Green Leaves Craigieburn in Craigieburn, Victoria, Australia | Nursery

Green Leaves Craigieburn

Locality: Craigieburn, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9333 4341

Address: 18-40 Accolade Drive 3064 Craigieburn, VIC, Australia

Website: https://greenleaveselc.com.au

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25.01.2022 Have a look at our Calendar of Events for May!

24.01.2022 Five Senses - Touch Touch consists of several distinct sensations communicated to the brain through specialized neurons in the skin. Pressure, temperature, light touch, vibration, pain and other sensations are all part of the touch sense and are all attributed to different receptors in the skin.

24.01.2022 A snippet for our Kinder One Daily Reflection: "Our Kinders have begun their week exploring wellness week and healthy bodies. Our Kinders had open conversations with educator Miss Ana about the ways we keep our bodies healthy and well. Our children’s responses are keep our bodies healthy by running and walking, we drink water to be healthy, we eat fruits they are healthy foods. In the afternoon, the intentional teaching experience that we planned was making our own food pyramid after researching on the interactive screen. Our Kinders had to cut out their own food pictures then glue them on their pyramid in order from healthy to unhealthy foods. This experience further developed the children’s knowledge that they already have. as the EYLF states that children transfer knowledge from one setting to another."

23.01.2022 No-Cook Playdough Recipe - Try making some playdough at home! It's fun, easy and a great way to get children involved as the help mix and learn about the ingredients. Ingredients: > 2 cups plain flour... > 1 cup salt > 1 tbs oil > 1 cup cold water > 2 drops liquid food colouring. Method: 1 - Combine plain flour and salt. 2 - Add water, food colouring and oil. Mix until ingredients are combined. 3 - Knead well. 4 - If consistency is too wet add a little plain flour. Enjoy!

23.01.2022 "Extending on children's interest in shopping, Educators created an ice-cream shop. When children saw the ice cream shop outside all they wanted to come to buy the ice-cream so educators and children formed a queue, same time they learn about taking turns, choosing what flavour they want, how much money they have to give it to the ice-cream seller for ice-cream."

21.01.2022 Self-help skills enable your child to meet his own needs and involve activities and behaviours that eventually lead to independence. Skills such as dressing on his own, learning how to set a table, pouring own drinks and as pictured, putting own sunscreen.

21.01.2022 Animal figurines are open-ended toys that have been with us for centuries. Most children in preschool age, boys and girls, love figurines as much as they love to pretend play. Animal models are one of the toys whose timeless charm stays through generations. Not only figurines are one of the top children choices, but they also boost child’s development, creativity, imagination and much more.

19.01.2022 Have a look at what is in store for April 2021 at Craigieburn!

19.01.2022 Playing with blocks helps children develop their vocabularies, improves math skills, and even teaches them about gravity, balance, and geometry. Building is all about size, shape, weight, leverage, and balance, and as your child works this out, their building and block play will become more and more complex.

17.01.2022 What is writing readiness (pre-writing) skills? Pre-writing skills are the fundamental skills children need to develop before they are able to write. These skills contribute to the child’s ability to hold and use a pencil, and the ability to draw, write, copy, and colour. A major component of pre-writing skills is pre-writing shapes. These are the pencil strokes that most letters, numbers and early drawings are comprised of. They are typically mastered in sequential order, and to an age-specific level.

17.01.2022 Calendar of events ready for January 2021! Have a look what is instore for next year.

16.01.2022 Early literacy concepts such as reading, singing songs through music, and picture stories allow children to become emersed in engaging experiences with educators. Reading stories allows children get to know sounds, words, and language, and develop early literacy skills. learn to value books and stories. spark children’s imagination and stimulate curiosity.

16.01.2022 Children learn through play, and sand is no different. While playing with sand you give children the freedom to explore, create, and ask questions. Here are some ways children benefit from playing with sand and the skills they can develop and practice: > Development of fine motor skills. > Hand & eye coordination watching and doing and coordinating these actions.... > Promotes creativity and imagination using wet sand to mould sand into different shapes and objects, use coloured sand to make patterns, or use a fork, small rake or pencil to draw designs in the sand. > Sensory- development of the sense of touch through feeling and manipulating objects and moulding the sand. Try different types of sand; dry sand, wet sand, moon sand, sand foam, etc. > Socialization children love sand so it creates a great gathering place that encourages children to communicate, work together, share, be creative and witness other children being creative. > Language development playing with sand is a social activity requiring speaking and listening, which helps develop vocabulary. > Overcoming challenges problem-solving

15.01.2022 Pattern blocks facilitate in teaching shapes, colour, counting, number and measurements. Using pattern blocks can develop communication, language, emotional, personal & social skills, as well as mathematical concepts

15.01.2022 What is early literacy? Early literacy refers to the development of skills students need in order to transition from learning to read, to reading to learn. These skills include vocabulary, phonics, language, and numeracy, to name a few. Early literacy gives students the foundation they need in order to learn and grow.

14.01.2022 Baked treats and coffees are back!

13.01.2022 What learning is happening here? > Colour recognition. > Shape recognition > Identifying the sequence between shapes and patterns. > Observing regularities

11.01.2022 What learning is occurring whilst playing playdough? It develops fine motor skills. The acts of squishing, rolling, flattening, and more help your children develop muscles used in their hands for fine motor movements useful in the future, such as holding a pencil or using scissors.

10.01.2022 We are closed due to the Public Holiday. We reopen 6:30am Wednesday 04/11/2020 We wish you a safe and happy holiday

07.01.2022 Playdough Recipe: 1) 2 cups plain flour (all-purpose) 2) 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (baby oil and coconut oil work too) 3) 1/2 cup salt. 4) 2 tablespoons cream of tartar.... 5) 1 to 1.5 cups boiling water (adding in increments until it feels just right) 6) Gel food colouring (optional) few drops glycerine (my secret ingredient for stretch and shine!) See more

06.01.2022 Playing with a variety of building and creative products helps children build self-confidence and encourages their independent learning too. By allowing children freedom in construction play it also makes them think independently and make decisions based on what they are learning.

06.01.2022 The children in our toddler's room have been learning about road signs and road safety, the educators of toddlers created an engaging activity to represent roads, and what different road signs mean. Through this experience the children were able to actively participate, verbalise what the red and green signs mean and actively construct knowledge from one context to another. As children are competent and capable learners educators provided the children with a piece of cardboard, roads and signs and together the children sat down and engaged about different colours, numbers and letters.

05.01.2022 Numeracy is the ability to recognise and apply maths concepts in all areas of life. Everyday activities like counting, looking at shapes, and talking about sizes can help children develop early numeracy and maths skills.

05.01.2022 Following a child's lead involves a child's participation in activities based on his or her interests, supporting the child's actions and interactions with materials and people in the activities, and supporting the child's choices when he or she wants to change the focus of interest.

05.01.2022 We are closed today. From our family to yours, we wish you a happy and safe Public Holiday. We reopen Tuesday 30/04/2021 at 6:30am

01.01.2022 Happy New Year! Today we are closed due to the public holiday. We will reopen 04/01/2021. Have a happy and safe public holiday.

01.01.2022 Practising sustainability empowers children to construct knowledge, explore values and develop an appreciation of the environment and its relationship to their worlds. This lays the foundations for environmentally responsible adulthood.

01.01.2022 The visual memory involved and the identification of patterns and relationships and similarity and difference help children to learn about early representation and problem-solving. Matching and sorting activities can also be good for developing fine motor skills.

01.01.2022 Pre-Kinder children have discovered that our bodies have the five senses of touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. With a focus on touch and taste today, we then talked about how we taste - using the taste buds on our tongues - and how we experience different sensations during touch - this happens through touch receptors in our skin that travels through our bodies and sends messages to our brains. Pre-Kinder children were provided with an activity where they could actively create their own facial representations.