Ballarat North Early Learning Centre

Active play is essential for healthy growth and development in children from birth to 5 years.

Encouraging movement, whether it's tummy time for infants or running and playing for toddlers, supports motor skills, coordination, and overall well-being.

We have put together a list of ways that you can kickstart your little ones healthy and active lifestyle in an age-appropriate way.

Source: Australian Government – Department of Health and Aged Care.

4 Weeks Free Childcare - New Year, New Beginnings! 🪻

This new year, give your child the gift of growth, learning, and fun. When you enrol at our centre before Friday, 28th February 2025, we’ll give you 4 weeks of childcare for FREE*! It’s our way of helping you start the year right.

Don’t wait—take advantage of this special offer and give your child the best possible start to their educational learning journey. 🪻

Call our Enrolments Team today on 1300 001 154 to enquire.

*T&Cs apply

Let’s make our own Kinetic Sand!

Follow the recipe below for a sensory and imaginative afternoon activity! Don’t forget to show us your creations in the comments! 👇

Happy New Year!

Our centre will be closed today for the New Years Day Public Holiday. We will reopen tomorrow, the 2nd of January as per regular hours.

We hope everyone has a happy and safe day. 🎇 🎆

The safest way for your little one to sleep is on their back, in a cot, on a firm mattress, and with safe bedding! 👶 💤

Find more on the safest sleep environments at https://rednose.org.au/section/safe-sleeping

Wishing our families a very merry Christmas! 🎅🏻 🎄

Just a reminder that we are closed today (Wednesday) and tomorrow (Thursday) but will reopen on Friday the 27th of December with our regular opening hours.

We hope you have a safe and happy day! ✨

Check to see our opening hours for the upcoming holiday period!

Closed 25/12, 26/12 and 01/01.

We hope everyone has a happy and safe Christmas and New Year! 🎄

With the Christmas and New Year period right around the corner, maintaining your regular routines can help children feel secure and balanced, even with all the festive fun! 🎄✨

While it's exciting to celebrate, keeping consistent mealtimes, naps, and bedtime routines supports your child’s emotional well-being and helps them recharge for the next big adventure.

To help you navigate the best child-friendly holiday possible, we have compiled a number of helpful tips to try!

Source: slumberkids

As we a now almost a week away until Christmas, our Wren Citizens have participated in different experiences, relating to the fun, festive occasion.

They have demonstrated creativity while working on their Christmas gifts to take home. This has involved painting jars, bauble bauble shapes, paper bags and cards for their families. Our friends have learnt about Christmas and how it's a special time for giving. The gift making experiences have then followed with other Christmas activities. They have worked together to make group Christmas trees using collage materials and paints.

The children have then used their cardboard Christmas trees in their play, while placing real bauble baubles inside the holes to decorate the trees. The children enjoyed helping each other to decorate them and our Educator would talk about the different coloured bauble baubles.

Our friends have also decorated pine cones with pom poms, and have imagined that they are Christmas trees. The children have also challenged themselves at working with the Christmas foam stickers. This have involved them to peel and remove the backing so that they can stick the sticker onto paper.

During these experiences, the children have used their fine motor and creative skills to work with the resources. They have also learnt more about their world while discovering more about the Christmas celebration.

Setting healthy tech boundaries for children in early childhood years is key to supporting their development in a modern digital world.

Sometimes it can be a battle to get children from their screens to the real world, so we have compiled some helpful approaches for you to try at home.

Let’s guide them to explore the world in a balanced and meaningful way!

Read more at: https://theparentswebsite.com.au/3-ways-to-help-your-child-transition-off-screens-and-avoid-the-dreaded-tech-tantrums/

Today to help celebrate World Cookie Day 🍪 the children in the Swan room were given the opportunity to decorate their very own cookie!

The children were all given one Marie biscuit to decorate; They started by adding some icing mix (pink or green) to their cookie and then topped it off with their choice of white chocolate buds, sprinkles and mini marshmallows. The children were given the opportunity to eat them after lunch or take them home.

This experience taught the children independence, sharing and hand-eye coordination.

As Summer approaches and we start spending more time in pools, dams, lakes, and beaches, it is important to remember the risks of children around water. Children from 0-4 are most at risk due to their curiosity and lack of understanding of the dangers.

To help assist you this Summer, we have put together a list of things you can do to avoid water incidents.

Source: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/water-safety-for-children