Leading In-Home Childcare & Early Childhood Education

Looking For Childcare?

To have us tailor our childcare options to suit your family or to have a chat about how our In Home Educators can support your family with your child’s learning and development.

Become A Stems Educator

Stems FROM HOME has two branches. East Auckland/ Franklin (Howick office) and a branch in Canterbury (Rolleston office). East Auckland has been operating since 2011 and we grew into Canterbury in 2016.

What We Do

Stems FROM HOME has two branches. East Auckland/ Franklin (Howick office) and a branch in Canterbury (Rolleston office). East Auckland has been operating since 2011 and we grew into Canterbury in 2016. Stems FROM HOME is now a very well established home based care service that has a great local reputation within the communities it is part of.

Homebased Childcare

We offer childcare in safe, loving homebased environments throughout East Auckland/Franklin and Canterbury which encourage your tamaiti (child’s) learning and development while following their individual needs and routines through very low adult/child ratios and offering flexible hours.

Learning Programmes

We offer free Stems Playgroup, music and movement group, swimming, gym class and nature explorers sessions, as part of our community childcare programmes. Your tamaiti (child) will receive a daily diary created by their Educator, a monthly learning story and a monthly learning portfolio entry, following a personalised visit from our trained and registered teaching team.

Subsidies

We offer several subsidies including 20 hours ECE for 3, 4 and 5 year old children and WINZ child-care subsidies for those who are eligible. For Educators, we offer a resource subsidy paid fortnightly, to spend as you wish in your home learning environment. 

Stems Points Of Difference

There are many choices for child care and Home Based child care within the regions of East Auckland/Franklin and Canterbury today. Which provider you trust to really understand your needs when supporting you to choose the ideal In home educator for your young tamaiti (child), plays a huge part in the ongoing care and service your family, and the educator you select, receives. There is a remarkably big difference between homebased child care and QUALITY Home based childcare. We want you to have only the very best for your infant, toddler or young child. As an Educator, we want you to receive the best support and guidance possible too

Why Choose Stems FROM HOME

Stems FROM HOME has two branches. East Auckland/ Franklin (Howick office) and a branch in Canterbury (Rolleston office). East Auckland has been operating since 2011 and we grew into Canterbury in 2016. Stems FROM HOME is now a very well established home based care service that has a great local reputation within the communities it is part of.

MOE Licensed

We offer care as a MoE licensed, quality provider. This means that ALL Stems Educators have at least a Level 4 qualification (or above) in Early Childhood Education.

Owner Operated

We are an owner/operated service, where all the team are trained teachers and parents themselves, as well as having been home based educators previously. This means that we put our hearts into all that we do, with the tamariki (children) at the centre of all decisions we make at Stems.

Environment

We love to be outside, exploring the local community and we cherish all natural and authentic learning experiences. We value our tamariki (children) and the environment as teachers, and trust that with excellent kaiako (teacher) support and knowledge, every tamaiti (child) unfolds and develops as and when they are perfectly ready.

Join Us

There are many choices for child care and Home Based child care within the regions of East Auckland/Franklin and Canterbury today. Which provider you trust to really understand your needs when supporting you to choose the ideal In home educator for your young tamaiti (child), plays a huge part in the ongoing care and service your family, and the educator you select, receives. There is a remarkably big difference between homebased child care and QUALITY Home based childcare. We want you to have only the very best for your infant, toddler or young child. As an Educator, we want to receive the best support and guidance possible too.

What Our Parents Say

‘Steph and the team are fantastic. We struck gold when we were connected to our son’s carer. She is truly amazing. Our little boy was not responding well to daycare at all. It was awful. Lots of tears, refusing sleep and food. Once he started with her, he immediately began to grow in confidence and has simply thrived. No more tears, just lots of smiles and lovely experiences. We all couldn’t be happier!’

– Claire, Howick.