From today, 01 February 2024, both EYLF 2.0 and MTOP 2.0 will now come into effect and services will have to implement the new updated frameworks.
Nutella Banana Muffins are a tasty sweet treat that is easy to prepare and combine banana and Nutella.
EYLF Learning Outcomes Posters Version 2.0 displays the main EYLF Learning Outcomes and the sub-outcomes. They can be used to display within the service or used as a reference for documentation and planning. The Learning Outcomes are to be used to reflect on children’s learning and focus on what a child can achieve.
World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) is on the 7th of February and was established by LitWorld in 2010 to raise awareness of literacy as a fundamental human right and to celebrate the ability of reading aloud to foster community and magnify new stories.
Sensory play at a young age is very important for children’s development. It gives children an opportunity to through hands-on tactical play. The following article provides a list of sensory play items that can be included in a sensory bin for children to explore.
The Lunar New Year Information Posters provides information on Lunar New Year celebrations. These are great to use as a display or as a discussion point with children.
Lunar New Year is a festival typically celebrated in China and other Asian countries that begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar. On New Year’s day, family members receive red envelopes (lai see) containing small amounts of money. The origins of the Lunar New Year festival are thousands of years old and are steeped in legends. One legend is that of Nian, a hideous beast believed to feast on human flesh on New Year’s day. Because Nian feared the colour red, loud noises, and fire, red paper decorations were pasted to doors, lanterns were burned all night, and firecrackers were lit to frighten the beast away.
The Chinese Colour Lanterns enables children to recognise and match colours by matching the correct colour circle to the coloured lantern. The coloured circles are to be cut out for children to sort and match the colour dots for lantern. Children can also use pom pom, playdough, coloured blocks and more. This activity will help children to correctly identify and recognise primary and secondary colours and is great for fine motor skills too.
Banana and Nutella Pops is a very simple 2 ingredient ice cream that children will enjoy on a hot summer day.
Easily grow 9 kinds of vegetables in water indoors using vegetable offcuts. Children will enjoy the anticipation, curiosity and interest while growing their own vegetables. The following article lists vegetables that grow in water indoors.
As Educators, one of the main responsibilities is completing documentation for each child. Whether it will be completing an observation, writing a report or even communicating with parents everything needs to be written. The following Descriptive Words For Observations Posters is a list of descriptive words that can be used while writing. These can be used as a reference point for Educators when completing documentation.
These flashcards enable children to match each fruit with their shadow. Shadow matching enables children to develop visual discrimination skills and enables children to analyse shapes of fruits to match to one another.
This activity requires children to match halves of fruit together. By doing this activity children will develop their visual discrimination by choosing the correct half to match, hand eye coordination, awareness of different fruits and cognitive development. These can also be cut and laminated for children to match.
Reflections are observing, listening, thinking deeply about the meaning of what you have observed and heard, and using that information to inform your practice and continually respond and reflect.
