Joanne's Family Day Care Glenvale

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐲 - 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 (Water Play)

Today we went fishing!

▪️Encouraging Group play: interaction, sharing, communication
▪️Developing hand/eye coordination
▪️Helps children to learn about the animals that live in the sea
▪️Enhances role play and exploratory
▪️Sensory awareness and exploration
▪️Imaginative play and storytelling

EYLF LO4 V2.0 Children are confident and involved learners:
: Children develop a range of learning and thinking skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating.

EYLF LO5 V2 0 Children are effective communicators:
: Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts when they take on roles of literacy and numeracy users in their play.

NQS 1.1.3 All aspects of the program, including routines, are organised in ways that maximise opportunities for each child’s learning.
NQS 3.2 The service environment is inclusive, promotes competence, and supports exploration and play-based learning.
NQS 6.2.3 The service builds relationships and engages with its community.

PRINCIPLES
• Secure, respectful, and reciprocal relationships

PRACTICES
• Secure, respectful, and reciprocal relationships
• Play-based learning and intentionality
• Learning environments

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𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐲 - 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

National Go Fishing Day on June 18 encourages us to drop a line - in the nearest stream, pond, lake, or river. Taking a break from our daily routine to bait a hook and catch some fish can be a relaxing endeavor.

Today,mwe connected with 'National Go Fishing Day' with story time and magnetic alphabet themed fishing!

🐟 'Andre Goes Fishing' By Mikaela Wilson story time:
Andre and his dad are going fishing today. It's Andre's very first time, and he is super excited... until it starts to rain. Seeing Andre's disappointment, Dad comes up with a creative new plan.
Today we joined Andre and his Dad for some indoor adventures as they embark on a fishing trip without ever leaving their house, learning rainy days really can be fun!
A story that promotes imagination, that not all things go to plan, but using imagination, André and his Dad transform simple household objects like a bed (boat) broom (fishing rod) and a pillow (fish) into tools for a fishing adventure. Imagination gives the opportunity for children to explore new ideas, practice problem-solving, plan and test ideas and take calculated risks.

https://youtu.be/TkC9D8XhiXg

🐟 "The Rainbow Fish A B C" by Pfister Marcus story time:-
A story that uses the Rainbow Fish characters to teach letters.
Each letter of the alphabet gets a page with Rainbow Fish or his ocean friends.

Children learn:-
▪️Letter recognition and phonics: Connects each letter to a meaningful word they know from the story. “F is for Fish” sticks better than random words because they love Rainbow Fish already.
▪️Vocabulary building: Introduces ocean words: anemone, coral, plankton, whale.
▪️Reinforces social-emotional themes: “S is for Share” and “F is for Friend”, core lessons about kindness.

🐟 Alphabet Fish:-
Linking to our story time "The Rainbow Fish A B C" with a magnetic alphabet fishing activity allowing children to learn the alphabet through play.
▪️ Letter reconition
▪️ Developing hand/eye coordination
▪️ Develop motor control, strength and dexterity

EYLF LO4 V2.0 Children are confident and involved learners:
: Children develop a range of learning and thinking skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating.

EYLF LO5 V2.0 Children are effective communicators:
: Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts when they listen and respond to sounds and patterns in speech, stories and rhymes in context.
Educators promote this learning for all children when they read and share a range of books and other texts with children and provide a literacy-enriched environment.

NQS 1.1 The educational program enhances each child’s learning and development.
NQS 3.2 The service environment is inclusive, promotes competence and supports exploration and play-based learning.
NQS 6.2.3 The service builds relationships and engages with its community.

PRINCIPLES
• Secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships
• Equity, inclusion and high expectations

PRACTICES
• Secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships
• Equity, inclusion and high expectations
• Holistic, integrated and interconnected approaches
• Responsiveness to children
• Play-based learning and intentionality
• Learning environments

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 - 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 (Sensory Play)

World Crocodile Day is celebrated globally every year on June 17th. It is a special day created to raise awareness about these ancient reptiles, highlight the threats they face, and promote conservation efforts.

Getting all ewwy and gooey with an invitation to explore a slimy crocodile swamp!

An environment to entice sensory, exploratory and manipulative play as children explore and mimic play scenes using crocodiles.

EYLF LO2 V2.0 Children are connected with and contribute to their world:
: Children develop a sense of connectedness to groups and communities and an understanding of their reciprocal rights and responsibilities as active and informed citizens when they broaden their understanding of the world in which they live.

EYLF LO4 V2.0 Children are confident and involved learners:
Children develop growth mindset and learning dispositions such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity when they are curious and enthusiastic participants in their learning, initiate and contribute to play experiences.

EYLF LO5 V2 0 Children are effective communicators:
: Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts when they listen and respond to sounds and patterns in speech in stories and take on roles of literacy and numeracy users in their play.

NQS 1.1 The educational program enhances each child’s learning and development.
NQS 1.1.3 All aspects of the program, including routines, are organised in ways that maximise opportunities for each child’s learning.y
NQS 3.2 The service environment is inclusive, promotes competence and supports exploration and play-based learning.
NQS 6.2.3 The service builds relationships and engages with its community.

PRACTICES
• Equity, inclusion and high expectations
• Sustainability
• Play-based learning and intentionality
• Learning environments

Hearts ❤️

Extending AHs interests in hearts and expressing creativity.

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💙 Draw, Colour, Trace Hearts:-
▪️Developing Fine motor control and pre-writing skills.
▪️Hand-eye coordination and pencil grip.
▪️Shape recognition and geometry.
▪️Expressing creativity through art.

💙 "Love from Sesame Street" story time:-
What does this story bring to our learning experience?
▪️Social-emotional learning through familiar faces: Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster all show different ways to love: hugging, sharing, helping, saying kind words.
▪️Diversity of love:- The story shows love for family, friends, pets, community.
▪️Language models for affection:- A storynthatbprovides opportunities to express feelings, building vocabulary and emotional expression together.

EYLF LO1 V2.0 Children have a strong sense of identity:
Children develop their emerging autonomy ,inter-dependence, resilience and agency when they initiate exploration and independant learning, show interest and curiosity through observing, listening and doing, making choices to guide their learning and interests.

EYLF LO4 V2.0 Children are confident and involved learners:-
Children develop a range of learning and thinking skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating when they use a range of media to express their ideas through the arts.
Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another as they make connections between experiences, concepts, engage and co-constuct their learning.

EYLF LO5 V2.0 - Children are effective communicators:
Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work as they begin to recognise the connections between them begin to sort, categorise, order and compare collections and attributes of objects, beginning to identify and use the names of simple shapes.

NQS 3.2 The service environment is inclusive, promotes competence and supports exploration and play-based learning.

PRACTICES
• Secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships
• Responsiveness to children
• Play-based learning and intentionality
• Learning environments

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 - 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

World Crocodile Day is celebrated globally every year on June 17th. It is a special day created to raise awareness about these ancient reptiles, highlight the threats they face, and promote conservation efforts.

🐊 About Crocodiles with Steve Irwin:-
When you think of crocodiles, who do we Aussies instantly think of? Steve Irwin! So today for World Crocodile Day, we connected with this Aussie icon to learn more about crocodiles.
Steve Irwin began crocodile research in the 1980s and his capture and study techniques remain the world’s best to this day. Australia Zoo, in partnership with The University of Queensland (UQ) and Wildlife Warriors, now manages the largest and most successful croc research project in the world.
Crocodile Conservation - The Largest Croc Research Project In The World! https://share.google/Jc1QKz2raaexWybGQ

https://youtu.be/7tOGGMUO46c?si=1vwMksLpQ5xP44Ww

FACT:-
Water that is just two feet deep (60cm) is enough for a four-metre crocodile to hide from you. Even if he's only two metres away from your feet, you won't see him. 😬🫣

Today linking to HLs first excititng visit to the Dentist, and World Crocodile Day, we read two cool tooth related stories "Croc Goes to the Dentist" and "Sneaky Snappy Mr Croc".

Linking a dentist book to a childs own dental experience connects story-world to real-world, helping make sense of experiences (narrative and memory).
Why it matters? Processing big or unfamiliar experiences by linking them into stories, reduces fear of the unknown, helps them name their own feelings and experiences, builds emotional resilience and reduces anxiety through familiarity.

🐊 "Croc Goes to the Dentist" By: Sue Graves offers a gentle introduction to the experience of visiting the dentist for young children.
This funny, charming story is the perfect way to introduce young children to the experience of visiting the dentist and or to talk through and reflect on their own experiences.
Crocodile loves sweet things, but when her teeth start to hurt, she needs to visit the dentist. Crocodile feels nervous, but the dentist is very kind.
A great book providing a gentle means of discussing experiences, boosting self-esteem and reinforcing hygienic behaviours, supporting personal, social and emotional development.

🐊"Sneaky Snappy Mr Croc" by Kate Thomson story time:-

Sneaky snappy Mr Croc has a toothache! He needs someone to help him pull the tooth out, but every time an animal looks inside his mouth, he can't help but….Snap! Snap! Snap!
Children were delighted with this funny, tactile storybook with an integral hand puppet perfect for interactive storytime. This book opened up the discussion of dental care, and dangerous animals.
A story that teaches children:-
▪️Actions have consequences:-
Mr Croc is sneaky and loves to snap at other animals or trick them. But his behavior backfires. He often ends up embarrassed, lonely, or in trouble. Children learn that being mean or sneaky pushes friends away.
▪️Kindness Matters:-
Mr Croc realises he’d rather have friends than be feared. When he stops snapping and starts sharing or helping, the other animals welcome him. A lesson in choosing kindness.
▪️Feelings matter:-
The other animals feel scared or sad when Mr Croc is snappy. This helps children understand how their actions affect others, building empathy.
▪️You can change:-
Mr Croc isn’t a “bad forever” character. He learns, apologises, and changes his ways. This teaching children that making mistakes doesn’t make you bad, and you can choose better.

"𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆"...

Extending our story time into a visual re-enactment sensory table that promotes dental hygiene. Children made sure they brushed the germs away, ensuring their crocodile "didn't get a tooth ache".

EYLF LO2 V2.0 Children are connected with and contribute to their world:
: Children develop a sense of connectedness to groups and communities and an understanding of their reciprocal rights and responsibilities as active and informed citizens when they broaden their understanding of the world in which they live.

EYLF LO4 V2.0 Children are confident and involved learners:
Children develop growth mindset and learning dispositions such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity when they are curious and enthusiastic participants in their learning, initiate and contribute to play experiences.

EYLF LO5 V2 0 Children are effective communicators:
: Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts when they listen and respond to sounds and patterns in speech in stories and take on roles of literacy and numeracy users in their play, beginning to understand key literacy and numeracy concepts and processes.

NQS 1.1 The educational program enhances each child’s learning and development.
NQS 1.1.3 All aspects of the program, including routines, are organised in ways that maximise opportunities for each child’s learning.y
NQS 3.2 The service environment is inclusive, promotes competence and supports exploration and play-based learning.
NQS 6.2.3 The service builds relationships and engages with its community.

PRACTICES
• Equity, inclusion and high expectations
• Sustainability
• Play-based learning and intentionality
• Learning environments

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 - 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

World Sea Turtle Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the conservation of sea turtles and their habitats.
Dive into the world of sea turtles and celebrate their beauty and importance on World Sea Turtle Day! Originating as an initiative by the Sea Turtle Conservancy, this annual event aims to educate people about the threats of sea turtles, including habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change, and inspire action to protect them. A day to support conservation efforts, spread awareness, and learn more about these fascinating marine reptiles. Without change, without making a difference, these beautiful sea creatures won't be around to call the ocean their home.

🐢 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞: '𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬'
A beautiful Australian book 'Turtle Tricks', which taught the children about preditors that put the Turtle hatchlings at risk (a dingo, a Goanna, and Seagulls); limiting the survival rate getting to the sea. The baby Turtles worked as a team, sticking together, tricking the preditors, making themselves apear as one giant turtle, making it to the sea safely.

🐢 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐠𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠:
This activity helps children learn;
▪️Math concepts: Counting, basic addition and subtraction.
▪️Fine motor skills: Tweezers and tongs helps improve hand-eye coordination and dexterity.
▪️Number recognition: Use white beans (turtle eggs) to represent the number needed

🐢 𝐓 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞:-
▪️Letter recognition, Identification and naming.
▪️Letter-sound association: Connecting letters to their corresponding sounds.
▪️Phonological awareness: Understanding the relationship between sounds and words.

🐢 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Connecting to our world learning about Turtles, Turtle survival and conservation.

EYLF LO2 V2.0 Children are connected with and contribute to their world:
: Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment as they recognise they are part of ecosystems and care for local biodiversity, participate with others to identify and address environmental challenges and problems, develop an awareness of the impact of human activity on environments and the interdependence of living things, e.g. recognise the potential impact on marine life, explore the basic needs of living things and how to protect them.

EYLF LO4 V2.0 Children are confident and involved learners:
: Children develop a growth mindset and learning dispositions such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity when they express wonder and interest in their environments, are curious and enthusiastic participants in their learning.
: Children develop a range of learning and thinking skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating when they create and use representation to organise, record and communicate mathematical ideas and concepts and contribute to mathematical discussions.

EYLF LO5 V2 0 Children are effective communicators:
: Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts when they take on roles of literacy and numeracy users in their play and begin to understand key literacy and numeracy concepts and processes.

NQS 3.2 The service environment is inclusive, promotes competence and supports exploration and play-based learning.
NQS 6.2.3 The service builds relationships and engages with its community.

PRACTICES
• Play-based learning and intentionality
• Learning environments

𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲: 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

Today MT gathered the toy cars, taking them to the deck. He was seen driving his cars straight, along each plank.

MT is connecting with schematic play; specifically the trajectory and transporting schemas.
Transporting: Moving cars from one place to another.
Trajectory: The movement of the car along a line.

MT enhances his symbolic thinking, seeing a deck/plank and deciding "this is a road".

As MT gathered cars, he is planning and problem solving.
Gathering the cars was goal-directed. "I need cars for my road." That’s executive function; planning, organizing, adapting.

MTs child-led, play-based learning helps him engage in exploring spatial concepts through imaginative play, using the environment as a third teacher; the deck/planks became the learning material.

He has noticed the deck boards are parallel lines. Driving within them teaches boundaries, direction, left/right, over/under, building foundations for math, leading to mapping, writing between lines, and even playing sports.

MT is learning through sequencing and cause-effect; lining up cars, driving one after another, following the plank. He is creating order: first, next, last.

EYLF LO4 V2.0 Children develop a growth mindset and learning dispositions such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity when they express wonder and interest in their environments, are curious and enthusiastic participants in their learning and use movement to play and explore.

NQS 3.2 The service environment is inclusive, promotes competence and supports exploration and play-based learning.

PRACTICES
• Play-based learning and intentionality
• Learning environments