Yaringa Kindergarten and ELC

🦋The Penguin’s Chrysalis > Butterfly Experience🦋

Last week the Penguin children received a live chrysalis for us to care for until it grew into a butterfly! We shared their experience with all the rooms across the centre, as they extended their understanding of a butterfly life cycle and built upon their knowledge of the world around them.

This experience brought the children, their families and educators together, as they shared their anticipation and excitement!

Let’s Explore The Sandpit 🏖️🪣

Yesterday the Possum children expressed great curiosity as they scooped, poured and observed the sand! Whilst exploring their physical and social environments they excitedly extended upon their gross motor and sensory capabilities. All whilst sharing laughter and joy with peers and educators!

Come on a sensory walk with us…
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Benefits of sensory walks:
- improves tactile processing
- creates stronger connections to sensory input
- encourages use of descriptive vocabulary
- builds understanding of concepts such as cause and effect
- promotes development of motor skills such as balance, coordination, and spatial awareness

•• Trajectory Play ••

Recently the Penguin children have been expressing interest in the trajectory play schema, which involves children being interested in movement. This may include them watching and deliberately making objects, and themselves, move. We have been utilising old PVC pipes, tyres, cars, and various types of balls etc!

They have been curious as to how actions can have an impact on the object or themselves, extending on their emerging knowledge of cause and effect!