Freckles Kindy and Learning Centre - Toowoomba

Our Toddler children having such a fun time enjoying our colourful sensory tray….they were very eager to feel the different textures.

This month in Kindy we were everything DINOSAURS!! The children have had a blast going back in time through craft. They made a diorama and our very own Kindysaurus. The children dug for fossils, made their own dino worlds and dino eggs.

World Ocean Day🌏🌊
To celebrate and raise awareness of World Ocean Day, the children within Junior Kindy had the opportunity to explore a little turtle.
“Sarge” the Eastern Long neck Turtle was introduced. The children observed the turtles hard shell, webbed feet, long neck and had the opportunity to watch him swim.
Lots of enthusiasm, care and empathy was displayed towards this little animal.

"Do it for Dolly Day"

Thank you to all of our beautiful educators and children for participating and wearing blue today for "Dolly". Raising awareness for such a worthy cause….don't they look fabulous!

Mother’s Day celebration, where we honour the women in our children’s lives and thank them for all they do for our families. 🌸💕

Thank you to everyone that came in for the Kindy Mother’s Day celebration - the children loved it, and so did we! The laughter and giggles, the beautifully painted nails and the crazy cupcake creations are great memories for all.

We hope you enjoyed the beautiful brownies made by our wonderful chef Caitlyn….and hope you enjoy a relaxing bath with the beautiful aroma of bath salts.

Happy Mother‘s Day to our wonderful Mummas 💕💕

"We had an incredible time today during our fire engine incursion/excursion! The firefighters showed us different safety measures and tips, which was informative and important for everyone to learn. The children got to visit the fire truck and see all the different tools and equipment they use to keep us safe. They even had the opportunity to hold the hose and experience what it's like to be a firefighter! The best part was when the fire truck sounded its siren and the children were extremely excited. Thank you so much to the firefighters for such a fun and memorable experience."

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Great news for our families!

Child Care Subsidy is increasing from July.
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The children across the centre participated in a variety of activities today based around Anzac day. From cooking their own Anzac biscuits, decorating their own Poppy's to sensory activities and reading Anzac Ted.

Learning Outcome 2- Children are connected with and contribute to their world

What an amazing visit we had today from ‘Ocean Life Discovery Program’ . This is an amazing program that introduces the children to creatures from the ocean. The children got to learn about, and touch blue sea stars, spiky sea urchins and tropical sea cucumbers as well as observing a baby bamboo shark. What an amazing experience for all the children! Erin the Ocean Life Educator, spoke to the children about caring for the environment, and how we can all do our part to look after all the amazing marine wildlife in our oceans.

The forest of rice! This activity is a great way for the children to explore their sense of touch through sensory play while practicing their fine motor and hand-eye coordination skills to scoop and pour the rice.

The Toddlers really loved to feel the rice in their hands and spread it around the tray.Some of the Toddlers soon realised that the rice was edible and started to taste test the rice…apparently it was very yummy!

Light is one of the most captivating elements for children to explore and discover. It allowed our Nursery children to imagine, use reflective thinking strategies, strengthen their cognitive development and discover their sensory capabilities.

Our Junior Kindy friends were busy this morning helping to create our new garden space! The children loved being a part of this outdoor activity that gave them the chance to express wonder and interest in their environment. We can’t wait to nuture our garden and watch it grow!

Watch out! It's time for 'DINOSAUR GALORE'

As we walk out into the garden, I can hear a 'CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH'.... it's the dinosaurs eating their lunch!

It is gardening/ dirt exploring day today at Freckles…..The Toddlers got to experience the natural habitat of our dinosaurs and other creatures in our 'DINOSAUR GALORE' small world, set up in our very own garden!

This activity is a great way to nurture our children's imagination and give them the freedom to be creative and explore the world from another point of view, in this case a 'small' point of view.

What a wonderful way to celebrate Christmas with our Freckles family! Merry Christmas and we look forward to a wonderful 2023!

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Congratulations to our 2022 Kindy Graduates. What a wonderful way to celebrate the end of your early years era, as you progress in your education journey! We will miss you all and hope you all love becoming a preppie! We wish you all the luck for your future!

Day For Daniel 2022

We are all banding together in red to raise awareness for the safety of our children. This has a allowed us the opportunity to teach the children of Freckles about personal safety, and empower them to ‘recognise,react and report’.

Loud Shirt Day is a great way to make noise and wear it loud to raise awareness for children with hearing loss.

Raising awareness for Childhood Cancer, the Pirates of Freckles were all decked out!! Ahoy, Me Hearties!

To the wonderful educators of Freckles, we appreciate everything you do on a daily basis to nurture and protect our gorgeous children. We feel so blessed that you are the towers of strength that hold Freckles together and hope you know how loved and appreciated you are! We had lots of lovely messages from our families, and even had a delivery from one of our wonderful mums! Happy Early Educators Day!!!

Happy Fathers Day to the dads/father figures of our Freckles Community.

To all the marvellous men in our lives.🤍
The fabulous dads, the would-be dads, the soon to be dads, the should-be dads.
We give our heartfelt thanks, for how you bounce us up so high, cuddle us when we're
down, always cheer us up and turn our frowns upside down!

Have a wonderful day!!

Lots of gorgeous outfits for bookweek 2022! We have been enjoying many wonderful books that the children have brought to share with all of their friends at Freckles 📚📖

To help stimulate our little ones senses, Nursery created a learning experience that involved painting with apples and oranges! This was a great way for the children to stimulate their sense of touch, smell and taste!

Play dough has so many benefits for young, developing minds. From developing fine motor skills to expanding the imagination, play dough creates a calming environment for everyone to explore. It’s even better when you get to be involved in making it yourself!

The Children of Freckles had so much fun while raising awareness by participating in ‘Red Nose Day’ activities. They loved having their little noses painted, and they particularly loved getting their boogie on and dancing at our ’Red Disco’!

Freckles Kindy and Learning Centre - Toowoomba updated their phone number.

Freckles Kindy and Learning Centre - Toowoomba updated their phone number.

The Freckles Kindergarten children were lucky to be invited to spend a morning being a Preppie at Holy Name Primary School. They were all very enthusiastic and had such a lovely time, they are keen to do it again!!

To all the wonderful women in our lives - we hope your day was special 💐💖

A beautiful way to say thank you to our special mums…..we hope you enjoyed your little gift and you have a nice relaxing Mother’s Day on Sunday!

‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has’ – Margaret Mead

Junior kindy exploring cleaning up the ocean with a fine motor activity. This activity has been used to help guide the children to understand how they can make an impact in looking after our earth.

We are so ready for Easter! Our babies are starting their Easter celebrations early with an 'Easter Egg Hunt' sensory activity. This is a great way for the children to interact with their friends and explore their senses through sensory play while introducing their colour recognition skills. The babies loved to dig in the foam, finding there very own colourful egg and when cracked open, an Easter surprise!

Mark making doesn't just have to be pencil to paper. Our clever toddlers have found lots of creative and rewarding ways to inspire and empower their young learning.

Learning to draw and create marks and patterns or simple line marking is an important stepping stone for beginner writing. We've use coloured sand and some paint brushes for this activity

Our Nursery have been putting our sustainability plan into practice and have created a gumboot succulent garden from old gumboots donated by our families. Such a wonderful way to repurpose old items!

We would like to thank all of our wonderful families for helping us to support the flood victims of Lismore. This was just one days collection! It was taken directly by one our our Educators family, straight to the victims of the floods. We can’t thank you enough for your kindness!

Our Nursery have been focusing on exploring many different textures…..they particularly loved playing with the Oobleck! Luckily it was edible because they also loved to taste it!

With the recent rain Kindy has decided to learn a little about the weather. They explored the rain today by watching the radar and painting the rain clouds they have seen so many of lately!
Stay safe And dry
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Here at Freckles Kindy and Learning Centre we honor our Indigenous community and elders past, present and future.

Introducing the children to the ancient art of dot painting. Miss JoJo explained to the children of our Toddlers room that Aboriginal art was sacred and very personal to each individual tribe and their lineage.
Seemingly inspired by the dot painting the children had seen this morning, the children began to dip their brushes and tap them repeatedly onto the paper creating an array of spots in various colours. It was wonderful to see how the children transferred and adapted what they had learned, from one context to another.

The Kindy children are combining their letter development with their ‘Under The Sea’ exploration by using sea shells to create the first letter of their name.

Anything can be a tool for creation🐚.

Today the Toddlers explored an outdoor sensory experience, which plays a very important role in the children’s development process. It helps each child to enhance their fine motor skills and sensory capabilities through play.

Hi everyone, we will be attending the Mums and Bubs expo this Sunday 20th from 9am.
Tell all your friends and come along to have a chat.

See flyer for more information.