Within an early childhood setting, throughout the day, children experience many transitions such as transitions that occur between activities or routines. The following article provides information on Transitions Between Activities, Supporting Transitions Between Activities, Transition Songs and Chants and more.
On the 14th of March, it is Holi. Holi is one of the biggest Hindu festivals that celebrates the victory of good over evil. The following provides free Printables, Activities and Template that will enable you to celebrate Holi at your service and activities that can be implemented into the curriculum for children.
The Holi Colouring Pages enable children to colour, paint, collage each colouring page. Children can make them bright and colourful. These are great to use during Holi with children.
Dinosaur Colour Match enables children to match the correct coloured dinosaur egg to the dinosaur.
Rangoli Tracing encourages children to trace the dots over the rangoli design. This can be done using different coloured textas. Rangoli is a traditional Indian decoration of simple patterns and geometric shapes made with ground rice, particularly during festivals including Diwali.
Children will enjoy banging wooden spoons to watch the paint splatter to create works of art.
The T-shirt Colour Patterns is a great activity for children that are learning and recognising colours. Just follow the colour words at the bottom of the t-shirt and decorate the t-shirt with the same coloured splatters. This is a great and simple activity for Holi.
Pop balloons filled with paint to create unique colourful splatter art.
The Holi Posters are images of Holi celebrations. They are bright and colourful and great to display within the learning environment that enable children to observe how children and others celebrate Holi. The Holi Festival of Colors in India is a celebration of the victory of good over evil, the destruction of the demoness Holika. It is celebrated every year on the day after the full moon in the Hindu month of Phalguna which is early March. People celebrate the start of spring and other events in the Hindu religion; they march the streets and spray people with coloured powders while dancing and singing.
Children will enjoy blowing bubbles, watching them pop onto paper to make their own bubble art!
On Tuesday the 7th of March from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm, the NSW Minister for Education & Early Childhood Learning (the Hon Sarah Mitchell MLC) and the NSW Shadow Minister for Education & Early Childhood Learning (Prue Car MP) have agreed to engage in a free virtual town hall for NSW's future for children, parents, educators/teachers within the early childhood sector.
Dinosaur Shapes Match enables children to match shapes to the dinosaurs. This is a great way for children to create dinosaur pictures using different shapes.
Dinosaur Shadow Match encourages children to examine the different shapes of various objects and match them to their correct shadows. It helps children with visual memory and enables children to sort based on the similarity and differences of different objects.
The Developmental Sequence Of Phonological Skills Posters gives examples of the key stages of specific phonological awareness. These are great to display in the writing and reading area and for Educators to understand the sequence of phonological skills.
