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Playing with props from a hospital or doctors helps take away fears associated with visiting the hospital. Imaginative play helps children develp empathy as they take on the roles of others. We use literacy as we practise pretend writting for prescriptions on our clipboards. We take turns to be Doctors, Nurses . . . → Read More: Hospital Imaginative Play Gross Motor skills We use the Kindergarten Physical Education Program designed by Occupational Therapists. Balancing, heel to toe walking along the line. Each week the experiences will become more challenging as children learn and practise . . . → Read More: Kindergarten Physical Education Program
We enjoy many Eric Carle books such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider and The Bad Tempered Ladybug. We wondered how he does his beautiful pictures. Shiona found a short video on youtube of Eric Carle painting his paper, drawing, cutting and preparing his collage pictures. So we did it too. We used textured rollers . . . → Read More: Eric Carle Our solar water fountains help us learn about solar energy, we play with them on a sunny day. We use the water from our rain water tank so we are not wasting water and then put it on the plants. The water needs to cover the pumps, then we connect the solar panel. When the children hold the connected solar . . . → Read More: Solar Power female spiny leaf insect
Just look at this magnificent specimen of a spiny leaf insect the children at Syndal Preschool have! male spiny leaf insect
She is a female, hence the different looking body shape to this male. We have had it since last year when it came as a tiny baby. Even though the children are used to it being here, it . . . → Read More: Spiny Leaf Insect A group of children from the Dolphin group playing in the sandpit with plastic piping. They are great pipes for the children to build with as there are different lengths and lots of joiners. A wonderful example of co-operative play. They were wanting to build a structure with the pipes but had trouble making it all stand up. There was lots of talking, . . . → Read More: Co-operative Play Our Program
A Learning Journal records the children’s learning and development and it follows individual and groups of children’s interests and learning development. It is a way to document the story of the children’s learning and develop the curriculum according to the children’s wonderings and interests. It will include observations of children’s learning, with a teacher’s reflection . . . → Read More: Learning Journal Chicken Hatching Puzzles We love to provide a variety of puzzles with varying levels of challenge. We watch for the children’s learning style. Are they using the shape of the piece to put the puzzle together or are they using the colours and pictures to match the pieces? Puzzles also provide a great place for discussion with teachers and . . . → Read More: 4 Year Olds, Term 3 The 4 year old groups enjoyed an excursion to Kew Traffic School. Riding bikes on the pretend roads, using the lights and crossing the road. This has lead onto some great discussions and learning experiences related to transport and road safety. |
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