Inspiring ideas, training and resources for early learning.
This weekend we finally got few little DIY jobs completed….not for us of course but some upcycled resources for the kids to play with…which is almost as good…well that’s what I tell myself anyway!This little fine motor board stems from an idea I had a few months back when I observed how much the toddler group attending my family day…
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As a parent and also an early childhood educator I feel a great responsibility to ensure that not only my own children but also the children in my care are not exposed to harmful cleaning chemicals as they play and learn. I know many of you reading will agree and say that it is important to keep harmful products locked…
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I love to come up with fine motor activities for children, especially toddlers as it is such an important pre writing skill to practice and strengthen. One of my favourite tools to encourage the use of fine motor skills and hand eye coordination is the small tong. There are just so many ways to use them and although most toddlers…
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Creating fun experiences for children doesn’t need to be expensive or difficult. I love to involve my children in experiences with recycled materials or in helping us to upcycle items we find that might look like rubbish but in fact can provide hours of fun with just a little effort. I believe that introducing the concept of sustainability in play and…
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For the past few months my own girls as well as the children attending my family day care service have had a real interest in working and playing with wood and tools. It doesn’t matter whether it is construction, craft, indoors or outdoors there seems to be always something we can do with our toolboxes or some wood! I’ve had to…
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Let’s have a chat about linking the EYLF outcomes and your programming cycle. Because from what I can see the often misunderstood ‘requirement’ to link EYLF outcomes to every activity using numbers or complicated codes is causing educators an awful lot of unnecessary angst at the moment!I have received some really heartfelt messages and emails lately from educators asking me to please help…
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