Both the Principles and Practices of EYLF place great significance on the nature of child-educator interactions. The following article provides information on What Are Positive Interactions, Developing Positive Interactions, Strategies and more.
The Australian Birds Colouring Pages enable children to recognise and colour popular Australian birds. These colouring pages can be painted, collaged and more. These are great for children to begin identifying Australian birds.
The Australian Birds Posters are great to share with children and show Australia's different types of birds. These can be great to display in the outdoor environment and see if birds can be identified from the poster. These can also be used to identify birds for the Aussie Backyard Bird Count that takes place from the 17-the 23 of October.
The free Munch and Move eLearning program training contains videos, interactive activities and reflective practice questions which will provide you with the knowledge, skills and resources to embed healthy eating and physical activity into your service.
As part of Brighter Beginnings, the Health and Development Checks for children in early childhood education and care (ECEC) program is a partnership between the Department of Education and NSW Health to provide free development checks to children in the preschool environment.
Play is a process that is freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated. In this sense, children’s play happens when children determine and control the content and intent of their play, following their own instincts, ideas and interests, in their own way for their own reasons. The following article provides an overview of the different roles of educators in play and how each can be best performed in an ECEC setting.
This counting astronaut rhyme song teaches the concept of ordinal numbers to children. Children can use their fingers to count for each verse and it's a catchy little fingerplay song as it rhymes.
Stars In Space Counting enables children to add the correct number of stars corresponding to the number on the planet. This helps children with identifying numbers, supports number recognition and one to one correspondence.
The stars provided can be cut out and glued or laminated onto the space mat. These can also be used as playdough mats once laminated for children to create their own stars to match to the number.
Planet Cutting Lines enable children to cut along different types of lines to practice their cutting skills. Cutting along different lines enables children to practice their hand-eye coordination, practice holding the paper and scissors correctly and confidence in using the scissors to cut.
This space action song is in the tune of Farmer In The Dell and each verse is about what you can do when you're flying to the moon. A great action song to introduce during circle time.
Space Gross Motor Movement Cards are a great way to get children moving enabling children to use whole body actions. Each action is simple to follow and movements are based on a space theme.
This star counting song encourages children to count backwards from 5 to 1. Children can use their hands to complete the actions for each verse of the song. This star song is easy for toddlers and preschoolers to learn.
