FELA Play & Learn Childcare

June 09,2026

May 29,2026
Happy Birthday H!
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May 27,2026

May 15,2026
Fire Safety Week:
Activity Overview
• Duration: Full Week
• Core Concepts: Emergency preparedness and fire safety.
• Materials Provided: Props and gear for open-ended dramatic play.
Developmental Observations
• Preschool Age children (30 months-5 years):Demonstrated the necessary skills to escape safely in a fire scenario. They successfully practiced the "stop, drop, and roll" sequence and crawled low toward the safe exit.
• Toddlers: Thoroughly enjoyed the dramatic play aspects and focused on practicing the physical movements of "stop, drop, and roll."
Key Learning Areas
• Gross Motor Skills: Developing coordination through rolling, dropping, and crawling.
• Cognitive Skills: Understanding basic safety rules and identifying emergency exits.
• Social-Emotional Development: Processing safety concepts through collaborative and imaginative play.

May 06,2026
Why are dice games good for preschool age children?
Dice games provide an engaging, interactive way for young children to develop essential skills across various learning areas. From counting and language skills to motor and social abilities.
Benefit of this activity is a great way for children to learn how to categorise objects, recognise colours, shapes and sizes, and support language development. An important cognitive skill, sorting helps a child notice similarities and differences in objects.
Sorting & Matching skills help children make sense of their world.
Through hands-on play, children practise comparing objects, noticing details, organising information and learning basic concepts that support early childhood education.

May 04,2026

Sensory, Squeeze, Splash and measuring station in an outdoor environment perfectly blends fine motor development with early STEM exploration. By manipulating sponges and lemon squeezers, children build the hand strength essential for future writing while simultaneously investigating the mechanics of volume and measurement. It’s a multi-sensory way to turn simple water play into a meaningful lesson.

April 27,2025
ECE settings treat indoor and outdoor environments as equally vital, blending focused exploration with active, nature-based play. This integrated approach drives holistic development by combining cognitive learning with the physical and emotional benefits of movement, sensory discovery, and managed risk.

April 23,2026
Daily breathing exercises, stretches, yoga, and tai chi, a program designed to incorporate every child's idea and interest.

April 22,2026
Happy Earth Day!

April 20,2026
A Special Visit from L
We were delighted to welcome back our former student, L, for a visit today. The children were deeply engaged as L facilitated a series of open-ended experiences, including a rich dramatic play scenario and a STEM activity utilizing loose parts.
L demonstrated excellent leadership and inclusivity, ensuring every child felt invited into the play. By collaborating with her peers to plan and execute their ideas, she fostered a collective creative process. These interactions provided meaningful
opportunities for growth in social-emotional development, language skills, and critical thinking.