Upper Point Cook Family Day Care

We've been luckily given an abundance of lemons so I thought why don't we make some "potion" in perfect time for Halloween 🎃🦇👻All the stirring, pouring, squeezing, straining. Children can't get enough of this sensory play.

It's never too early for Science. Here are some activities for my little learners Science Week 2021

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.Sharing some of the activities we've done ❤️🖤💛

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Kids love this sensory play

Sharing our busy fun activities this week😊Happy mothers day 💐💕

This week I have featured The Very Hungry Caterpillar🐛🦋

🐛Children participated in creating the caterpillar using egg cartons.
🐛 We read and role played the story by feeding the caterpillar🍊🍎🍉I'm very impressed how the kids engaged in this activity.
🐛 We also created another caterpillar using coloured paper. children took turns practicing fine motor skills gluing eyes, antenna etc.

This week we have done some Easter Activities and we decorated our small world play. Here's what we have done so far 🐰🐇🥚

Simple bubbles sensory play to chase the gloomy weather away🥰

Diggers in the sand sensory play. I love small world, kids absolutely love it ☺️. Beautiful weather this week!

This week, we set up a pizza restaurant! 🍕

✅ Self expression through dramatic play
✅Cooperative play skills (sharing, turn taking, negotiation)
✅Numeracy learning (Counting and exchanging money and using pretend credit cards)
✅Language and vocabulary development (engaging with others and using language appropriate for the context e.g. taking pizza orders, explaining the menu)
✅ Fine motor skills (applying toppings to pizza, preparing the pizza)
✅ Exploring familiar roles through dramatic play

🌈Yesterday, we made rainbow rice sensory play🌈

Sensory play supports scientific thinking which involves inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating encourages a child to use their senses to discover new aspects.

✅Practicing motor skills

✅Colour matching and recognition

✅Hand eye coordination

Probably my top favourite play as a kid! I was very excited to set this up. Although M can't join us in, we miss him today. I can smell the newly cut organic lemon stew mixed with wood pieces, leaves, pinecones, sprinkles of sand😂this open ended nature play are limited only by imagination!

Children have opportunity to be creative, display exploration and curiosity, engage in sensory and natural resources that are available. Mud kitchen is great fantastic outdoor play!