18/06/2026
🌊 From Plain Pasta to Colourful Coral Reefs! 🪸🎨
As part of our Ocean theme, the children got creative while making their own coral reefs. First, they helped dye plain pasta by pouring paint into zip-lock bags and squishing, mixing, and shaking the colours through the pasta. 🌈🙌
Once the pasta had dried, the children painted clay bases yellow to represent the sandy ocean floor. They then carefully pressed the colourful pasta into the clay, transforming simple materials into beautiful coral reef creations. 🐠🐚
This hands-on experience encouraged creativity, problem-solving, fine motor development, and imaginative thinking as the children explored the wonders of life beneath the sea. We had lots of conversations about coral reefs, ocean habitats, and the animals that call them home. 🌊🐙🐢
EYLF Outcomes:
⭐ Outcome 4.1 – Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, creativity, confidence, and enthusiasm.
⭐ Outcome 4.2 – Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem-solving, inquiry, experimentation, and investigation.
⭐ Outcome 4.4 – Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another.
⭐ Outcome 5.1 – Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes.
⭐ Outcome 5.3 – Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media.
⭐ Outcome 3.2 – Children take increasing responsibility for their own health and physical wellbeing through developing fine motor skills and coordination.
🪸🐠 From plain pasta to colourful coral reefs, the children showed wonderful creativity and teamwork while bringing our ocean world to life! 💙🌊✨
