For centre-based services, some centres calculate ratios across the whole service, not by individual rooms. The term used is "under the roof".
The Animal Songs Posters have songs about wild animals. These are great for children to learn about different animals.
The Feed The Giraffe Letters is an alphabet activity that enables children to recognise lowercase and uppercase letters by feeding the giraffe the correct letters. This is a great alphabet and letter recognition game for children.
Animal Tracing Dots enables children to trace the dots to complete the animal picture. These are great for children to develop their pre-writing skills and for hand-eye coordination.
An Educator from a Gold Coast early childhood centre, discovered a red-bellied black snake curled up behind a child's backpack, initially thought it was a toy snake until she saw it breathing.
In Norway and most other Scandinavian countries, children nap in the outdoors. According, to research outdoor sleeping not only promotes better daytime sleeping, but it also increases the duration of sleep. With Australia's serene climate, it's a great way for services to explore outdoor sleeping.
The Animals Alphabet Posters provide the name and image of an animal for each letter of the alphabet. These are great to display within the learning environment and for children to recognise the names of different animals and the letter they start with.
As of today, 01st March 2023, new regulatory requirements will apply to centre-based services that provide regular transportation, which includes mandatory notifying the regulatory authority that your service provides or arranges regular transportation, the service to account for all children as they embark and disembark at the service premises and keep a record of how each child was accounted for and more.
On 2nd March, it is Dr Seuss Day. It is a day that celebrates the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel – otherwise known by the pen name by which he authored children’s books: Dr Seuss. The following provides free Printables that will you celebrate Dr Seuss Day at your service and activities that can be implemented into the curriculum for children.
The following posters of 11 popular child theorists provides a brief description of their theory and how their theories are implemented into practice within the early childhood environment. These posters are great to use as a display within the service or as a reminder for Educators on the different types of child developmental theories which they can refer to and use within their documentation.
The spread of certain infectious diseases can be reduced by excluding the child or Educator, known to be infectious, from contact with others who are at risk of catching the infection. The following information details the recommended exclusion periods for infectious diseases. These are based on how long a child/educator with a specific disease is likely to be infectious and to be excluded from the service until they have passed the exclusion period and well enough to return.
The Wild Animal Posters are great to use as a display in the learning environment for children to recognise and identify wild animals. These posters can be used in a variety of different ways for children to learn about animals.
THE EYLF Outcomes and Children Achievement Posters is a guide for educators on how children can achieve under each sub-learning outcome of the EYLF Learning Outcomes Version 2.0. When evaluating individual and group experiences under a particular outcome, educators can use this to see if a child has achieved each outcome. Educators can also plan experiences for the curriculum and for individual learning and gain an understanding of how children can achieve each individual outcome.
This is a great introduction to get children into understanding the lifecycle of plants, how they grow and looking after them.
