Lily's Learning Home

Hi, I am Lily. I am from China and have settled in Brisbane since 2005. I can speak both Mandarin and English.

I have been in early childhood education since 2008. I worked in a long day care service for six years before starting my own family day care service. 

I have diploma of early childhood education and current first aid certificate and blue card. 

I live in an environment friendly house at Wynnum north with my husband and two boys. My husband is also the architect who designed our downstairs day care space. 

We love nature and sustainability. We have six chickens, an aviary of budgies, two native stingless bee hives, gardens, fruit trees, mud and sand pits and the whole open planned downstairs space for the children to explore and play in. 

I follow a child led free play based approach. I design the program to cater for each individual child’s unique needs. 

We have rich learning experiences of activities at home, excursions, bush walks, nature play, WFDC link events, play group, participating community events etc.  

We meet other family day care groups regularly for social play as well. 

I believe the bond the children build with others and a gentle nurturing environment to play and grow in at their own pace during their early childhood years play an important role on their lifelong wellbeing and happiness.

I appreciate the trust from the families who have their children in my care. I have met lots of lovely people in the community through family day care and have become friends with them. I respect the families’ role as their children’s primary carers. I love learning from the families to support and collaborate with them to provide the suitable care for their children. 

I love spending time with different children and learning from these little teachers. I love that our boys learn a lot from interacting with the children in our day care and they love having children coming here to play and have fun with them as well. 

I am grateful to be able to share a special part of life journey together with the children who have come to my day care and my life. 

We look forward to welcoming our new future friends!