Tīaki Nga Tamariki – Take Care of the Children

We had an amazing experience with Sha as our Home Based Educator. It is very easy to see that she loves kids and is very attuned to their needs. My child felt so at home at Sha’s. She had a calm and caring energy, and she was very easy to communicate with. She learned so many words and skills through play. My toddler ate all her veggies at Sha’s when I couldn’t feed her them at home! Sha has been so wonderful and we highly recommend her!

Happy Auckland Parent.

Our Educator at Home Grown Kids offered the perfect environment we needed at the time. We will always appreciate the care and support we received. I will definitely recommend.

G.M from Upper Hutt

Home Grown Kids is a wonderful childcare service. They helped us with all aspects of recruitment and we found amazing caregivers as a result, who became a special part of our family. The visiting teachers provided another layer of helpful support to us all. We wanted our young child to have as much one-on-one caregiving as possible and to be in her own environment, so having a HGK nanny was perfect for us. It allowed us to have the best of both worlds – a wonderful caregiver for our daughter while we worked (running our home-based business) and the chance to be right there if she ever wanted or needed us. Our HGK caregivers worked so well with this arrangement and gave our daughter fabulous education, attention and care. We highly recommend them!

J.S. Wellington.

Having our daughter in home based care feels like an extension of our own home. The communication and updates provided are so lovely, and keep us connected.

“The best decision I have made”

“I was looking for something rewarding to do while taking my daughter on the journey with me and I decided to become an Educator with Home Grown Kids. The team here at HGK are fantastic. We have great Educators who are helping to nurture our young ones minds and are doing a fabulous job and, we have phenomenal support while doing it. We do outings and Educator training sessions where needed. I’m thoroughly enjoying my time with HGK and if you haven’t jumped on board already what are you waiting for! The best decision I have made” 😉 – Mel

“If I was looking at childcare options again I would highly recommend in home care. The small group size, one on one time with a passionate educator and the many activities and outings they go on is such a great start for a child going into care. Relationships are really important to me and in home care is set up for primary caregiving. My son absolutely loved his in home educator. He is heading off to school soon and we have had the same in home educator for 4 years. She has been an extension of our family and knows my child so well. I could not have asked for a better start to his early years”.

Anna
Wellington

“Home Grown Kids were able to find the perfect Nanny placement for our family within the time required. We fully recommend them for any families looking for support. Their prior interviewing and screening processes allows the right candidates being proposed, not simply everyone who applies. We can’t thank you enough.”

– Humphrys family

“Our experience with an amazing educator of Home Grown Kids has been amazing. Both our sons have gained invaluable development of social skills and confidence as they were cared for so well within the 1:4 ratio in a loving environment. We have enjoyed this service and in particular our lovely educator and would definitely recommend her to others. Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

Mum of 2 – North Shore, Auckland

“I just wanted to say thank you for the last 10 or so years I’ve been with HGK. It’s been a positive experience and I’ve recommended HGK to everyone I’ve been in contact with…Cheers for all your support, advice and communications during my time with you.”

– Jess

“We loved our time with Julie, she was great! During her short time With Julie , Isabella has become a confident and social baby”

– SL

“For the past 3 years, I never trusted anyone specially when it comes to my kids. But since my son got enrolled with Home Grown Kids, I felt safe and at peace when he is in preschool. I felt comfortable. The teacher is easy to deal with and, to approach and you can talk to her. With that, my husband and I really appreciated her and really makes us realise that we made the right decision to enrolled our son with HGK. He learnt a lot, like every day he has something to share with us about his learning. And his Educator always has something to say about his performance and his activities, the way he Interacts and how he approach things, which is good in our side as parents, where we would know how our child has been when he is in care and with other children. It is really a tough job to be an educator with these little human beings, so hats off to all of you specially to his Educator Precy. And thank you for the 3 years for looking after my son”. ☺️☺️☺️

AS – Massey

I had always thought that I would be the full time caregiver of my child(ren) until they reached school age – however life had a different plan. I chose Home Grown Kids because it was the closest to being at home with me. And we couldn’t have been happier!
RBO (Waiheke Island)

“Recently I made the decision to move from centre based teaching to homebased with the organisation Kids at home. While this was a daunting decision as I left the comfort of a salary paid job to running my own little business,I can truly say I have no regrets. I was at a point where I knew I needed to make a change, not only for myself feeling burnt out in a centre, but for my own children who I could see were struggling with the large numbers, constant change in staffing, and long hours. It has been so rewarding to know while I can offer this positive change to them, I can also open up my home and help other families in the same position. Working as a homebased educator I find myself using my teaching degree in ways I feel proud of again, I am able to give more time and attention to the tamariki in my care as the extra stress and high numbers are not a factor anymore. In our curriculum we talk about getting out in the community and providing tamariki with real life experiences, and as a homebased educator I am finally able to do this, and do it well! It is a wonderful feeling at the end of the day when you can look back and know you gave each child a calm, nurturing, and natural learning environment where it truly is a “home away from home.” 

 – Hannah

“I loved in home daycare because it was at home, and there was no limitations to what the kids can and cant do. There were always activities every week and the activities were always to do with what the kids loved, as well as what they needed at the time of their development. We always felt welcome in our Educators home, and my son always felt like a part of the family”

“We absolutely adored our educator. She met our child’s need from the day we first attended creating experiences, and an environment that was relevant to each age and stage.
Thank you”