Innovative Early Learning in Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia | Nursery

Innovative Early Learning

Locality: Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9420 0555

Address: 11 George Place Artarmon 2064 Artarmon, NSW, Australia

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

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24.01.2022 What excitement we have had this afternoon as our first lot of real tools and wood arrived today! After being inspired by our creative children and discussions as a team we decided to purchase real building resources for our children after observing an on going interest in creating, we are now eagerly awaiting our beautiful wooden carpentry bench to arrive to! The use of real tools in the preschool classrooms honors children's abilities and intelligence and sends the message ...that they are capable constructors and engineers. The use of real tools can also be a bonding experience between children and their teachers (or other adult helpers) as we guide them in the use of these resources and watch them enjoy their achievements. We are so excited to watch our childrens creating and building talents grow and advance with the opportunity to use real resources! This also contributes to our centre goal of becoming completely plastic free! See more

23.01.2022 Hi Elaine, Thank you so much for being apart of our centre family and leaving such wonderful review. We feel so lucky to have you and your family at our centre!

23.01.2022 Thank you Puneet for such an amazing review! We appreciate all our families and feel lucky to have you as a part of our centre family!

22.01.2022 Food is the ingredient that binds us together - unknown This week our Butterflies are bringing in their lunch boxes for meal times. Each of our friends are able to enjoy their own food and build their independence in managing their food for kindergarten in February. Healthy eating is important but it’s also necessary to ensure that our friends build an awareness of allergies as it can affect the wellbeing of themselves or their peers. I brought my lunch so I can eat at big... school - Lucas This food is from my home- Liam I like having lunch. It makes me big - Connor This is yummy - Amelia At Innovative Early Learning, we promote healthy eating practises as well as incorporating a comprehensive School Readiness programme for our Butterfly Children. This helps them to meet their age appropriate goals as well as helping them get ready to to go to Kindergarten. Our School Readiness Programme looks at a variety of topics such as numeracy, literacy, self care and independence based learning.

22.01.2022 "Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else." - Martha Beck Today, our Bumblebee friends were tired after a busy week of playing. They decided to take out our pillows and set up a resting space to relax and recharge. Our babies were able to find different areas to lie down and enjoy some much needed R & R! At Innovative Early Learning, we offer times in the day for our children to wind down and relax. This gives our children the opportunity to take the time to physically and emotionally unwind so they stay healthy and refreshed for the rest of the day. Rest doesn't have to mean sleep and for those who find it difficult to sleep during the day, it offers the opportunity to take care of their physical and emotional well being.

21.01.2022 Hi Anusha, Thank you for the amazing recommondation! We feel grateful to have such amazing families with us and that you are one of them.

19.01.2022 "The more risk you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves" - Roald Dahl At Innovative Early Learning, our Butterflies and Dragonflies were so excited to explore and engage in our new carpentry table and resources. Our educators sat our children down to discuss the importance of risk management and showing care for themselves and their friends when using the different resources. Once outside, our children were quick to engage with our ham...mers, nails, pliers, leveller and vice to explore and engage in their holistic development and took great care when hammering, screwing and measuring our wooden blocks. It it is so great to watch our children's abilities when engaging with our new tools and we can't wait to see what they will create. Risky Play in early childhood allows our children to push themselves to the limits of their capabilities and allows them the space to problem solve and progress when learning. It also allows our children to feel in control of their actions, learning and play; partake in open ended exploration, learn boundaries and show care in a safe, secure environment where they can be supported directly or indirectly by our educators. Risky play can also help develop a child's self-confidence, resilience, executive functioning abilities and risk-awareness skills. Brussoni's work in injury prevention research shows that engaging in risky play can actually also reduce the risk of injury, too.

18.01.2022 Dare to dream! If you did not have the capability to make your wildest wishes come true, your mind would not have the capacity to conjure such ideas in the first place. There is no limitation on what you can potentially achieve, except for the limitation you choose to impose on your own imagination. What you believe to be possible will always come to pass - to the extent that you deem it possible. It really is as simple as that. - Anthon St. Maarten This morning, our Butter...fly friends were excited to put a wishing stone in our new wishing well. Our friends came up with their own individual wishes and shared them with their friends before placing their special wishing stones into our wishing well. Our new wishing well has given us a great child led platform to begin conversations and learning about how lucky we all are and what we would wish for if we could help people or animals that may not have everything they need. It is important to us at Innovative Early Learning to teach our children the value and importance of giving and helping others. Compassion, empathy and understanding are traits we want all of our children to posess and be proud of. We ensure that each of our children have access to interest based experiences and materials which assist us in building on their sense of wonder of the world and how they treat the living things in it.

17.01.2022 We cannot create observers by saying 'observe', but by giving them the power and the means for this are procured through education of the senses.- Maria Montessori This week, our Butterflies have continued to extend their interest in healthy eating by focusing on vegetables and the nutrients they give us. Today, we decided we were going to use our sense of sight, smell and touch to create our own green vegetables. We decided together that the best scent is natural, so we co...llected some of our own grown herbs to decorate and add new smells to our playdough. We then used our playdough to create different green vegetables, we utilised our growing observation skills as we looked at how we could replicate what we saw with our playdough, the frames were a great addition as it made our children feel like artists! Well done Butterflies I like to eat green veggies at my home - Vedansh These look healthy, I think they would be good to eat - Vihaa Look, mine looks like this vegetable - Jamie At Innovative, we encourage and embed Healthy eating habits with all of our children. Encouraging children to eat a nutritious, balanced diet early on is important for a number of reasons. Ensuring they get the right vitamins and minerals in their diet will help them grow and develop optimally. They are also more likely to be energised and motivated, supporting their ability to learn. Educating them on healthy eating during childhood will also help them make healthier choices as they become adults.

17.01.2022 We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love.... and then we return home - Aboriginal Proverb This week our Bumblebee friends have been learning about Aboriginal musical instruments. Our friends have been showing a lot of interest in sounds and music for the past few weeks so we decided to extend their interests and build on their awareness of other cultures, while researching the diffe...rent instruments, I noticed our Bumblebees showing particular interest in the Didgeridoo, so we looked at the different styles and sounds it can make which led to our extension in creating our own ones. Our Bumblebees were so excited to explore their creations and showed holistic growth when engaging in their sense of sound. Here at Innovative Early Learning we look at music as a way of expressing our feelings as well as using it as another way to communicate with one another. Our Bumblebees are at the beginning of their life journey and by engaging in a range of open ended experiences, sounds and cultures, they are able to continue to grow and develop into strong, independent individuals.

16.01.2022 Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. - Malcom X As a new school term starts, our Butterfly senior preschoolers have been settling into our School Readiness Programme planned for this year. Each of our children in the Butterfly room are provided with the opportunity to engage in an afternoon session which focuses on a wide variety of activities that help develop their needs and ready our children for school. O...ur comprehensive school readiness programme also links into our ongoing development and interests through our daily routine and harmonises with our learning throughout the day. My name starts with the letter R -Ruby There are four letters in my name - Abhi I can follow the letters in my name -Reuben At Innovative Early Learning, we focus on extending our children’s holistic development while ensuring that they are meeting their milestones. We focus on readying our children for kindergarten and ensure that each child is able to transition to school in a positive manner. We focus on the child’s needs and ensure that our learning experiences best promote each individual child's development and success. We also ensure that our children are provided with a strong foundation on which to build their educational future to then become strong independent individuals.

15.01.2022 ‘’Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn’’ Benjamin Franklin The junior preschool room at Innovative Early Learning extended their knowledge and interest in Aboriginal culture. We have explored and learned about Aboriginal totems through art & craft experience. Children have displayed curiosity as they asked ‘’what is an Aboriginal totem?''... Then we have learned that a totem is a natural object, plant, or animal that is inherited by members of a clan or family as their spiritual emblem. Totems connect people through their physical and kin relatedness. Totems are still important today in Aboriginal culture and are still used as a way of continuing and maintaining connections with the land, the Dreamtime, and their ancestors. Through this, we have learned that Aboriginal totems have a spiritual meaning, and they represent something very personal. Aboriginal spirituality can be expressed visually, musically, and ceremonially. Then we decided to make our own personal totems. ‘’I like mine green. It's special. It can have Spider-Man superpowers'' - Miles ''My totem is purple. Purple is my favourite colour. She can fly'' - Lauren ''My totem is pretty. And with no superpowers, and no name'' Ivy ‘’My totem is a girl. Her name is Mia. We are best friends, and I really like her’’ - Nami The activity helped children to promote, understand and gain knowledge about Aboriginal culture, and to understand and gain knowledge of the Aboriginal connectedness with the land, spirit, sea, and animals through the meaning of different totems. Moreover, children put in practice critical thinking skills while creating and making their own totems, and thinking clearly, rationally, and logically, while finding the connection between their totem.

14.01.2022 Hi Cindy, thank you for the kind recommendation! We love having you with us and appreciate all our families!

14.01.2022 Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do - John Wooden At Innovative Early Learning, our children are encouraged and enriched with resources and experiences to develop and refine their fundamental movement skills. Today, our Butterflies were able to extend their jumping and climbing skills when engaging in an obstacle course in our outdoor space. Each of our friends were excited to take part while also showing their developing physical and social ski...lls when turn taking and engaging in each part of our course. We were so proud to observe our Butterflies motivate their friends to finish the course as well as seeing them take pride in their accomplishments. I can climb so fast, I’m like a lizard - Lucas This is a bit hard but I want to finish it - Megha I am helping my friend Jamie - Varsha We can hop like bunnies across - Amelia Physical activities and Active play promotes healthy growth and development. Active play also strengthens bones, muscles and the brain and establishes connections between all of them. A physically active lifestyle is crucial for life-long health and physical and emotional wellbeing. To develop good habits, children should be physically active every day and encouraged to engage in multiple outdoor activities, this also ties in with our Munch and Move program here at the centre.

13.01.2022 Hi Kasey, Thank you so much for the wonderful response. We feel so lucky to have such amazing families.

13.01.2022 ‘’Teaching is in everything you do, every word, action and experience’’ Kylie Kinnell The junior preschool room at Innovative Early Learning has shown interest in great white sharks. We decided to extend their interest in sharks and promote their curiosity and creativity through art and craft experience. Children made their sharks with enthusiasm and excitement. Throughout the activity, children were asked questions that helped and promoted their critical thinking and highe...r-order thinking skills: Question 1: ‘’Where can we find a great white shark?’’ ‘’In the ocean and at the beach’’ Reuben ‘’In the deep water’’ Lauren ‘’I saw a shark in the book’’ Roselyn Question 2: ‘’Why do you think they are called great white sharks?’’ ‘’Because they have white tummy’’ Jaxen ‘’Because some are white and some are grey’’ Roselyn Question 3: ‘’What do you think a great white shark eats?’’ ‘’They eat crocodiles’’ Xiyue ‘’They eat fish’’ Roselyn ‘’They eat meat’’ - Jaxen Question 4: ‘’How do you think the shark’s skin feels like?’’ ‘’It’s very soft’’ Jaxen ‘’Very hard. Hard like the rock’’ Reuben ‘’I think it’s hard’’ Roselyn Children also gave some interesting names to their friendly tissue roll sharks; ‘’My shark’s name is Jack’’ Jaxen ‘’My shark is Chi-Chi’’ Lauren ‘’My shark’s name is RRRRR’’ Reuben Here at Innovative Early Learning, we like to promote creativity. According to Vygotsky, creativity is something that exists in all people. However, an integral part of creativity is imagination. Throughout our activity, we put in practice Vygotsky’s theory as we used social interactions to exchange our knowledge, thoughts, and ideas. This helped us to build on our cognitive development.

11.01.2022 We all come from the same root, but our leaves are all different.- John Fire Lame Dire For the past few weeks our Bumblebee friends have been extending on their language and body recognition skills when engaging in our group interactions. Each of our friends were able to engage through different levels of communication and overall have shown amazing growth when extending their linguistic skills. Here at Innovative Early Learning we look to encourage our friends to be able to recognise and identify their different facial and body features. Throughout these experiences we also incorporate the teachings of diversity while also underlining the unique beauties that come with each of our cultures and backgrounds.

10.01.2022 There is nothing more precious to a parent than a child, and nothing more important to our future then the safety of our children. - Anonymous This week as a part of our "Safety month in the centre, our Bumblebee friends took part in a fun and exciting fire safety activity where we discussed and learnt the key steps and practises when engaging in our awereness of age appropriate safety, as our babies are primarily sensory learners, we set up this visual learning experienc...e that developed our Bumblebees autonomy, understanding and awareness when engaging in safe practises through out the day. At Innovative Early Learning, we ensure that we are able to refine and develop each of our childs’ awareness for for world around them, as well as becoming self aware of their environment. When teaching children simple strategies about keeping safe, we can help foster their confidence, resilience and empower them to be safe in a variety of situations and environments.

09.01.2022 Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it. Lao Tzu As the weather is getting warmer, our children have been enjoying our water play experiences in our outdoor area. Our friends love engaging in our water exploration as well as enjoying the sensory aspect. Water is an important natural material that provides hours of absorbing fun and a multitude of wonderful development and learning opportunities. It helps children develop fine motor, hand-... eye coordination, sensory and scientific concepts. It also enhances social skills and encourages cooperation for all ages. Our children are also guided on the importance of water as a precious natural resource. At Innovative Early Learning, we ensure our children are able to engage in meaningful holistic experiences. With the weather getting hotter, we are able to offer water play experiences throughout the day and ensure each of our children are sun safe with sun cream applied twenty minutes prior to outdoor play and ensuring children have sunhats on their heads.

09.01.2022 Hi Anju, Thank you so much for the kind review! We truly appreciate you and feel lucky to have you as part of our centre family!

07.01.2022 Hi Rachel, thank you so much for the kind recommendation! We love having you as a part of our centre family!

05.01.2022 ‘’A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots’’ Marcus Garvey Our Dragonflies promoted the Aboriginal Indigenous culture through an interesting learning experience that involved the use of natural resources to promote sustainability. During NAIDOC week, we looked back on Australian Aboriginal history, and we made Australian Aboriginal shelters by using play dough, leaves, twigs, and bark. Australian Aborigines were n...omadic people, hunting and food gathering as they travelled within their tribal boundaries. They made semi-permanent stops, camping for days or weeks in one place. For that reason, they made their very own shelters. Question: ‘’what do you think the shelters look liked’’? They used mud'' Roselyn ''They used trees and leaves to make the roof and the door and the windows'' - Miles ''They were little'' Lauren Question: ‘’How are our modern houses different from the Aboriginal shelters’’? ''Our houses are made with bricks'' Miles ''We are using a cement to build houses'' Roselyn ''We have doors and windows that we can buy'' Lauren ''We need money and coins to build the houses'' Reuben At Innovative Early Learning, we like to encourage children to use natural resources and to be more sustainable. We also promote cultural diversity and cultural awareness through a range of different, purposeful and meaningful learning experiences.

04.01.2022 Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time - Thomas Merton Here at Innovative early learning, utilising natural materials is something we look to embed into our daily routine. This week our Bumblebee friends took part in some amazing out door nature painting activity, where we used some fallen tree branches to paint with. Each of our children were so excited to engage and create their own individual master pieces. As each of our Bumble bee friends... took part in this activity we were also able to observe our surroundings and learn more about nature. We were able to see how each of the different leaf sizes and patterns were able to mark our pages and assist our bumble bees by utilising their individual skills and talents to paint these awesome pictures. Nature provides countless opportunities for creativity, problem-solving, and STEM education. At Innovative Early Learning, we are continuously working with our children to ensure they have access to and are able to interact with natural resources and materials. These open ended resources provide our children an opportunity to develop independence as they learn by doing and encourage each child’s natural sense of curiosity and discovery in our world. In nature, children think, question, and make their own hypotheses, which give each individual the opportunity to partake in open ended exploration which is essential when developing their own problem solving skills and thereby developing inquisitive minds.

04.01.2022 Creativity is the brain's invisible muscle, that when used and excercised routinely it becomes better and stronger -Ashley Ormon This week our Grasshoppers have had the opportunity to engage in a creative story time where they worked together as a group to put together a mini story using our felt board and hand finger puppets. We came up with the title together and decided to name our story The fox and the family watch tennis and fox. Once upon a time there was a fox wa...lking on the grass, then a boy came by and played tennis next to the fox. Baby comes along crying and mummy and daddy comes next to baby, baby stop crying. Sister meets mum and dad and watch tennis and fox. Grandma joins them. Fox hungry stomach hurting. The end We can name it the fox -Hana Tennis -Vivika Family, hungry fox -Tankhun Watch fox -Carrie Throughout this experience our children were able to demonstrate their creative skills, imaginative, confidence and cognitive thinking skills. By creating a story, a child can channel their emotions and develop natural skills to manage in varied situations. At Innovative Early Learning, we empower our children to develop their cognitive thinking skills and freedom of speech through interest based learning. Childrens voices are our platform to create, develop and extend their progression of learning through verbal and non verbal cues.

04.01.2022 ‘’The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you’’ B. B. King The junior preschool room at Innovative Early Learning extended on their interest in dolphins through art & craft experience. Together we have discovered and learned some interesting facts about the dolphins. Question 1: ‘’How do you think the dolphins communicate?’’... ‘’With sound’’ Miles ‘’Maybe they talk’’ Reuben Then we learned that they have a special way to communicate; they squeak, whistle, they use body language, leaping out of the water, snapping their jaws and butting heads. Question 2: ‘’What do you think dolphins like to eat?’’ ‘’They eat fish’’ Reuben ‘’They eat meat’’ Lauren Dolphins are carnivores. But they will also eat fish, shrimps, and squids. Question 3: ‘’Why do you think the dolphins like flipping out of the water?’’ ‘’Maybe they feel hot’’ Miles ‘’Because they like jumping’’ Roselyn Then we learned the fact that dolphins doing that because they can get a better view of things in the distance, clean parasites of their bodies, communicate with other pods, or simply just for fun. We have promoted the importance of Bloom’s Taxonomy as here at Innovative Early Learning we understand the importance of higher-order thinking and critical thinking skills for pre-schoolers.

03.01.2022 "Dramatic play permits children to fit the reality of the world into their own interests and knowledge. One of the purest forms of symbolic thought available to young children, dramatic play contributes strongly to the intellectual development of children." ~Jean Piaget This week, our senior preschoolers are so excited to engage in our new home corner. Our friends have been showing interest in face painting and hair dressing during our free play exploration so we decided that... a beauty salon follows these interests. The children were quick to explore and engage with our new resources and were able to engage in real life exploration and social experiences. I was amazed to see our friends explore and engage in interactive experiences and work together to extend their creative and real life exploration skills. Look, I will tie the hair - Varsha I will put the hands down so I can paint the nails. - Celina We are going to see what makes these faces pretty - Megha This is so fun!!!!! - Vihaa At Innovative Early Learning, we encourage our children to engage in Dramatic play. It offers our children the opportunity to perform different roles and test their own creativity and the reactions and responses of those around them. Children learn many things through trial and error, and what better and safer way to try out various scenarios and situations than through pretending you are in them! Following children’s interests is so important at our centre as it helps us to provide that balance between child and teacher directed learning and gives our children opportunities to contribute to their own learning and development.

03.01.2022 One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. Virginia Woolf This week, our Butterflies have started our healthy food tasting to see if we find any new foods we like. To start off the food pyramid, our friends started by trying porridge while exploring different types of grain. Our friends were excited to explore the different tastes while engaging in healthy eating conversations with their peers and educators. I was proud to see the Butterflies ...not shy away from the new foods and show interest in seeing what other foods taste like. "This is so yummy, can I have more?" - Anay "This is good, its good for my tummy" - Ike "I have this for my breakfast in my home" - Megha Healthy eating habits stem from a young age and by offering different nutritious food options, we are able to develop our taste buds and extend our food palate.

03.01.2022 ‘’Culture is the widening of the mind and the spirit’’ Jawaharlal Nehru Another interesting project is going on in the junior preschool room at Innovative Early Learning. This time we were focusing on Indigenous perspectives. We explored many Aboriginal symbols. However, we focused on campfire and fire. Fire is an important symbol in Aboriginal culture. Traditionally it was used as a practical tool in hunting, cooking, warmth, and managing the landscape. It also holds great... spiritual meaning, with many stories, memories, and dance being passed down around the fire. Then we decided to start making our own campfire. ‘’Let’s use brown paint for the campfire’’ Jaxen ‘’We can decorate it as well’’ Roselyn We painted the campfire in brown. Once the paint was dry, we decorated the campfire by using the dot painting technique. Dot paintings are recognised as unique and integral to Australian Aboriginal art. Dot paintings have a hidden meaning and a deeper purpose; to disguise the sacred meanings behind the stories in the paintings. We sat around the campfire, and we discussed how a campfire and fire have a spiritual meaning as Aboriginal people liked to dance around the fire. One of the major purposes of traditional Aboriginal dancing was to tell stories, which were passed down through generations. These stories would be about the land, animals, Dreamtime, and Aboriginal people. It is quite common for Aboriginal dance to incorporate imitations of certain animals, to assist in the storytelling and bring the Dreamtime to life. For that reason, we have learned how to dance like an eagle. In the Aboriginal culture, the eagle was known as the master of the skies. The meaning of the Eagle symbol was to signify courage, wisdom, and strength. He is believed to be the creature with the closest relationship with the creator. Soaring to great heights, he can travel between the physical and the spiritual world. He is said to be a messenger to the creator. Once we finished our Eagle dance, we all sat down around the campfire, and we roasted the marshmallows.

01.01.2022 Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer. Denis Waitley This week at Innovative Early learning our Grasshopper friends have been focusing on their problem solving skills. We used our interests to extend our main focus by engaging in challenging activities that gave our friends the opportunity to use their cognitive thinking skills to engage and overcome the challenges they may enc...ounter. It was amazing to see our grasshoppers excel and demonstrate different problem solving techniques while engaging in trial and error. The children were also able to communicate their ideas and form hypothesis when deciding how many spoons would be needed to fill the cups. I think it needs 17 -Kendall We need lots of rice -Sara Maybe 20 rice -Luke Lots and lots of rice -Xavier Let’s find out -Hana Problem solving is an essential tool. Children learn best through experience and when provided with open ended materials and resources our children are able enhance their sense of curiosity and understanding. Our children are also able to tackle problems on their own, and become more resilient. They learn to look at challenges from a fresh perspective and take others opinions into consideration. Overall, it embeds a holistic sense of learning and encourages them to become strong, independent individuals .

01.01.2022 Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate. Anonymous Today, our friend Hana was very busy helping our Director Jenna in the office, she did a wonderful job answering phones and corrected a few statements for Jenna. Hello, I’m in the office, I can help you - Hana ... I can do this, I don’t need help - Hana At Innovative Early Learning, we promote our children to engage in meaningful experiences throughout their day. Our children are encouraged to assist in the daily running of the centre and their voices are embedded in our planning and activities. Giving children a voice promotes self esteem and self worth. By valuing our childrens voices throughout the day, we are developing their opinions, choices, feelings and emotions, making them feel important and valued. Feeling valued plays a large role in how a child learns and grows to become a strong independent individual.