The Germs Counting Mats encourages children to recognise number 1 to 10 between the hands and count and match the correct number of germs to the hands. This is a great way for children to recognise and learn numbers and for one-to-one correspondence. This can be used in a variety of ways including with playdough where children can make their own germs to add, laminated and used for drawing and so much more!
Letterland is a system for teaching children basic literacy skills on how to read, how to write and how to spell using a story-based approach. The following article provides information on What Is Letterland, How It Works, Examples, Free Resources and more!
The Finger Play Posters have words and actions of popular action songs that can be used with children during group time. These are great to display around the room. Fingerplays and action rhymes offer a multisensory approach to learning, engaging multiple senses – visual, auditory, touch and movement. They build language and speech skills, gross and fine motor skills, coordination, body awareness, rhythmic proficiency, social skills and auditory discrimination.
Children will simply use the items collected from nature to weave. This particular activity is applicable to the elder age group of kids as it involves a little complexity. The pre-schoolers, can be involved in the weaving part alone.
The Shape Of The Week enables Educators to choose a shape for children to learn for the week. Using the Shape Of The Week posters Educators can implement a variety of experiences that will assist children in learning shapes. This can also be used during circle time.
In early childhood settings, one of the most popular experiences that a child enjoys is painting. As soon as the painting area is set up, there always seems to be a “charge” for the smocks and arguing about who is having the first turn. Painting is inviting, simple and engaging for a child and supports their overall learning and development. The following article provides a list on the different types of materials and items children can paint with.
This is a very simple and easy nature activity for children. Get children out on a leaf hunt to collect a variety of different leaves. Using leaves children will be making a cute little leaf man using their creativity. At the same time, it has a lot of learning involved too. Children will also learn about the trees, different types of leaves and more!
Virtual excursions enable Educators to use digital technology to immerse children in a range of learning opportunities from the comfort of the service. Children can explore and visit many destinations throughout Australia, rain hail or shine to learn about what makes Australia a unique place to live. The following provides a list of virtual excursions through Australia.
Most of the children lose their calm easily and at the same time if we take necessary steps to cool and soothe them, they also tend to forget the incident at once. They just need a diversion at that particular moment and we also need to ensure that we divert their minds in a fruitful and beneficial way. We need to make them do something constructive such as this calming tray, apart from giving a soothing and relaxing effect proves to be a great sensory activity too.
Quality Area 1 – Educational Program and Practice, informs educators to implement intentional and responsive practices balanced with child-directed learning. It also draws attention to the importance of engaging in critical reflection to drive program planning and the assessment and planning cycle. The following lists the documentation services required to have to support the achievement of QA1 in each element.
