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Curious Kids Early Learning Centre

Locality: Shellharbour, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4297 7393

Address: 23 Berringer Way 2529 Shellharbour, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.curiouskidselc.com/

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25.01.2022 HELP NAME OUR NEW GUINEA PIG Today we received a special new friend and pet that was gifted to us by The Dorrans Family. We are so excited to have him join our CK family! Please add your suggestions below... Thank you, we love him already @j88dorans @melissadorans @juliedorans

24.01.2022 The Great Barrier Reef This week the children in the Adventure Room have been extending their knowledge on Australia focusing on The Great Barrier Reef. The past week the children have been exploring coral bleaching and the impact that we as humans have on our environment. As an extension of this today the children explored their creativity and imagination as they created their own coral.

23.01.2022 World Environment Day Today the children have been exploring all aspects of the environment. For one of our experiences today the children explored their fine motor skills as they cleaned the ocean free from rubbish.

23.01.2022 BOOK WEEK and SUPERHERO WEEK Day 4 - The day the crayons came home with the Snow Queen Link in bio to donate

22.01.2022 Today we explored the story ‘The echidna and the shade tree’ as we explore indigenous culture. As an extension to this experience the children then manipulated natural playdough with a range of resources to create their own echidna

22.01.2022 This week we have been celebrating Reconciliation Week with the children. Today our friend Brohde brought in a special emu caller to share with his friends, and the children enjoyed learning all about how it works as they extended on their knowledge of aboriginal culture and indigenous Australia

21.01.2022 Letter Recognition Today the children in The Adventure Room enjoyed exploring letter recognition through a range of mediums.

21.01.2022 Last Friday we saved an injured bird from our driveway. We took this opportunity to discuss with the children what they could do if they found an injured animal and spoke about wires. As an extension of this the children then created their own bird artworks for school readiness

20.01.2022 Happy Educators Day to this bunch Thank you for the amazing work that you do each and every day to support all the children and families within our community!

20.01.2022 Today the children exploring their gross motor skills and coordination during @readysetgohealthgroup but most importantly had fun whilst doing so

19.01.2022 Our Henny Penny Chicks have arrived We can’t wait to watch them grow and add more members to our chick family

19.01.2022 Self Portraits Today the children practiced their fine motor skills as they created their a self portrait. In our Adventure Room we are focusing on identify and supporting the children to feel safe, secure and supported

19.01.2022 Friendly Reminder - Educator Appreciation Day Next Wednesday we will be hosting a day to celebrate all educators and would love your input! We are asking for families input either via an email or if you would like to send a short video of your child/ren asking them a question about their teachers or preschool. Here are some examples: ... - What do you like about coming to Preschool? - What do you miss about going to preschool? - Why are your teachers so important? - What is your favourite activity to do with your teachers? We will then use these short videos and emails to form a slideshow of the childrens answers. If you have time and wouldnt mind sending this through via email or Facebook by Tuesday 26th May 2020 it would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

18.01.2022 Nature Collage Today the children enjoyed finding natural materials around the centre to create their own collage

18.01.2022 Veggie Progress Today the children enjoyed exploring the vegetable garden, and we picked some of our fresh produce. The children hypothesised why some vegetables grew faster than others and what we could make with them.

18.01.2022 Thank you to our educator Maddi for sharing her hermit crabs with us today. The children enjoyed caring and learning all about these creatures

18.01.2022 Today in the outdoor environment the children were encouraged to create cave drawings. We discussed how the drawings tell Dreamtime stories and made our own Dreamtime stories

17.01.2022 Dinosaur Fossil Exploration Today the children in The Adventure Room enjoyed extending on their interest in dinosaurs through a sensory fossil experience. The children explored their fine motor skills and team work as they emerged the fossil inside.

17.01.2022 Thoughtful Thursday Today we shared some birthdays at preschool and this was a response of how one of our children felt spending their birthday at preschool

17.01.2022 Recycled Paper Today the children in The Adventure Room enjoyed using their scrap paper to create new recycled paper. We can not wait to see how our paper turns out

17.01.2022 Some of our little artists today @courtneyjbeaton

16.01.2022 Everyone meet Rusty Today Spike got a new friends Rusty and lets just say he was one happy guinea pig. We cant wait to watch them grow together and see all their adventures.

15.01.2022 This week we will be celebrating Book Week and raising money for CONVOY. Please come dressed as your favourite superhero or book character each day this week. Donations can be made by following the link in our bio, scanning our QR code displayed around the centre or via cash payments

15.01.2022 And thats a wrap! Huge THANK YOU to everyone for their generous donations and amazing costumes this week. We are proud to announce that we have cracked the $10,000 mark and could not have done it without the support from this beautiful community Donations will still be open for a couple of days, if you would still like to donate check out the link in our bio, thank you again

15.01.2022 Sensory water play this morning in our Explorer Room The children explored their sense through touch, smell, and look and discussed this with the educators and peers.

15.01.2022 Lava Lamp Today as an extension of Science Week the children created their very own lava lamps. The children explored emerging science skills such as hypothesising, investigating and inquiring along with turn taking

15.01.2022 This week will be our last week merged at SeaView. Today we celebrated all the wonderful work all the educators have been doing over this period and the beautiful friendships that have been formed. Thank you to all families for your continued support and kind words

14.01.2022 This week the children enjoyed collecting a range of natural materials from around the centre to create their own paint. The children used their fingers to them create their own artworks exploring their imagination and creativity

13.01.2022 This week the children have enjoyed playdough with natural materials exploring their creativity and imagination

12.01.2022 Bug Hunt This morning the children have enjoyed exploring their natural environment as we embarked on a bug hunt. The children explored early mathematic and investigation skills.

12.01.2022 CHILDRENS BOOK and SUPERHERO WEEK Day 3 - Little People, Big Dreams Link in bio to donate

11.01.2022 Votes are in! And our new Guinea Pigs name is SPIKE Today the children spent some time getting to know Spike we cant wait for all the adventures we will have with him Thank you for everyone who commented and sent their votes for his name in

09.01.2022 CHILDRENS BOOK and SUPERHERO WEEK Day 5 - Superheroes Link in bio to donate

07.01.2022 Messy Play Day was a success

07.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all our dads, uncles, grandpas and special men in our childrens lives. We hope you all had a special day spent with your family

06.01.2022 Enjoying the truck was today in our outdoor environment

06.01.2022 Today the children in The Explorer Room enjoyed exploring their emotions through playdough as they developed their fine motor skills

05.01.2022 Last week the children celebrated book week, and as an extension read Alexander the great as we celebrated those within the local community. The children enjoyed this story, then recreated their own images from the book @courtneyjbeaton @alexanderthegreatthebook

04.01.2022 Today the children enjoyed a cooking experience creating a traditional indigenous meal Damper which they ate for afternoon tea

04.01.2022 Ambulance Visit Today the children enjoyed a special visit from our Paramedic Hayley for Emergency Services Week. The children enjoyed exploring the ambulance and learning all about the special equipment used. We would like to THANK Hayley for taking the time to discuss and visit the centre with the children , we really appreciate it

04.01.2022 Under the Sea To extended on the childrens interest in under the sea today the children explored our outdoor sensory trough. Learning new facts about whales, sharks and the many other creatures in the deep blue.

03.01.2022 Letter Recognition This morning in the outdoor environment the children explored letter recognition and name writing.

02.01.2022 Today the children enjoyed a special visit from Kirli Saunders, aboriginal woman of the year. Kirli shared with the children her childrens book Incredible Freedom Machines and then the children explored a range of natural materials to create their own freedom machines for their adventure Huge THANK YOU to The Beaton Family for making this all possible @courtneyjbeaton @sirpnut @kirli.saunders

02.01.2022 Our final product Huge THANK YOU to the amazing @courtneyjbeaton for our beautiful new mural. Thank you for taking the time and patience to involve all the children in this experience, we all had a great day

01.01.2022 Ready Set Go Today the children explored their emerging cricket skills with Coach Josh today. The children engaged in activities that explored balance, hand eye coordination and gross motor skills, to finish off today’s lesson the children explored the human body through the use of a skeleton.

01.01.2022 Today the children in The Adventure Room enjoyed a special story from the library about Uluru. As an extension of this the children then created their own paintings of Uluru

01.01.2022 This morning the children enjoyed developing their emerging fine motor skills through playdough and natural materials

01.01.2022 Some progress pictures from today Thank you @courtneyjbeaton

01.01.2022 Today the children have been exploring their fine motor skills and creativity with our special busy boards created by Ash