Green Leaves Early Learning Baldivis

🖤❤️💛💚💙🤍 At Green Leaves Early Learning, we’re proudly All In for National Reconciliation Week 2026 🖤❤️💛💚💙🤍

From 27 May to 3 June, we come together to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can commit wholeheartedly to reconciliation every day.

Reconciliation starts with all of us, including our youngest learners. Through moments of curiosity, storytelling, music, art and connection, children begin to build understanding, respect and a sense of belonging.

Because every small conversation, shared experience and learning moment helps us to build towards a more inclusive future, together.

In the Nursery room, the children participated in a sensory exploration experience with coloured sand and natural resources.

Sensory play is an important part of learning and development for babies as it encourages them to explore the world through touch, sight, sound, smell, and movement.

Experiences such as water play, textured materials, music, sand, and sensory baskets help babies build brain connections, develop fine and gross motor skills, support language development, and strengthen curiosity and confidence.

Sensory play also promotes emotional well being by helping babies feel calm, engaged, and secure while interacting with educators and their environment.

🌟 Join Us for National Simultaneous Storytime! 🌟

Today at 12 PM AEST, we are excited to participate in the National Simultaneous Storytime by reading "Luna Roo: The Kangaroo Baller"! 📚

This special event brings together children, parents, and educators from across Australia to celebrate the joy of reading. Luna Roo’s adventures inspire teamwork, courage, and the love of storytelling. Happy reading! 🌈📖

Our educators have been participating in Auslan training over the last few weeks. In the Tiny Tots class, our educators were able to put their training in action.
While reading stories with the class Miss Leanne was able to incorporate the Auslan signs for colours and animals that were in the book. The children were able to confidently copy Miss Leanne to repeat the action.

Auslan supports both verbal and non-verbal communication skills, helping children express their thoughts, emotions, and needs in different ways. Through signing, children strengthen their memory, visual learning, concentration, and understanding of diversity while building respectful relationships with others.

This experience aligns with Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity, Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world, and Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators, as they use both verbal and non-verbal communication to interact, build relationships, and engage meaningfully with others.

The Toddlers participated in Feeling Faces Mirror Play. Toddlers explored mirrors while practising different facial expressions linked to emotions. Educator Cecilia modelled facial expressions and emotions while encouraging the children to recognise and express different feelings.

Mirror play provides children with opportunities to explore emotions, facial expressions, and self-awareness in a fun and engaging way. Through observing themselves and others in mirrors, children begin to recognise and label emotions such as happiness, sadness, surprise, and frustration.
This supports the development of emotional regulation, empathy, and communication skills as children learn to understand how feelings are expressed. Mirror play also encourages confidence, identity, and a sense of belonging as children explore their own features and expressions.

This experience links to Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity, and Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing from the Early Years Learning Framework.

The Toddlers participated in Feeling Faces Mirror Play. Toddlers explored mirrors while practising different facial expressions linked to emotions. Educator Cecilia modelled facial expressions and emotions while encouraging toddlers to recognise and express different feelings.

Mirror play provides children with opportunities to explore emotions, facial expressions, and self-awareness in a fun and engaging way. Through observing themselves and others in mirrors, children begin to recognise and label emotions such as happiness, sadness, surprise, and frustration.
This supports the development of emotional regulation, empathy, and communication skills as children learn to understand how feelings are expressed. Mirror play also encourages confidence, identity, and a sense of belonging as children explore their own features and expressions.

These link to Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity, and Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing, from the Early Years Learning Framework.

The Pre-Kindy class was building on their hand-eye coordination while also developing their colour recognition as they were encouraged to pick out a ball and stick it to the wall naming the colour as they went.

Through activities like this, children strengthen their fine and gross motor skills while learning to visually process and respond to information. Colour recognition also encourages children to identify patterns, make connections, and build early mathematical and language skills. These experiences support children to become active and involved learners as they explore their environment through play.
Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing.
Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners.

Little Artists At Play 🧑‍🎨

The Tiny Tots experimented with new ways of painting. Mixing chalk and water together the children were able to freely express their creativity.

🎨 Art experiences are important for young children, supporting their creativity, self-expression, communication, and overall development. Through painting, children explore colours, textures, shapes, and ideas while building fine motor skills, confidence, and problem-solving abilities. Art also encourages children to express emotions and make meaning of their world in a safe and enjoyable way. 🎨

Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity as they express individuality and confidence.

Our Junior Kindy class have been exploring different symbols and ways of communicating. They used a fun game of bingo to recognise and match the Aboriginal Symbols.

Recognising symbols, in an early childhood setting supports children’s communication. Introducing the exploration of Aboriginal symbols through art, storytelling, maps, and play experiences helps children develop respect for Australia’s First Nations cultures while building early literacy and visual recognition skills. These experiences encourage children to interpret meaning, express ideas, and make connections with the world around them. This supports Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity, as children learn to value diversity and culture, and Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators, as they engage with symbols and different ways of sharing meaning and knowledge.

In our Junior Kindy Class, the children participated in a shape hunt. Searching around their environments to find shapes that matched the shapes marked out on the table.

Shape recognition is an important foundation for early learning, and when embedded in fun, play-based experiences, it becomes both meaningful and engaging for children. Through activities like puzzles, block play, drawing, and shape hunts, children begin to identify, compare, and describe shapes in their environment.
These experiences align with Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners, as children develop curiosity, creativity, and persistence. By incorporating shape recognition into enjoyable activities, educators create opportunities for children to build essential skills while feeling confident and motivated in their learning.

In our Toddler room, the children have been learning about emotions and how to show kindness to others around them. Our Educators used puppets and visuals to create stories with the children.

Social stories are an effective strategy to guide children in understanding social expectations, emotions, and interactions, supporting children to have a strong sense of well-being by promoting self-regulation and emotional resilience.
Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of well-being by promoting self-regulation and emotional resilience.