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Echelon Family Daycare

Locality: Gympie, Queensland

Phone: +61 418 486 819

Address: Senators Court 4570 Gympie, QLD, Australia

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24.01.2022 Light Panels are a fabulous learning tool that enhance sensory play opportunities. The activities and learning experiences are endless and encourage a range of skills and development such as, fine motor development, pre-writing skills, hand and eye coordination, colour recognition and so much more! We’re so excited to finally have one in our environment!! #echelonfamilydaycare #lightpanel #littlelifelonglearners #littleexporers #newresources #queenslandkids #eylf #earlychildhoodeducation #earlyyearslearning #endlessopportunities

23.01.2022 Tomorrow we celebrate all our fantastic Educators working in the Early Childhood sector. This year has been huge for us all in more ways then one! So proud to be an Early Childhood Educator ... #earlychildhoodeducatorsday

22.01.2022 Some useful information I found shared by a friend. Worth a read That bite of summer has well and truly come early this year and with that heat, comes snakes. ...This article was written by Rob Timmings Rob runs a medical/nursing education business Teaching nurses, doctors and paramedics. It’s well worth the read #ECT4Health 3000 bites are reported annually. 300-500 hospitalisations 2-3 deaths annually. Average time to death is 12 hours. The urban myth that you are bitten in the yard and die before you can walk from your chook pen back to the house is a load of rubbish. While not new, the management of snake bite (like a flood/fire evacuation plan or CPR) should be refreshed each season. Let’s start with a Basic overview. There are five genus of snakes that will harm us (seriously) Browns, Blacks, Adders, Tigers and Taipans. All snake venom is made up of huge proteins (like egg white). When bitten, a snake injects some venom into the meat of your limb (NOT into your blood). This venom can not be absorbed into the blood stream from the bite site. It travels in a fluid transport system in your body called the lymphatic system (not the blood stream). Now this fluid (lymph) is moved differently to blood. Your heart pumps blood around, so even when you are lying dead still, your blood still circulates around the body. Lymph fluid is different. It moves around with physical muscle movement like bending your arm, bending knees, wriggling fingers and toes, walking/exercise etc. Now here is the thing. Lymph fluid becomes blood after these lymph vessels converge to form one of two large vessels (lymphatic trunks)which are connected to veins at the base of the neck. Back to the snake bite site. When bitten, the venom has been injected into this lymph fluid (which makes up the bulk of the water in your tissues). The only way that the venom can get into your blood stream is to be moved from the bite site in the lymphatic vessels. The only way to do this is to physically move the limbs that were bitten. Stay still!!! Venom can’t move if the victim doesn’t move. Stay still!! Remember people are not bitten into their blood stream. In the 1980s a technique called Pressure immobilisation bandaging was developed to further retard venom movement. It completely stops venom /lymph transport toward the blood stream. A firm roll bandage is applied directly over the bite site (don’t wash the area). Technique: Three steps: keep them still Step 1 Apply a bandage over the bite site, to an area about 10cm above and below the bite. Step 2: Then using another elastic roller bandage, apply a firm wrap from Fingers/toes all the way to the armpit/groin. The bandage needs to be firm, but not so tight that it causes fingers or toes to turn purple or white. About the tension of a sprain bandage. Step 3: Splint the limb so the patient can’t walk or bend the limb. Do nots: Do not cut, incise or suck the venom. Do not EVER use a tourniquet Don’t remove the shirt or pants - just bandage over the top of clothing. Remember movement (like wriggling out of a shirt or pants) causes venom movement. DO NOT try to catch, kill or identify the snake!!! This is important. In hospital we NO LONGER NEED to know the type of snake; it doesn’t change treatment. 5 years ago we would do a test on the bite, blood or urine to identify the snake so the correct anti venom can be used. BUT NOW... we don’t do this. Our new Antivenom neutralises the venoms of all the 5 listed snake genus, so it doesn’t matter what snake bit the patient. Read that again- one injection for all snakes! Polyvalent is our one shot wonder, stocked in all hospitals, so most hospitals no longer stock specific Antivenins. Australian snakes tend to have 3 main effects in differing degrees. Bleeding - internally and bruising. Muscles paralysed causing difficulty talking, moving & breathing. Pain In some snakes severe muscle pain in the limb, and days later the bite site can break down forming a nasty wound. Allergy to snakes is rarer than winning lotto twice. Final tips: not all bitten people are envenomated and only those starting to show symptoms above are given antivenom. Did I mention to stay still. ~Rob Timmings Kingston/Robe Health Advisory #vrarescue #snakebite

20.01.2022 "It’s more commonly known today that toddlers should be learning to walk barefooted as much as possible so they can feel what they touch with their feet and dev...elop muscle strength. However all children receive important sensory information from the soles of their feet touching the ground as they develop and it may now be best advice for all children to be encouraged to ditch the shoes when they can, no matter what their age." Read more here: https://neurosciencenews.com/motor-skill-footwear-9552/ #neurochild #nature #childdevelopment

19.01.2022 A circle is round and has no end, that’s how long I want to be your friend.. #echelonfamilydaycare #littlelifelonglearners #friendship #socialinteraction #earlyyearslearning #earlychildhoodeducation #eylf #friends #daycarekids #inthegarden #creatingmemories #familydaycare

18.01.2022 #nutrition #foodasmedicine #naturopath #eatyourwater #waterintake #hydration

18.01.2022 Take a small peak into our veggie patch #echelonfamilydaycare #littlelifelonglearners #littleexplorers #ourgarden #ourveggiepatch #ourveggiegarden #homegrown #seedlings #love #naturelover #natureplay #earlyyearslearning #earlychildhoodeducation #eylf #familydaycare

17.01.2022 Did you see our story lastnight? What on earth could we possibly be needing soda & mentos ?? ... SUCCESS!!! Soda eruption!!! How?? Why?? In the Soda bottle the Mentos lollies provide a rough surface that allows the bonds between the carbon dioxide gas and water to break more easily, helping to create carbon dioxide bubbles... Because Mentos lollies are rather dense, they sink rapidly through the liquid, causing a fast, large eruption. Safe to say both kiddies from Echelon Family Daycare and Bec’s Busy Bees LOVED this science experiment. #scienceweek #echelonfamilydaycare #eruption #littlelifelonglearners #chemicalreaction #earlychildhoodeducation #eylf #childhoodmemories #familydaycare #loveourjob #scienceexperiments #sodaandmentos

15.01.2022 R U OK? One kind word can change someone’s day. But a conversation can change their life. ... How do you make an R U OK conversation meaningful? Are you in the right headspace? What if someone is not OK? Is it the right time to talk? www.ruok.org.au/how-to-ask has fantastic guides on how to make your conversation with someone meaningful Know that simply being available to talk is enough for some people to feel safe, secure and cared for Be prepared for the conversation, be the friend that changes their life for the better #echelonfamilydaycare #RUOK #ruokday #bekindalways

15.01.2022 #montessori #consent #consentmatters #gentleparenting #kids #toddlers #teachconsent #selfrespect

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09.01.2022 Children are forever learning and absorbing their surroundings. Our words play a significant role in their learning and by reframing our language from 'problem... focused' to 'solution focused', it empowers children to be confident and develop a positive growth mindset. (Image via WholeHearted School Counseling)

09.01.2022 Happy Early Childhood Educators Day

06.01.2022 When children interact with loose parts, they enter a world of what if that promotes the type of thinking that leads to problem solving and theoretical reasoning. Loose parts enhance children's ability to think imaginatively and see solutions, and they bring a sense of adventure and excitement to children's play. #echelonfamilydaycare #littleexpolorer #littlelifelonglearners #looseparts #loosepartsplay #earlyyearslearning #earlychildhoodeducation

01.01.2022 Clay is a natural resource that has no right or wrong way to be used. It can be cut, pinched, rolled, squeezed and moulded into different shapes and its texture can be changed by adding water. It can be reused and recycled when it is dry. Clay, like playdough, provides children with many opportunities to be creative and expressive. Clay can be used to create long-lasting shapes. Although clay is similar to playdough the different texture, consistency and smell means that chi...ldren can produce different products and have different experiences when they work with clay. Clay can help children to: Develop hand and eye coordination squeezing, patting, pounding Develop finger and hand muscles poking, pinching, etc Be creative and learn about texture, shapes and forms Manipulate through rolling, cutting, making shapes Experience making 3-dimensional objects Socialise with others Express feelings and ideas #echelonfamilydaycare #littlelifelonglearners #montessori #clayplay #learningthroughplay #clay #sensoryplay

01.01.2022 All the kids have been loving our new deck that we extended off the cubby house over the weekend! #echelonfamilydaycare #littlelifelonglearners #littleexporers #cubbyhouse #deck #diyprojects #somuchlove #grateful #imaginativeplay #earlyyearslearning #earlychildhoodeducation #eylf #childhoodmemories

01.01.2022 Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day. Did you know that stillbirth affects 6 Australian families every day, and that 1 in 5 confirmed pregnancies will end in ...miscarriage before 20 weeks? Infant loss, stillbirths and miscarriages are incredibly traumatic experiences, so if you know someone who has experienced loss, let them know that you care See more