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Footprints FDC

Locality: Wellington Point, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 404 885 852

Address: Wellington Point 4160 Wellington Point, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.athomefdcs.com.au

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25.01.2022 Healthy habits and Hygiene learning this week. - Washing our hands. We have talked this morning about when we need to wash our hands...After going toilet, before eating, after playing, when we are sick were just some of the reasons we discussed. We went to the bathroom and took turns washing our hands, making sure we used soap, gave them a good wash and dried them well. I assisted the younger children. Teaching good habits from a young age, promoting independence and learning to look after ourselves.

24.01.2022 Such a gorgeous day. We are off exploring. I wonder what well see on our walk

23.01.2022 It's a rainy day and we had some discussions this morning about all the colours we could see outside. This led to the kids asking to paint and choosing a mixture of colours. There are some amazing colourful rainbows happening and some fantastic mixing of colours learning what colours we get if we mix them. Learning through play. Child led play.

23.01.2022 CVC Words Printable Bundle Activity Pack - over 100 pages. So many different ways to use these in the classroom! http://www.learning4kids.net//printable-cvc-words-bundle-/

23.01.2022 Happy 1st birthday for tomorrow Sophia All your friends here at Footprints hope you have a super special day

22.01.2022 Busy chefs in our outdoor kitchen this morning

21.01.2022 Tuesday play date with Miss Michelle and our friends. The girls enjoyed the weather chart Miss Michelle brought along to share as part of our winter topic. We will continue to learn the different seasons and weather in AusSign as we are lucky enough to have it translated in the weather chart. We did some collage craft, dressing our person in winter clothing. Enjoyed group time with our Good morning song which we are getting pretty good at being able to sign and our story called Sunshine and Snowballs, a book all about the different seasons and weather. Everyone played and interacted really well together, working together to build with the blocks (which they were super proud of) and helping each other at craft time. Our Tuesday play sessions are so much fun

21.01.2022 A List of FUN and SIMPLE name activities! http://www.learning4kids.net//list-of-simple-and-fun-name/

20.01.2022 Izzy has arrived to join in the fun. There are some interesting concoctions being made in our kitchen!

17.01.2022 This morning the children requested to collage art. We had some leftover Australian maps and paper from Nadioc week with traditional aboriginal patterns and symbols, as well as Australian animals. Ayva and Noah practiced their scissor skills and pencil grip, taking their time to cut their pieces out and glue them down. I pre cut some pieces for Izzy and she practiced gluing and keeping the glue on the paper while sticking the pieces down. They also had pens to add some colo...r and their own personall touch to their artwork. We talked about what the animals were and how they were native to Australia and what the different symbols and aboriginal patterns were. Extending our learning from NAIDOC week. They all had lots of questions about what the different symbols and patterns meant and there was discussion about what part of Australia the native animals came from. Lots of great sharing happening through the activity. See more

16.01.2022 Nothing beats icy poles on a warm day. We have spent a fabulous morning outdoors learning for Outdoor classroom day

16.01.2022 Here at Footprints FDC we learn through play and exploring. Taking safe risks to grow and develop. Our morning today, outside catching bubbles, working on hand eye coordination. Learning to climb and and balance on the soft climbing mats, gaining confidence as the activity went on to go over the top on our own. Exploring outside looking for for leaves and collecting them for art, which we then took indoors and did some leaf painting.

16.01.2022 Fantastic fun filled day. We did activities on our Winter season topic, dressing a boy and girls in winter clothes, matching weather patterns and images on a weather chart. We enjoyed this gorgeous winters day with lots of outside play, running, climbing, the sandpit and playing games they all made up together. We do love our Tuesday play sessions with our friends

15.01.2022 Adventures with the boys and our Ollie dog this morning. They had so much fun!

15.01.2022 Play date with Miss Michelle and our friends today. Our friends brought along balloons to share, so much fun throwing and trying to catch them. Outdoor craft decorating Australian animal puppets while listening to some classic Australian songs. Nadioc week. Finishing our morning off with the play dough which seems to be a big favourite with the children at the moment. Such a lovely morning with our friends

15.01.2022 This is a great list of action songs that the children will love! Great for those days when youre stuck inside. http://buff.ly/2qXSXfP

14.01.2022 Making snow is so much fun! Tuesday play session with our friends

14.01.2022 We enjoyed a fun filled morning in amongst nature at Indgiscapes with Miss Michelle and our friends today. Running through the bush tracks, looking out for Koalas, collecting sticks and drawing in the dirt. We met a lovely lady with her very friendly dog along the bush walk that everyone said hello to. Visited the ducks at the wetlands , reading the information signs about the area and at the outdoor adventure play area we worked on balance through the obstacles and platforms. We finished off with a picnic and on our way out we collected some information for continuation of learning about the animals that live at Indgiscapes and are native to our local area. We are very lucky to have such great places like this at our back doorstep.

13.01.2022 Sophia playing and discovering with the sensory balls. She explored the different texture of each ball, threw them, tipped them and rolled them, watching and engaging with me as I joined in throwing and rolling them with her. They got the taste test too! Sensory activity, learning the cause and effect concept and promoting good hand grip

13.01.2022 Learning patterns, developing fine motor, matching colours, recognising pairs and placing into groups. Noah and Riley are doing similar activities with a variation to suit their age and development. Noah is matching the alphabet crocs learning his alphabet and about upper and lower case letters, grouping them into their colours and how many are of the same colour. Riley is playing with the nuts and bolts, matching into the same colours, learning shapes and basic patterns. Both fine motor activities to develop and strengthen their hand muscles and hand/eye coordination.

13.01.2022 Its a rainy day and we had some discussions this morning about all the colours we could see outside. This led to the kids asking to paint and choosing a mixture of colours. There are some amazing colourful rainbows happening and some fantastic mixing of colours learning what colours we get if we mix them. Learning through play. Child led play.

11.01.2022 2 metal jugs are a whole heap of fun when your a 1yo. She's filled them, tipped the contents out, banged them together to make music and stacked them. All while watching to see what happens and my reaction each time. Learning cause and effect

11.01.2022 Open invitation to play with loose parts. Fine motor skills picking up the loose parts with the tongs. Using the tongs also helps with the children having a good pencil grip. Colour learning - Ayva telling me what the couloirs were as she picked each object up. Noah grouping all the Blue objects together. Texture and Sensory activity. So many learning opportunities from a loose parts table. ... Learning through play, investigation and discussion. See more

11.01.2022 We are incredibly lucky to the weather we do in Qld. Kids are loving all the outdoor time in the warm sunshine

11.01.2022 Busy at play this morning. Making a snowman with play dough and collage materials. Lots of discussion about what a snowman looks like and where in the world does it snow in Winter? Sensory activity with the different textures and the messy glitter. Riley was most proud of his creation, saying "Ta-dah" every time he added more to his snowman. They have asked for different materials and items to be added to the table so well see where the activity leads. Child led play, sensory play, fine motor skills, imagination,

10.01.2022 Our morning today was social play in a larger group environment. Meeting new friends FDC Educator Miss Michelle came for a visit with her Daycare Children. We did collage painting- making earth trees from recycled egg cartons and paper towel holders. Tricky and messy work to get the tree pieces painted and glued onto our paper! Miss Michelle brought along bubble wands, everyone had so much fun catching bubbles and having a go at blowing the bubbles.... We did lots of learning to share throughout the morning, practicing waiting our turn and helping each other with the activities. We finished our play session with a group sing along, Miss Michelle taught us how to sing the Good Morning Song in sign language which was very exciting to be learning a second language. We will continue to practice the different signs we learnt today. Thanks for coming along for a play visit Michelle, we had so much fun See more

10.01.2022 We love our Tuesday play sessions with our friends Thanks Miss Michelle for the photos from today.

09.01.2022 Freshly made pumpkin soup for morning tea to warm us up on a cold winter morning.

09.01.2022 Emotions - Part of keeping ourselves healthy is learning what emotions are and that it's OK to feel sad or happy or silly and so on. We sang our Good Morning song, as well as signing it in sign language that we learnt yesterday. We took turns at looking at the Feelings book, discussing what each picture and emotion was. They were a little confused by all the different expressions in the book so we sang "If you're happy and you know it" and acted out the emotions both in o...ur faces and with hands and feet. It was a big hit with the boys! Their little expressions displaying each emotion are just priceless. Can you guess what they are by the pics? It's so important for our overall health and wellbeing to understand what emotions are, how they make us feel and how we process and express them See more

09.01.2022 Our days are always busy! Learning through play

07.01.2022 2 metal jugs are a whole heap of fun when your a 1yo. Shes filled them, tipped the contents out, banged them together to make music and stacked them. All while watching to see what happens and my reaction each time. Learning cause and effect

07.01.2022 We have been learning about Healthy habits and healthy eating so today I took the children on an excursion to the supermarket. We made a list together at home and they had input into what we should buy. We talked about the safety rules before we left and staying together for the walk there. They chose a piece of the free fruit to eat while we are shopping. We talked about what foods we needed and they helped with selecting and putting it in the trolley. As we made our way a...round the supermarket we talked about the food we were selecting, wether they were "always" food or "sometimes" food. We chose a couple of "sometimes" food too so they could understand what those foods were. I gave them $5 each to select a new item to play with at Daycare, the older children learnt about how much the item cost, wether they had enough money and how much change they would get, while learning what the different money looked like. While Izzy is a bit little to understand the concept, but she liked being included. At the end of the shopping the lady from Woolworths was so impressed with what she had seen with the children shopping and helping she gave them each a book to take home. Go Woolworths! We all had lots of fun and so many learning experiences were had in one visit to the supermarket. See more

07.01.2022 Emotions - Part of keeping ourselves healthy is learning what emotions are and that its OK to feel sad or happy or silly and so on. We sang our Good Morning song, as well as signing it in sign language that we learnt yesterday. We took turns at looking at the Feelings book, discussing what each picture and emotion was. They were a little confused by all the different expressions in the book so we sang "If youre happy and you know it" and acted out the emotions both in o...ur faces and with hands and feet. It was a big hit with the boys! Their little expressions displaying each emotion are just priceless. Can you guess what they are by the pics? Its so important for our overall health and wellbeing to understand what emotions are, how they make us feel and how we process and express them See more

06.01.2022 Painting with pine cones we have found along our walks fallen from trees. Sustainability practice. Sensory activity.

06.01.2022 Such a gorgeous day. We are off exploring. I wonder what we'll see on our walk

05.01.2022 Noah asked for the alphabet cards, we set them up together singing the ABC song as we did it. Ayva came over and joined in. We got out the picture cards and they both took turns choosing a picture. Looking at the first letter of the word we found the matching letter, saying the sound as we put it next to the picture. Then putting all 3 together, what the letter is, the sound it makes and what the word is that starts with that letter. When we put the letters back we sang the ABC song to figure out which place the letter belonged. Child led literacy learning.

05.01.2022 The kids wanted to play a game of chase, I reminded them that inside we can only walking feet. This led them to start marching together. Noah told me they were a marching band. I put on some music and Ayva added in musical instruments to their marching band. They marched, played their instruments, danced and sang along to the music. Lots of giggles and so much fun!

04.01.2022 Best way to spend the last part of our day. This is what being a kid is all about, they learn a lot through free play

02.01.2022 This is a great list of action songs that the children will love! Great for those days when you're stuck inside. http://buff.ly/2qXSXfP

02.01.2022 Some afternoon painting enjoying the winter sunshine

02.01.2022 Abe doing really well at the small parts table this morning. Learning the grasp technique with the tongs. With some encouragement and me demonstrating he picked it up quickly and was able to manipulate and grab some of the small pieces. Ive added the cotton balls to the table today for sensory after a few children were uncomfortable with the texture of them at a craft activity last week.

01.01.2022 Ava and Noah tell me they are painting storm clouds. They can hear the thunder outside and Ava is a bit scared by it so we sit together and paint to distract from the noise. We will have some discussions to extend and learn about storms and what causes the thunder and lightening.

01.01.2022 Play dough with loose parts. They all requested play dough this morning. We made a fresh batch to go with some we already had made and I left them to get creative. They are making pizzas so they tell me. Creativity & imagination. Learning through play