching model.

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At Habitat Early Learning, we acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land in which we work and play. Our learning community walks together in the spirit of reconciliation.

We are guided by the principle “Notice. Act. Protect.” where concerns reported, are concerns addressed. Speaking up is encouraged, supported, and acted upon.

Our Montessori Day Care, Sunshine Coast

Maria Montessori (1870–1952) was an extraordinary individual. One of the very first women to qualify as a medical doctor in Italy, while working with intellectually impaired children she gained the important insight that in order to learn, they required not medical treatment but rather an appropriate pedagogy. She later continued to develop her distinctive pedagogy, working with non-disabled children (Marshall, 2017).

Montessori argued that children pass through sensitive periods for learning and several stages of development, and that children’s self-construction can be fostered through engaging with self-directed activities in a specially prepared environment. The 'prepared environment’, refers to a classroom and a way of learning that is designed to support the child’s intellectual, physical, emotional and social development through active exploration, choice, independent learning, and play-based learning experiences.

Through balancing freedom of choice and responsibility within a nurturing environment, the development of the mind (intellectual), the body (physical) and the spirit (emotional/personality) is emphasised. Providing the absolute highest levels of education, experiences and care, the Montessori philosophy guides each child through their own learning journey.

Transitioning from unconscious to conscious learning processes, our Montessori curriculum touches on areas of learning that include Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Mathematics and Culture.

Habitat Early Learning Peregian Springs, set against the tranquil coastal backdrop, beckons a neutral palette, abundant light and spaces of controlled openness and retreat. The design of the physical environment delivers moments of discovery, connection to nature and enriching encounters.

Extra-curricular Programs offered at our
Peregian Springs Service

Mindful Movers

Habitat Early Learning offers the Mindful Movers Program to all children over 15 months of age on Mondays and Wednesdays. The program introduces elements of wellness and movement through mindfulness and physical activity, including yoga, stretching, breathing exercises, balance and coordination games, and gentle group movement activities. Mindful Movers supports children’s physical development, emotional regulation, and overall wellbeing in a fun and engaging way.

Performing Arts

Habitat Early Learning offers a professionally designed and delivered Performing Arts Program for all children on Fridays, included within the fee structure. Focusing on musical practice and theory, dance, and performance, the program is offered on a weekly schedule to engage every child in creative expression and skill development.

Language and Culture

Language and cultural learning is facilitated by a trained early childhood educator and takes place within your child’s pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classroom two days a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. These sessions are embedded into everyday learning, supporting children’s development while introducing Italian language and cultural experiences in a natural, engaging way.