The Magic Lunchbox tells a story about when Grandma comes to visit and gives Mango and Sprint a "magic lunchbox". This story is available to download for FREE for Educators to read during group time which supports young children to understand everyday healthy food choices.
Fruit Cut And Glue Picture Match enables children to cut out the colour fruit picture and glue them onto the corresponding picture. These can be pre cut and laminated and childcare can use them to create a complete a puzzle of each fruit.
Food Group posters show each food group's name and a variety of foods that fit into that specific group. These are great to encourage children in discussions on healthy eating and can be used in a variety of different learning experiences.
One of the best ways to encourage children to grow a garden to develop a range of skills is to create an edible garden. An edible garden is a garden that contains flowers, herbs, seeds, berries and plants that can be eaten.
Build A Fruit Salad Cut and Paste enables children to cut out the pieces of fruit of their choice and create their own fruit salad. The Build A Fruit Salad Set helps children with their cutting skills as they cut out ingredients of their choice.
This can also be laminated and pre-cut and used with playdough etc.
When Parents are sending food from home, it's important that they understand they need to bring snacks and pack a lunch that is healthy and nutritious for their child. For some parents, who may be busy, it may be challenging to pack the right foods so it's vital that the service and families collaborate to promote healthy eating.
These No Bake Healthy Nutella Crispy Treats are simple and quick to make. They combine oats and rice bubbles with gooey Nutella making a nutritious chocolaty snack.
The NSW Government is rolling out free health checks for 4-year-old children at their preschool or long day care service to make it easier for families to get health and development checks for their children.
A Perth early childhood service was fined $15,000 after a 2-year-old boy was locked inside the outdoor shed while looking for play equipment.
This is a free foundation 2-part course that focuses on essential knowledge to guide children’s behaviour. Learners will have the opportunity to discover the meaning of neurodiversity and make connections through play-based learning. You will explore the brain and its functions, and learn how neurodiverse children see and engage in play differently.
Penguin Tracing Lines aims to help children in the development of pre-writing skills. It provides children the ability to use cognitive development, observations, hand-eye co-ordination and encourages the child to draw in a specific direction. As a child practices tracing over these lines through copying and tracing this will give them the confidence and ability to write letters and numbers correctly.
