Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Words for Wednesday
Just a reminder as to why we wanted to start this blog! Learning through Play Happens naturally. All you need to do is provide the right materials and ask the right questions. 
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Friday, April 25, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Happy Easter!
The last few weeks have been filled with Easter activities.
We found a letter left by the Easter bunny and of course eggs to find, play dough was rolled into eggs to fill the Easter baskets, matching games, bingo, discussions about what the Easter bunny looks like followed by some great drawings of it.
We ate some of our yummy cooking, hot cross buns and sugar cookies.
We have added a couple of photos of our fun!
We hope you all had a Happy Easter!!
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Foto friday
Dinosaur inspired imaginary play scape. Keep your eyes peeled for our dinosaur set up. It was a request. Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Songs for Saturday - Happy & You Know It
If You Are Happy and You Know It!
I'm sure most people know this one and with many different versions around, we like to use it to get
the children up and moving.
We also like to use it when discussing emotions, we encourage the children to use their faces to demonstrate different emotions e.g. happy, sad, excited, scared, surprised, shy, worried and angry.
click the link for the fun you tube clip we found.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Foto Friday
What a wonderful imaginative play set up. We did a similar one last week. The children connected with past experiences of camping, and we also used it as a focus to talk about safety. Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Showcase Sunday
Well, we had another creation session today! Keep your eyes peeled for our new dinosaur setup! While we were making some new sets Miss J had some time test out some of our sets.
A Teddy Bears Picnic.
This is one of our first creations that we still have available.
Miss J took each bit out of the box and had a great time setting up the teddies, the picnic blanket, and the pretend food. It was lovely to hear Miss J playing along while we got to work creating some more playscapes.
Miss J also unpacked and engaged with our Australian Literacy experience.
She set it up with the animals exactly where she wanted them, Then she used the stones and lined them up on the table in the corresponding position to the states according to the map of Australia. Miss J broadened her knowledge of australia, it's animals, the states abbreviations and also added some extra natural materials that were on hand.
That is why imaginary playscapes are so important for childrens development they learn without even knowing it!
Creating enthusiastic participants in learning sets up a child for life!
If you are interested in this set or are interested in us creating a set for you please email us at:
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Songs for Saturday - Hello around the world
This is a good one to go with Harmony Day
To avoid being tokenistic it is a good idea to add songs like this to everyday routines not only on Harmony Day.
What did you do to celebrate Harmony Day?
Friday, March 21, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Set up Sunday -Happy St Patrick's Day!
Happy St Patrick's day!
I love this set up and I'm sure the children will as well.
thanks to MaryLea for her inspiration
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Songs for Saturday - There was an old Lady who swallowed a fly
I just put my iPod on charge ready for group time on Monday and this song started to play.
I thought I would share as it is a good one to go along with the story.
I remember my dad reading this story to me as a child, it is still a favourite today.
here is the link to a you tube video of the song
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