I love Mem Fox as an author! Her books are so thoughtfully structured for early readers. Mem Fox has written other best selling titles including – Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, Where is the Green Sheep?, A Particular Cow, Hunwick’s Egg and an Australian classic Possum Magic. The illustrator of this book is […]
Come into the jungle and find a loud bunch of animal poems. Giles Andreae is a modern day poet who brings life to the jungle through this fun book. There’s a rumble in the jungle, There’s a whisper in the trees, The animals are waking up And rustling the leaves. Find resources and activities for […]
One of the key constants in my program is my Letter of the Week Program. Each week we focus on a new “Letter of the Week”. Children do thrive on routine and this is reflected in my “Letter of the Week” program. It is a simple program that will run for the first hour of […]
Download EYLF Wall Posters I jumped at the opportunity to come back into my passion which is educating young children but was very overwhelmed with the “new” way of doing things. I want to share with you how I have tackled the EYLF so you can have a shortcut and dive straight in! You can flourish […]
Download EYLF Wall Posters The West Australian Kindergarten Guidelines have recently been published. The guidelines support teachers to plan lessons that are relevant to their students in the Kindy Years. The purpose of these guidelines is to help educator’s develop programs that provide the optimum level of development for the Kindergarten students. These guidelines use […]
Have you got plans for Father’s Day yet? This year I am having a fun and simple Father’s Day Play morning. It will run from 8:30 – 9:15am so Dads can come first thing and spend the first 45minutes of our day with us! I have designed a fun pack that all you have to […]
I am really excited to be working on our outdoor play environment. For over a year this has not been a possibility as our play area was waiting for a proper fence. Well the sturdy fence is finally in and it is time to add some interest! I created a banner that is absolutely perfect […]
What is Sensory Play? Sensory Play or Messy Play is play that allows children to be fully engaged with their senses. Children use their 5 senses to discover and explore when involved with sensory play. Their sense of sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. By providing opportunities for sensory play children have the opportunity to not only develop their senses but they also develop holistically. Children will develop their […]
Today was so much fun! I suprised the children by hanging balloons all over the classroom. When they walked in they were so excited. I told them that for the first session we were going to be scientists and just observe. We saw the balloons sway a little and spoke about it. We observed some […]
It is amazing that you can spend hundreds of dollars on educational resources and then you give children a few old boxes and they are engaged in meaningful and often very creative play! So with that in mind SAVE ALL YOUR OLD BOXES! You can create instant art pieces, use old boxes for children to […]