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Family Day Care in Eastwood

Locality: Epping, New South Wales

Phone: +61 414 576 249

Address: Bimbadeen Street 2121 Epping, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 Paper Dress-up Dolls with Kids' (their own) face. It was a hit. They loved it. They love their own photos. (Identity/self-esteem)

25.01.2022 Volcano activities Bought the Volcano kit from Kmart. Only $5. It comes with: 1. a goggle (became a new additional goggle for their toy tools box) 2. a plastic volcano (can use it again and again) 3. a bottle of bicarb soda / citric acid (can easily buy more from shops.)... 4. a spout (was too difficult for them to handle. Just pouring from a cup worked much better.) 5. The instruction booklet with volcano pictures. Children like to pull it out and have a look sometimes. 6. And other bits. See more

25.01.2022 Other Outdoor Games/Activities

23.01.2022 STEAM activity - Screws (Golf pins) + Screwdrivers + Rubber bands + Threading buttons + a cardboard box or Styrofoam

22.01.2022 "Gotta catch ém all!" Spread the number cards and animal cards on the floor. Shoot out the coin from the Pokemon shooter from McDonald's. Children get to collect the cards where their coin landed. Encourage them to say the name of the animals or numbers they got. When done, count the cards they got to compare.

22.01.2022 Incorporating more 'natural materials' in play is my QIP (Quality Improvement Plan) for all times. Dividing our paved area using plant pots gave us a new fresh look in our outside environment, and kids love moving around riding on a bike or squirting water with a water spray on the pots.

21.01.2022 Very Hungry Caterpillar activities 1. Maze - Follow leaf or fruits in order to get to the goal/ 2. Craft - Butterfly Painting - cut along the line/paint and fold the center like an paper airplane to let it flatter. ... 3. Craft - Caterpillars on a leaf 4. Craft - Butterfly inside of a cocoon 5. Threaded cut out items for children to move along the story. (Above) Sequence cards - For children to recall the story and put them in order. 6. Life Cycle of butterfly

20.01.2022 "Handa's Surprise" story with real fruits. 1. Collected fruits from a shop. Couldn't find guava. Placed a "G" grapefruit with guava picture. 2. Children placed animal figures or pictures on the correct fruit as the story went. ... 3. The original plan was for me to carry the basket and let children take the fruits out of the basket in order, but ohhh...so heavy... I let children experience 'carrying a fruits basket on the head'. 4. Fruits tasting!

20.01.2022 Play and learn. Children will enjoy finding the hiding creatures, or they can move the creatures back to the correct place.

19.01.2022 Incorporating more natural materials in play is my QIP (Quality Improvement Plan) for all times. Dividing our paved area using plant pots gave us a new fresh look in our outside environment, and kids love moving around riding on a bike or squirting water with a water spray on the pots.

19.01.2022 Playing with torches. I have decorated the dark corner with figures like 'insects' ' whales/sharks' 'Animals', etc. Children made some 'nocturnal animals' such as 'bats' 'possums' 'snakes', etc, to decorate the area, too. They enjoy using torches to point at their own works and figures.... We are also learning about planets. They enjoy the planets song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlgH97v94 So I printed out planet colouring pages for them to colour and placed them on our ceiling. Children listen to the song and point at them with a torch saying "I did it!"

19.01.2022 Space Related Activities 1. Planet caterpillar craft - connect them in order (colour/cut/paste) 2. Make a helmet with panel blocks - Pretend as an astronaut 3. Planets on ceiling - look at them with torch 4. Saturn decoration - with pebbles outside / with magnets inside... 5. Make planets with playdough 6. Wooden figures with Kinetic sand - sensory / imaginary play 7. Make our own solar system poster 8. Make our own board game - writing numbers / promote turn taking See more

18.01.2022 "Gotta catch m all!" Spread the number cards and animal cards on the floor. Shoot out the coin from the Pokemon shooter from McDonalds. Children get to collect the cards where their coin landed. Encourage them to say the name of the animals or numbers they got. When done, count the cards they got to compare.

18.01.2022 Mathematics. 1. Playing cards - Sorting out by the mark/Lining them up in order 2. Number Buddies. Making up to 10.(1&9, 2&8, etc) 3. Recognising numbers. Spot and hit. (for young ones) 4. Monster eyes. Count eyes and match up with numbers.... 5. Practice counting by 5s. 6. Number cards - Counting objects and match up with numbers. 7. Money. Coins. 8. Posting number cards. (Fine motor) 9. Shapes. 10. Match up to Chinese character numbers. 11. Pattern. See more

17.01.2022 Children love to play with water sprays. (Good for building up hand strength) They go around the yard spraying on plants, rocks, walls, etc (Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world ) They go and pick up a brush and start cleaning poles, too. (domestic play) We can see a rainbow in the mist in a sunny spot. (Science) I added balloons to aim at. When they squirt water at them (adjusting the nozzle to high impact), it makes interesting sound. (Sensory play)

17.01.2022 Loose parts play/art I had the loose parts out on the table for a long long time (as we are required to have them), but children were not interested at all. I printed out example photos from internet, and placed it there. Children started playing with them trying to copy.

17.01.2022 Magnets Play Children liked making towers connecting them upright. Enjoyed making the tower wobble by repelling it with another magnet holding the other way round.

17.01.2022 Ball Carrying Game 1. Pick a stick and read the letter (Y-yellow, B-blue, G-green, P-pink) -letter recognition 2. Pick up the tongs of the colour (Colour matching). 3. Climb up the slide (leg muscle) to pinch (hand muscle) the same colour ball (Colour matching). 4. Walk over/around the obstacles Paying attention to obstacles while walking. ... 5. Climb up the monkey bars to post the ball in the box with letter Y, B, G, P (colour sorting). See more

17.01.2022 Observing silkworms. (Extension program of 'Very Hungry Caterpillar' story) 1. I showed them which is "mulberry tree" in our backyard and they watered the tree. (They have learnt plants need to be water at the bottom on the ground. Not on leaves or flowers.) Picked a leaf each and place them in the silkworms box (feeding them)... 2. Learning how to use a magnifying glass. - They all put right in front of their eye. I told them to place near the object they want to see. (And reminded them not to drop it on the silkworms!) 3. We observed one shed its skin, too.

15.01.2022 Extension of the colour sorting/posting activity which I posted on 22nd Nov 2017. I positioned the tubes diagonally and made it into a game. One posts pompoms and the other catches them with a racket. They have been enjoying this game for some time.... This week, I added an egg tray which has a number 1-3 and -1 on each hole. Children post the pompoms and let them fall on the tray. Addition - Take out the pompoms one by one and add the numbers (Extension program for 5 years old) Then : Introduce a gadget : calculator - I instructed them step by step where to press. As they (soon-to-be 3 years old - 5 years old) have been learning numbers and can recognise them on the calculator pad, I say "Press 2, then press +", "Press 3, then press +" etc. Count the pompoms fell into "-1", then minus the number at the end to find their score. They did well and loved it.

15.01.2022 Playing with torches. I have decorated the dark corner with figures like insects whales/sharks Animals, etc. Children made some nocturnal animals such as bats possums snakes, etc, to decorate the area, too. They enjoy using torches to point at their own works and figures.... We are also learning about planets. They enjoy the planets song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlgH97v94 So I printed out planet colouring pages for them to colour and placed them on our ceiling. Children listen to the song and point at them with a torch saying "I did it!"

15.01.2022 Australia Day / Chinese New Year 1. Australian Flag - Form mark by looking at the Australian flag. 2. Boomerang - Decorate with Aboriginal symbols. 3. Frilled neck lizard 4. Dot painting snake ... 5. Echidna - Used Angpao 6. Chinese lantern 7. Fish - Used Angpao 8. World map / Animal cards / Animal books - Placing animal cards where they live on the world map. See more

15.01.2022 Their own face feature puzzle. Take their face photos, print and laminate (learn how to use equipment), cut by feature(eyes, nose, mouth). Find their own facial features and put them together. They enjoyed the activity saying "This is my nose!" "This is your left eye!" etc. They also enjoyed mixing them up to make a new face!

15.01.2022 Planets theme activities Preschooler activities. Patio rearrangement - Planet decoration on the ceiling, tent with balls, yoga pose posters/cards display

15.01.2022 Rainy days activities Game A: 1.Shake the container which has a dice in it. (So that the dice doesnt go everywhere and I dont have to run after it everytime children throw the dice...) 2. Read the dice (Count the dots on the dice.) 3. Spot the correct number on the raindrops.... 4. Cover the numbered raindrops with sun cut outs taking turns. Game B: 1. Shake the dice (same one as above) 2. Read the dice. 3. Pick up the correct amount of pebbles from the jar. 4. Place them on their raindrops sheet. Very simple, but they like it. Handmade worksheet: Preparation - Cut out clouds. Cut them in half using different shaped scissors (zigzag, wavy, etc). Cut out umbrellas. Fold up one side of each clouds. 1. Children pick one of the folded clouds. 2. Find the match (Same cut out line) 3. Make vertical dots according to the number on the clouds. (VERTICAL! It is raindrops...One girl made them horizontally. haha) 4. Place an umbrella cut out under the raindrop. Count the dots and write the number on it. Balls in a tray - Just for rainy sound (sensory play and balancing skill)

14.01.2022 Dental Health A mother approached me and said "My son started refusing to brush his teeth since 2,3 nights ago. Can you please talk to him? He will listen to you" (Really?!?!) Anyway, I planned a few activities to promote brushing teeth. 1. Brushing teeth game - (Preparation) Printed out a big mouth with teeth. Wrote numbers 1-6 randomly. Covered the numbers with black rocks. Placed white rocks on other teeth. (How to play) Children were to brush their teeth (shake the dic...e container with a paper toothbrush attached), read the dice (counting dots), spot the correct numbered white rock. Replace the black rock which has the same number underneath (a bit of memory game. Where was number 6? etc.) with the white one. Keep repeating the process until all the black (dirty) teeth turn into white (clean) teeth. 2. Craft - Making a toothbrush - Childrens request - They saw the paper toothbrush I attached to the dice container and wanted to make one for themselves. Making fine snips (the brush part) on the thick paper (cereal box: recycle) was not easy. Good practice for scissors skill and hand muscle. 3. Craft - Paper bag puppet - Placing white cut-outs as teeth. The young ones started placing the cut-outs everywhere randomly. I opened my mouth and said "You have teeth on the top and bottom only. You dont have teeth in the middle. See?" Then they corrected. 4. Brushing teeth kids videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCio_xVlgQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wooYZCJI7WI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkWAsYctcps

14.01.2022 Stories. 1. "The Three Bears and Goldilocks" 2. "Who Did That?" (Australian animals) 3. "Handas Surprise" 4. "Little Red Riding Hood"... 5. "The Seven Little Goats" 6. "Room on the Broom" See more

14.01.2022 Cave play - Aboriginal setting + torches

13.01.2022 Extension Programs for Australian Animals 1. Blue Tongue Lizard - Children enjoyed feeling the skin, looking at the tongue "He has a blue tongue!", feeding fruits from their lunch box. "He is eating my mango! So cute!" (Talked about that it is omnivore, eats fruits, vegetables and meats) 2. Some more Australian animals related activities. Our favourite book "Who Did That?" with Australian Animal figures.

13.01.2022 Stories. 1. "The Three Bears and Goldilocks" 2. "Who Did That?" (Australian animals) 3. "Handa's Surprise" 4. "Little Red Riding Hood"... 5. "The Seven Little Goats" 6. "Room on the Broom" See more

11.01.2022 Balancing rocks

10.01.2022 Halloween Activities. 1. Mummy Baby - Wrapping a doll with a bandage. 2. Balloon Ghosts - Spot ghosts in the backyard and squirting with water spray. 3. Craft - Witch - Hand tracing, cutting wavey lines with scissors. 4. Giant Spider Web with paper strips - Going over and under.... 5. Electric inflatable pumpkin knocking down the wall of big paper blocks 6. Going out for trick or treat 7. Witch hat craft 8. Making cauldron craft - Cut straight lines (Scissors skill), assemble, paint 3D 9. Frankenstein - mixing blue and yellow paints to make green See more

09.01.2022 "Three Billy Goats Gruff" Size comparison. Acting out the story (Drama) Recall the sequences (Memory) Build the bridge with blocks (STEM)... Make a Troll mask (Art) Watch the song video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWZKCAdFW64 (We love the song and often sing as we play) See more

09.01.2022 Sensory play - A collection of different materials - Provided a wooden stick to compare the sound as well. Played a game "Which material sound was it?" Ceramic teapot and cups - Extension of cooking play / Practice to pour water without spilling / Dividing water equally into cups / Encouraging children to drink more water through play

09.01.2022 Letters. 1. Use ABC stamps to encourage participation. 2. Spotting/Recognising letters. 3. abc puzzle pieces buried in sand. Dig up and find them, then place them back on the puzzle board. 4. Find and circle their own name. (Recognising their own name/Use a pen/draw circles) ... 5. Spelling their own name. Form a peacock. 6. Spelling their own name game. (Turn the playing card and find a letter. Place it on the correct letter in their name.) 7. Beginning letter worksheet. 8. abc puzzle pieces in water. 9. Placing lowercase letter magnets on uppercase letters board. 10. Chineses character. Matching to the pictures/meaning of the letters. 11. Recognising uppercase letters and lowercase letters. See more

09.01.2022 Moved to a new place. Children are exploring the new set up and environment. *Construction/Multiculturalism room *Pretend play area / Kitchen area (Japanese Style) *Pre-school area - Literacy/Numeracy... *Patio - Cubby with slide + Ball pit *Backyard See more

08.01.2022 First Aid activity - First Aid book (Children were very curious about the pictures on the pages and asked me what happened. Explained and taught them how to treat), Ice pad (sensory. experienced applying ice pad on ankle, etc ), Peeling bandaid (fine motor), First Aid bag (craft-cut and paste. Learning about tools), bandage(learning how to wrap around and tuck the edge in to end)

06.01.2022 "Bus to the Zoo" Our favourite book. 1. Toy bus and animal figures. Children enjoy hopping the animals on the bus as I read the story. 2. Making enclosures for animals. 3. Making a zoo with wooden blocks. 4. Line up the animal figures in front of animal related books to draw childrens attention to books! (Literacy)... 5. Animal pattern matching activity. 6. Catching animals game - Used McDonald Pokemon Shooter to shoot at animal cards (added number cards). They can collect the card where their coin landed. 7. Animal related craft. See more

05.01.2022 1. "Who Sank the Boat?" - Balancing wooden animals in a coconut shell boat. The mouse is a finger puppet. Children love when I mess up the animals in the boat scattering them up. 2. "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" STEM: make the bridge with blocks. Children painted on troll masks. Laminated one to put it on our tiger puppet. (Told them that the tiger is pretending to be a troll. They like the idea of the dramatic play.) ... Children enjoy moving the goat figures as I read the story. See more

01.01.2022 Mixing the primary colours to make secondary colours. ....Was my intention. Kids just enjoyed mixing and using the new gadget, pipettes. Who cares about primary colours or secondary colours or whatever! JUST MIX!

01.01.2022 1. Reindeer and sleigh - Mixing 3 primary colours to make their own 'brown' to paint. 2. Christmas Bouble - Practice to cut straight lines - Form 3D shape, Sphere. 3. Gingerbread House 3D - Practice to cut to assemble... 4. Christmas Wreath - Practice to use a ruler to draw straight lines, cut straight lines. 5. Snow globe 6. Santa - Assemble face features on a paper plate.