Jumbo Early Education Childcare and Kindergarten in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Nursery

Jumbo Early Education Childcare and Kindergarten

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9099 1180

Address: DFO South Wharf, Shop 1-101 20 Convention Centre Place South Wharf 3006 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Beautiful play stations ! Yuping, our resident green thumb, has begun preparing our new Plant Potting Station to enhance the childrens learning about our natural environment on their return #greenthumb #gardening #gardenbedpreparation #potplants #urbangarden #Bunningsclickandcollect

24.01.2022 To support one of our children’s speech development journey the children brainstormed descriptive words we use to talk about food. To assist our educators to encourage the children’s vocabulary development, we created a word bank display as a visual reminder, when the educators share a meal with the children. #inclusion #vocabulary #sharedmeals #letshaveachat

24.01.2022 Celebrating, learning, listening and joy - NAIDOC Week 2020. Always was, always will be. #naidocweek2020 #togetherness #respect

23.01.2022 Covid-19 & winter wont stop us - playing outside in our mud pit - in the sunshine - whilst at kinder!! So much love for our kindergarten kiddies #mudpit #friends #fun #sunshine #againsttheodds

23.01.2022 Last Friday 12th of February was Lunar New Year. Celebrating the year of the Ox you will see lovely red lantern creations hanging in our rooms, red envelopes, and decorations. The colour red is associated with luck, wealth and good fortune in Chinese culture.

23.01.2022 Inspired by child psychologist Elinor Goldschmeid, our student Jae presented the babies with a Heuristic Play Basket - designed to promote curiosity, discovery, imagination & creativity. You could try a Heuristic Play Basket at home, just grab a variety of household items, set aside some quiet time & engage in this experience with your little one.

23.01.2022 .....if you havent received your childs pack we will post it out! #snailmail #lockdown

22.01.2022 Shout out to Yuping and Tching for rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty today! The Jumbo plants are very happy to be getting some love. When all the children return, we are looking forward to creating more quality experiences in our natural play space environments. #thxforgettingthesoilTahnaya #plants #builtupandnaturalenvironments #gardening #environmentallyresponsible

21.01.2022 Could it be a builder, an engineer, an architect, a project manager, a construction company director, a designer? Young kinder inquiring minds - focussed during learning through play #construction #teamwork #skillset #problemsolving

21.01.2022 Sunflower Week was a great success, everyone at Jumbo embraced it on a deep level because of their connection to Edie, Daniel and Talia. We are thrilled that we raised $106.55 to be donated to CDH Australia.

21.01.2022 Thanks to Rita, one of our fab educators, uploading some of the childrens favourite afternoon tea recipes on Story Park for our families, there has been lots of home baking going on! Lemon Slice became popular at Jumbo when Tahnaya, another fab educator, brought a basket of beautiful lemons in from home that grew on her lemon tree in the backyard. Tahnaya asked Cilla, one of fab chefs, Could you use these in the kitchen? and voila tangy lemon slice has been popular with the children ever since! Might be time to try to grow our very own at Jumbo?! #lemons #citrusfruit #lemontree #lemonslice #afternoontea #staffcollaboration

21.01.2022 Dear Families, We know there is a lot of uncertainty right now but we ask for your patience while we work with the Department of Education to navigate our way through these challenging times. Well keep you updated as soon as we learn more. Please see link below if you need any clarification of the Stage 4 restrictions by Victorian ... Premier Daniel Andrews. Thank you for your patience and continued support. We will all get through this together. Jumbo

20.01.2022 Dear Jumbo Families, The seven day count down is on! The 2020 National Early Childhood Educators Day will take place on Wednesday 2nd September. ... Early Childhood Educators Day recognises and celebrates the work of Australias educators in early learning services for their wonderful contribution to the wellbeing and healthy development of the young children in their care. Its a chance to say thank you to Australias early childhood educators on a very personal level by service operators, families and their children, as well as collectively at the national level. Given the challenges in Metropolitan Melbourne due to COVID-19 Stage 4 lockdown, were going to have to get creative! Heres some ideas below......

20.01.2022 For families balancing working from home, home schooling and looking after little ones - creating a home environment that works for all - can be challenging! We still have just under 3 weeks to go within Stage 4 lockdown (yelp!). Joan, a talented educator, who works collaboratively in our Nursery, The Mini Room, has shared some helpful tips to encourage and install Independent Play in Toddlers. Independent play helps lay the foundation for important life skills. Enjoy: http://jumboearlyeducation.com.au/encouraging-independent-/

20.01.2022 Id like to be, under the sea.....babies in Mini nursery, never too young to create diorama boxes! #therainbowfish #picturebookstudy #underthesea

20.01.2022 Happy Bastille Day ! The French National Day is the anniversary of Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, a turning point of the French Revolution, as well as the Fte de la Fdration that celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July 1790. Bastille Day is a day of celebration for the French culture with many large-scale public events being held, alongside communal meals, dances, parties and fireworks. #France #history

19.01.2022 Who would have guessed that icy pole sticks, paint, and a photo could illustrate I love you to the moon and back so perfectly! #art #childrenart #love

18.01.2022 Starry Night - Kinder Recreation Artist Study this month: Vincent Van Gogh. The kinder children have been learning all about the famous artist this month, first with a sunflower project and this week Starry Night. Using a large piece of cardboard and a reference picture, a group of our kinder children were guided with steps of how we could recreate this artwork. With spirals of blues and beaming yellow stars this artwork surprised everyone with how beautiful it turned out and the children are so proud of it. We hope you enjoy the video of its creation. #vincentvangogh #starrynight #artist

17.01.2022 We just love when we hear Rachaels beautiful singing voice resonating through Jumbo! The children are always immersed in Rachaels music sessions. A talented and engaging teacher, Rachael Van Dijk, has penned an interesting and helpful article about how to have more music in our lives with our little one. Check it out via the link below: http://jumboearlyeducation.com.au/being-in-tune-with-music/

17.01.2022 During Winter, it can be very tempting to spend a lot of time with our children indoors, enjoying heated spaces. Its warm and cosy thats for sure! Tahnaya, our fabulous and talented educator, has penned a BLOG article on why it is important for children to take part in outdoor play all year around. Given its Winter in Melbourne and were in Stage 4 Covid-19 lockdown, check the article out via the link below: http://jumboearlyeducation.com.au/the-importance-of-outdoo/

17.01.2022 Dear Kenny Pittock, we absolutely love your street mural ! Crayons, colour, and coping during Covid is what were all about @ Jumbo childcare & kinder. In response to current events and the COVID 19 virus, Trying to leave things better than we found them is an optimistic exploration of personal growth. Life is like a box of crayons reflects a different aspect of this extremely challenging time. MARS Gallery, James Street, Windsor. To see the mural in the flesh, its adjacent to the MARS Gallery. #crayons #KennyPittock #artist #artiststudy #covid19 #weareallinthistogether #crayola #positivemessage

15.01.2022 Made with love from Cilla, one of our fabulous chefs said....Im especially missing all the childrens voices, laughter and them coming to the kitchen window asking me, Whats for lunch today?. Whilst Im sure you all are super busy balancing working from home / home schooling and keeping the little ones occupied, I know pasta is a favourite dish here with the children. They request it a lot! So, I thought Id share this recipe with you. Being Italian, I cook many pasta dish varieties. This one is very simple to cater for young palettes. #pasta #spagettibolognese #chef #childcare #kinder #lunch

15.01.2022 Sensory play included exploration of dried flower petals this week after touching, smelling and even listening to the sounds of the dried petals we made them into floral window sun catches.

15.01.2022 We have so much love in our heart’s at Jumbo we can’t help but make everyone’s heart full #art #love #handicraft

15.01.2022 Free styling with crayons and friends. Happy days . #crayons #drawing #finemotorskills #collaboration

13.01.2022 The Play Learn Grow Program is a parenting program delivered by the Victorian Government via simple text messages. It has tips for helping parents with their wellbeing too! Check out our most recent BLOG article below for their latest TOP TEN TIPS! :) http://jumboearlyeducation.com.au/the-play-learn-grow-prog/

13.01.2022 We love a birthday celebration here at Jumbo!........Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear two special kinder kiddies today, happy birthday to you. Cake time...... #happybirthday #cake #singing #friends #kinder #love #celebrateyourself

13.01.2022 Thank you to all our educators who worked tirelessly today packing each childs Take Home Learning Pack. We hope our families enjoy discovering the colourful and creative contents! Sending well wishes to our families during Stage 4 Lockdown. We look forward to engaging your children in remote learning . #stage4 #remotelearning #stayhome #besafe #missyoualready

13.01.2022 Recent professional development taught us the value of appointing a "Garden Expert" to further assist us embedding gardening & everything outdoors into our curriculum programs. Delighted that every morning, first up, the children enthusiastically run to water and tend to their much loved gardens. Huge shout out to our resident green thumb & 'Garden Expert', Yuping. As Yuping said, "Everything I touch grows!". Loving the sight of wondrous strawberries and cucumbers growing before our very eyes. :) Yuping you rock!!

13.01.2022 Spring cleaning for springtime . #artandcraft #visualarts #artsupplies #readyforyourreturn

11.01.2022 Jumbo is extremely proud of our many long term, loyal and dedicated employees - congratulations Tahnaya O’Malley, Jade Tambouras and Neha Rai for over 5 years of love, laughter and an amazing work ethic! #dedication #loyalty #proud #workethic

11.01.2022 This week, our amazing outdoor gardening guru , Yuping, and our equally amazing student teachers prepared an activity station where our children dug for potatoes , finding enough to make mashed potato in a wonderful dirt to dish experience!

10.01.2022 Help cheer up someone you love during Stage 4 lockdown, with some home-made baking. Katherine Hepburns Chocolate Brownies Recipe from the New York Times. Contactless delivery, within a 5km radius, for Nana and Pops from the grand kiddies (all health and safety standards followed!). #baking #chocolatebrownies #KatherineHepburn #love #stage4lockdown #weareinthistogether

10.01.2022 Science Milk Experiment. What you need: Milk Dish soap Food colours Dish or plate ... This is a fun science experiment to do at home because it looks amazing, demonstrates how one liquid can react to another (this is the basis of a lot of chemistry experiments) and it also is a good way to learn about mixing colours! Our younger children are most likely to be satisfied just watching this experiment but if your child is asking Why? Why is it doing that? Heres the answer explained much clearer and more science-ish: Milk is made up of mostly water but it does contain vitamins, minerals, proteins and small droplets of fat. The fat and proteins are super sensitive to changes in the milk and so when the dishwashing liquid is added, a chemical reaction occurs. The soap and fat work hard to join together, which causes the movement. When food colouring is added we are able to witness this chemical reaction occurring. So there you go! #scienceexperiment #colours #fun See more

09.01.2022 Jumbo balcony contemplation some of the kinder children relaxing in the sun deciding what new activities to set up this month in our Jumbo outdoor spaces.

09.01.2022 For NAIDOC week in kinder we created this giant artwork inspired by the Birrarung (Yarra river). We have re imagined the river in its natural state when the Wurundjeri people lived here, long before the city. Back when the water was a beautiful blue, the land alive with animals and forests, when the river was used for fishing and meeting places. Our artwork is a celebration of the land and to remember what has been lost. This is the land of the Wurundjeri people. Alway was. Always will be. #naidocweek #alwayswasalwayswillbe #birrarung

08.01.2022 Sunny days often equate to messy water and messy, messy mud play. A muddy face is often a smiling laughing face . Through creative expression and invention - mud can become anything! Stress reduction - being outdoors in nature can help children relax. Building stronger immune systems - some exposure to dirt helps build resistance to bad bacteria. Growing affection for the stuff on our earth - soil, stones, sand, and growing plants - care and appreciation for our planet .

08.01.2022 What is VISUAL LEARNING? Thank you Anna for giving an insight into your Bachelor of Education studies and a tool that is implemented by the educators at Jumbo. Wed thought wed share this valuable educational approach with our families to implement at home. The concept of visible learning means that learning must be seen and obvious, not assumed. Teachers are aware of the influence they are having on their students and from the evidence of this impact, they make decisions about how to adjust their teaching. Follow the link to Jumbos BLOG http://jumboearlyeducation.com.au/7-tips-to-implement-visu/

08.01.2022 Sunflowers in the making

07.01.2022 Loving old fashioned snail mail during Stage 4 lockdown. At the end of their day, the Jumbo children with mum or dad, love stopping by the Directors office to say goodbye and to choose a sticker (the families love the time it can take to choose one sticker, when they are in a hurry to miss the peak hour traffic !) We hope our families enjoy checking the mailbox with their little one and the children enjoy opening their envelopes when it arrives. Go Australia Post, go!!! #stickers #confettibomb #Australiapost #tactile #envelope #letter #checktheletterbox #oldfashioned #colour

07.01.2022 Theres a bear in there & a chair as well. There are people with games and stories to tell. Open wide, come inside.....its our Mini Room.... #ourhouse #playtime #dollhouse #cardboardboxes

07.01.2022 For our music lovers.......Kirsty, Rachael,Jade and Lisa and all educators and families @Jumbo, I think you may enjoy this. Listen and look below. Enjoy, (and thanks Cressida for sharing.)

06.01.2022 Come with me and youll be in a world of pure imagination. Take a look and youll see into your imagination.... #imagination #beautiful #colourwheel #pure #free

06.01.2022 The wonders of winter with our tiniest tots. The Mini Rooms mural - taking shape #cottonballs #winterwonderland #penguins #happyfeet

06.01.2022 Our gardening guru reimagining and redesigning our outdoor space after the successful potato harvest last week looking forward to more amazing stories and learning opportunities for the children at Jumbo. #growing #gardening #gardenproduce

05.01.2022 Ice cube painting sliding the frozen paint along the canvas is so easy to do as we watch it melt into a masterpiece. #art #kindergarten #play #painting

04.01.2022 Child emergent extension. The world in which we live . Protected species. Our Mini nursery kiddies exploring wild life and sea life animals via their new sensory play set up. #marinelife #sealife #wildanimals #protectedspecies #sensoryplay

03.01.2022 Our student Macerena planned a STEM learning activity for the babies making homemade butter! First step was to fill a jar with cream followed by adding ice cubes , then we had to shake the jar for a very long time until the cream and ice turned into butter. AMAZING!

03.01.2022 For those celebrating Easter we wish you a happy Easter and for all we wish you a restful long weekend #easter #longweekend #relax

02.01.2022 We hope our Jumbo educators enjoyed receiving their home delivered cupcake surprise, Happy National Educators Day Gang! Thank you to all educators for all that they are and do. Simply the best..... #thankyou #cupcakes #cupcakequeens #appreciation #fun

02.01.2022 What is the spookiest thing ever?! A flashback to Halloween last week. We love hearing all the children’s spooky answers and so we made a spooky display to capture them!

02.01.2022 Thank you Cilla, one of our Jumbo chefs , for hand making cloth masks with love, to sell to our Jumbo community to help keep our families safe and sound. A great sustainable option as opposed to disposable masks! Thank you also for your generosity and donating 1/2 the sales to the Jim Stynes Foundation. We might need another batch as theyve been walking out the door! #staysafe #madewithlove #clothmasks #jimstynesfoundation #charity #loveandcare

01.01.2022 Vintage Painted Sugar Cookies recipe! Thank you to Jen, one of our fabulous Jumbo mums, for sharing her Grandmothers special recipe with us. Jacks colourful geometric cookie creations are wonderful. Marked for inclusion in our kinder curriculum! #cookies #maths #athomelearning #reallifebaking #vintage

01.01.2022 Jumbo Picture Story Book Library. When your educators plan their curriculum, Do we have any books about empathy? Why yes we do! Weve returned to the old fashioned Dewey Decimal System. Weve barcoded, tagged and categorised 400 quality picture story books! Were looking forward to expanding our collection #bookrespect #takecareofyourbooks #picturestorybooks #genres

01.01.2022 A Jumbo afternoon tea favourite - served with a trio of dips - tzatziki, beetroot and hummus. At Home Learning during Covid-19 Stage 4 Melbourne Lockdown. Thanks Tching for sharing your super easy home made bread recipe ! Hi Jumbo Families, Here is the recipe for our popular bread. What you need: - 1 kg flour - 1 spoon of sugar... - 1 spoon of salt - 1 spoon of oil - 1 small bag of dry yeast - 650 ml warm water Step one: Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl Step two: Let the dough rest for 30 minutes Step three: Use a rolling pin to make it flat, like a pancake, then put some cheese on, then roll it like sausage roll. After that, cut it into small pieces and put it on the baking tray. Step four: Pit into oven at 200 degrees, wait for the surface to turn a golden colour. Enjoy warm . #homebakedbread #stage4lockdown #athomelearning #lovethesmelloffreshlybakedbread See more

01.01.2022 Kinders version of The Starry Night albeit created out of swirling shaving cream and dye! Our hands on Vincent van Gogh artist study continues. The original is an oil on canvas painting by Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rmy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an imaginary village. It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941 and is regarded as among Van Goghs finest works. #vincentvangogh #shavingcream #texture