Family Day Care in Eastwood

Outside Play Experiences

Last month (December) - Using tools such as a ruler, scissors, calculator / Writing numbers and additions / beginning sound

Number Recognition / Numbers in order / Addition and Subtraction / Manipulating tools - Scissors, Glue sticks / Assembling - Spatial awareness

Children were busy playing with cups during the water play. As I brought their attention to read out the water level, they showed interest. Every time they scooped water in the cup, they asked me to read "300ml!" etc.
Extending to the learning of capacity and volume.
Worksheet/kids video/ 'Mr. Archimedes' Bath' story book/ Filling water up to oxox ml / Placing rocks in the measuring cup to see the water level rising and read number over 100, etc.

From the bug theme, extending to Symmetry.

From the frog theme, extending to bugs

Frog theme in July

Play a board game to earn money. (one to one correspondence / read a dice / read the number $ /count coins, etc)
Use the money to buy fruits (Strawberries $3, Banana slices $1, etc)
Cut around the items they chose (cutting skill with scissors)
Paste on a place to form a fruits salad.
(Did an ice cream version, too)

Literacy / Numeracy /Symbols / Rhythm / Pattern / Fine Motor / Vestibular Sense

Community Helpers - Identities -

Young ones:
Feeding banana to monkey game -
Number 1-5 with three colours (green/yellow/blue) on milk lids.
Pick one milk lid and feed the same colour and correct amount of bananas to the monkey (box)

Older ones: (adding a few more steps before posting)
Feeding fish to cat game-
Number 1-5 with 4 colours (red/orange/green/blue) on milk lids
Fish - red with number 1, orange with number 2, green with number 5, blue with number 10. (to count by 2s, 5s, 10s)
Printed $5, 10, 20, 50 notes + $1 coins.
(To help counting by2s, printed out a pair of socks hanging on a line. for 5s, used out hands. 10s, they have been practicing for some time already)
Pick a milk lid, calculate how much they have to pay for the fish, pick correct amount of money to pay, then post the fish.
Ex: milk lid green 4 → 4 x 5 = $20