On Wednesday 22nd May 2024, at 12:00 pm is National Simultaneous Storytime. It involves children reading the same book simultaneously in libraries, early learning services, schools, and homes across Australia. The book this year is Bowerbird Blues by Aura Parker.
World Environment Day Colouring Pages enable children to paint, colour, and collage and can also be used as part of an art and craft experience. World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment.
With the cold season just ahead, this 2 ingredients fake snow is a great sensory experience for children to engage in.
Dinosaur Pattern Blocks enable children to develop spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills. It also helps children to sort blocks based on size, shape and colour which creates farm animals. For children who have pattern blocks, they can recreate these farm animals by placing the right blocks on top of the picture, for others the second page has all the pieces needed that can be cut out and used.
The Early Years Learning Framework identifies that positive attitudes and competencies in literacy and numeracy are important aspects
of communication and are vital for children’s successful learning. The indicators have been developed to support teachers to extend and enrich every preschool child’s numeracy and literacy learning. The following article provides information on What Are The Indicators, the Importance of The Indicators, Learning Processes, Numeracy and Literacy Indicators and more.
Saying sorry is among the earliest lessons in interpersonal behaviour that children learn when growing. There are indeed many benefits of an apology but adults forget that almost always they depend on both sides genuine feeling the emotions rather than being forced to go through the motions. The following article provides strategies to support children to say sorry more meaningfully.
Penguin Match Counting is a counting activity from 1 to 10 for children to match the correct number penguin to the corresponding fish. Children have to count the fish and match the penguin. This activity is great for number recognition, for children learning their numbers and one to one correspondence.
This is a great activity for Penguin Awareness Day on 20th January.
ANZAC Day is commemorated on 25th April and is one of the most important national commemorative occasions in Australia, marking the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand armed forces during World War One. Learning about ANZAC Day helps young children to understand the life and times of Australia and its people. The ceremony and traditions are such an integral part of our culture that it gives us an opportunity to talk to children about the importance of ANZAC Day.
ANZAC Day is commemorated on 25th April. Learning about ANZAC Day helps young children to understand the life and times of Australia and its people. Storybooks about Anzac Day that is specifically aimed at children may make it easier for the child to grasp and understand visually and to start conversations on war.
The Penguin Information Posters provide simple facts on penguins for children to understand. It can be used as a discussion point for children that show an interest in penguins. These posters can also be used in a display.
On 23rd April, join Dr Mary Anne Hall as she discusses strategies and tips on how to communicate with families and foster positive relationships with parents and Educators.
The capacity to work on a task with sustained attention is an extremely important developmental milestone for children. It not only helps them to learn better in school but is directly related to positive life outcomes in adulthood through higher self-esteem and self-efficacy. The following article provides strategies for improving concentration in children.
