To assist children in learning letter identification and reinforcing letter-sound relationships, alphabet letter collages helps children to learn and recognise letters in a fun way. It also provides a great sensory, tactile, and fine motor experience. The following article lists collage materials that can be used for each individual letter.
Parents and Educators are banning the 1990s book The Rainbow Fish because of its "toxic message."
Start the day off with a happy and positive morning using these Non Contact Morning Greeting Posters. Display each of these posters at the entrance to your room or in the sign in/sign out areas and as the children enter the room they can select a non contact greeting to use with their Educator and friends. A great way to build confidence in children while developing their communication and language skills and to show the different non contact greetings that can be used.
The Educators’ Guide to the Early Years Learning Framework recommends that educators use the cycle of planning to support children’s continual learning and introduce meaningful learning opportunities. The following article provides the steps in the planning cycle.
Among the most challenging transitions in early childhood is when children start staying away from their parents for longer periods of time than they have been used to till then. For Educators caring for babies and toddlers who are having a particularly bad time leaving their parents, the following article provides information on What Is Separation Anxiety, Factors that Can Cause Separation Anxiety, Separation Anxiety Signs, How To Manage Separation Anxiety When To Seek Help and more.
EYLF Learning Outcomes Posters can be used to display within the service or used as a reference for documentation and planning. The Learning Outcomes are to be used to reflect on children’s learning and focus on what a child can achieve.
Religion Symbols Tracing provides a tracing picture of the symbol that represents the different religions around the world. This is great for children to see the different symbols used across religions and also to practice their hand/eye coordination as they trace over the dotted lines.
According to the Educators’ Guide to the Early Years Learning Framework, documentation is the practice of recording and creating evidence of learning and the learning progress, helping make it visible. The following provides guidelines for documenting in early childhood settings.
Kites Posters provide images of different kites that can be flown from around the world. These can be used as a discussion point with children of what a kite may look like, kite designs and more.
Kite Colouring Pages enable children to colour and design their own kites. This can be used as part of an art experience where children can colour, collage, cut, paint and design their very own kites!
Kite Letter Matching enables children to recognise the letter of the alphabet and match them together with the corresponding kite. Letter recognition is important because it enables beginning readers to figure out how printed text is associated with spoken language.
Kite Cloud Number Match helps children to recognise numbers 1 to 10. Number recognition is important for children because it promotes confidence and encourages flexible thinking. It allows children to create a relationship with numbers and be able to talk about math as a language.
