About Us

Nature’s Nest was born out of the growing community of parents in our shire who value the Rudolf Steiner philosophy of early childhood education.  It is truly a community organisation which has had input over time from many different families from all over our shire.

The organisation that manages the centre, Steiner In The Eurobodalla (SITE) (formally ESEAI) first began meeting about 17 years ago when many of the parents had children enrolled in the child care centre, which was then Country Cottage child care.  From these meetings the Eurobodalla Steiner Playgroups were gradually formed.  SITE became an incorporated body and continued to meet and organise various activities over the years that enabled our community to practice and learn more about Steiner Education.

Nature’s Nest aims to cater for the needs of families by providing a creative and appropriate childcare option, a centre that houses our playgroups and facility in which to run parent education workshops, craft workshops and seasonal festivals.  In short the centre is not only for those that are enrolled in the day care sessions. Nature’s Nest is a community run, not-for-profit centre.

“The preschool years, the kindergarten years, (the years before formal

schooling) are the most important of all in the education of the child.”

“It is absolutely essential that before we begin to think, before we so

much as begin to set our thinking in motion, we experience the condition

of wonder.”

Rudolf Steiner