Ice Cream Tracing Lines aims to help children in the development of pre-writing skills. It provides children with the ability to use cognitive development, observations, and hand-eye coordination and encourages the child to draw in a specific direction. As a child practice tracing over these lines through copying and tracing this will give them the confidence and ability to write letters and numbers correctly.
According to the Children’s Services Award 2010, all employees fall under a classification structure, this determines their minimum wage. Each “level” gives a definition of what is expected of the employee, the qualifications required and the duties the employee should perform in order to be paid at that particular level. Below is the list of classifications for each level.
The Chakra Colouring Pages enable children to become familiar with their chakra (energy centres) by learning the names, the colours associated with each one and where it is located on their body. Teaching children about chakras bring about better balance, awareness, and healing for them.
The Remember The Hard Days Posters are for Educators to read to themselves when they are having a bad day or need to re-focus, going through anxiety or need a pick me up. These posters should be printed and added to the staff room wall or put in a folder for Educators to take and read at work when necessary or laminated and given to Educators at the beginning of the year.
Recently, Sarah Mitchell, the Minister of Education for NSW, proposed that all children enrol in school the year they turn six.
Daycare educators in Finland laid out grass, planted forest undergrowth (such as dwarf heather and blueberries), and let children tend to crops in planter boxes. According to a Finnish study, one month of playing among the vegetation and debris in a small forest may be sufficient to alter a child's immune system.
Ice Cream Number Match is a counting activity where children need to recognise and identify the number on the ice cream and add the correct number topping. This is a great way for children to recognise and learn numbers and one-to-one correspondence. This can be used in various ways, including with playdough where children can make their own topping out of playdough too.
This quick art is easy and enables children to create their own fireworks with chalk. Children can create their own fireworks designs and colours to make their own unique fireworks display.
Since the start of the pandemic, mental health illnesses including anxiety have increased in children as young as 18 months old, while more teenagers have acquired depression and suicidal ideation, according to experts.
The New Year Colouring Pages allow children to colour, paint, and collage New Year celebration colouring pages. This is great to use as part of an art experience and to celebrate the New Year.
Australia is addressing its scarcity of teachers, childcare workers and childcare centre managers by prioritizing their skilled visa applications where they will get their visa applications assessed in three days.
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