Koala Cottage

Sign and logos in the environment we know! - The children have been learning sign and logo and today they made handmade signs for our classroom such as toilet and kitchen. It helps to build connection to community and their learning environment! Great work :)

Incursion day! - We have a special guest from The drama tool box.
The became “Habitat Helpers” in this sustainability incursion to explore environmental issues to help save the planet!
They travel the world alongside “Earth Girl” or “Earth Guy,” tackling real-world environmental issues through play-based learning.

This incursion helps children to understand sustainability, environmental issues, and ecological awareness.

Exploring Real World Science. After seeing sandbags used on the news for Cyclone Alfred, our curious learners wanted to know how do sandbags stop water? Through hands on learning play, they experimented with different materials, observing how sand absorbs and redirects water. This real world exploration fosters critical thinking problem solving and deeper understanding of the world around them. Learning through curiosity in action! # STEAM learning

School Readiness in Action. ✏️📝 Our little learners have been busy exploring shapes, colours, and patterns using craft sticks! This hands on activity helps build fine Moyer skills, problem solving abilities, and early math concepts all essential for smooth Tran to school. Learning through play sets the foundation for a life time of curiosity and success!

At Koala Cottage, we encourage healthy eating and self help skills. The children enjoyed cutting and preparing their own food building confidence and independence while learn about nutrition. 🍉

At Koala Cottage we believe that reading books is important as it develops language skills, sparks imagination and builds a lifelong love for learning

Our children have been very interested in baking since last week. This started from the cookbook that we added in our kitchen corner and requested to bake chocolate cake - which we did! They names the ingredients, steps, and timed how long it needed to be in the oven. To extend this interest and learning in our families’ homes, we have prepared the dry ingredients for Apple-Banana Oat Muffins to take home, the recipe card, and some tips to engage the children. This would just need some basic pantry staples and would be ready to bake. We are sure that they would enjoy this healthy bonding activity with their little ones! ☺️🧁

Today, we had a minibeasts drama incurson. Our children learned about different garden insects, both on and under land, their diet and habitat. Science and nature cross over dramatic play as they play different roles of an insect and went around the garden, looking for food and avoiding their predators. We had dragonflies, rolly pollies, ladybugs, spiders and grasshoppers. 🦋🐞🐜🦗🕷️One fun fact that our children loved to reenact is that when ladybugs feel threatened, they play dead and lay on their back with their arms sticking out.

Our children made a cozy “bed” for them to rest on and for their new friend who just started with us, showing him what quiet time looks like. “Relax your body and read a book”, one of our preschoolers said. As their new friend laid down and started to relax, she fixed his blanket and read him a story. ❤️🥰

Our sunflowers have grown and bloomed, but one got broken from the stem because of the gusty winds. 🤔💡 Still life drawing!!! We placed it as a centre piece in our arts and crafts table and I invited the children to draw it. No rules, just draw what you see. Instead of being directive and closed ended, I asked them about the texture, the parts of the flower, and invited them to smell it. Here are a few samples of children’s artwork.