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Kool Kidz Cranbourne West

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: 87688468

Address: 1-5 Whitfield Boulevard, Cranbourne West VIC 3977 3977 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Making and creating, cutting and gluing are all great fun and part of every childs creative journey - it is important to encourage children to have the confidence to use the tools we have available rather than teaching them to be afraid of the tools. Scissor is an important tool to master, but should be used with caution. So on that account, here at Koolkidz Cranbourne West, children were provided with scissors and scissors skills worksheets with unlike dotted lines, to teach them how to use the scissors from early on, so later, they will be able to cut and create safely without being fearful of accidents due to misuse.

25.01.2022 Here at KoolKidz, we like to start young in nurturing curious minds! Hiding loose parts in a muffin tray with Post-its is a perfect activity not only for developing object permanence but allowing the little ones to explore what is under it. This means your baby understands that you or an object is still there even if they cant see them. This helps in settling them down in the environment when parents drop their child off in the morning. Our Ladybugs babies loved the cause and effect when pulling the post it to reveal whats beneath. It may not seem much but this is a fantastic way to keep your little ones busy especially in this lockdown!

24.01.2022 Then And Now As young children participate in everyday life experiences, they develop interests and construct their own identities and understandings of the world around them. During childhood, childrens identities, learnings, understandings, capabilities, skills as well as their relationships change. The educators in Beetlebugs room printed some childrens baby photos from the days when they used to attend the Ladybugs (Babies room). It was an amazing and proud moment when some children recognised themselves as well as their peers while looking at those photos.

24.01.2022 Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West we consistently want to encourage the children to learn about belonging and partnerships at the centre. Today we have decided to set up a small activity for the children to feel a connection to their peers, while also having fun. We have set up pictures of some children on a stick and placed them in various play areas in our room. The children went on a little scavenger hunt looking for their peers around the room with a buddy, to see who they could find. Seeing different photos around the room showed the children that they all belong together and can show empathy and respect for one another in the hard times.

23.01.2022 Yoga enhances children’s flexibility, strength, coordination, and body awareness. In addition, their concentration and sense of calmness and relaxation improves. Doing yoga, children exercise, play, connect more deeply with the inner self, and develop an intimate relationship with the natural world that surrounds them. Yoga brings that marvelous inner light that all children have to the surface. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, educators believes that yoga is something chi...ldren can practice anywhere and that the breathing, the concentration, the poses, and the way children learn to act or react to situations, will lead to constant self-discovery and inquisitiveness. So the educators provided children the opportunity to practice their yoga asanas, using pictures and educators role modelling the postures for the children to assist them follow the same. See more

23.01.2022 During this pandemic phase of our lives, lately weve noticed few children struggling at drop off times. Helping children develop emotional understanding requires repeated and intentional practice. Here, at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, to support childrens self-regulation and problem-solving skills, we planned a game named Call out our emotions where children were requested to enact or mime different emotions such as happy, sad, excited, frustrated, crying etc. It was pleasant seeing them involved and engaged in the whole experience till the end. Yet the game was related to emotions, but as children mimed all the emotions, the whole experience turned into fun and kinder room was full of giggles around. Children also enjoyed cheering for each other with applauds.

23.01.2022 At kool kidz we feel strongly that the body matters.Physical development and physical fitness deserve equal respect and attention! As such, Weve chosen to focus on balancing and hand and eye coordination.Play is crucial to the development of childrens gross and fine motor skills. The most important thing we can do is to give children the time, space, and opportunity to move. For this particular challenge,They had to work together carrying the ball with the sticks to the end of the course. If the ball dropped they had to go back to the start. They were working on teamwork, communication, balance, coordination and gross motor skills. This was a fun way for them to practice accomplishing a goal together

22.01.2022 Rain, hail or shine educators here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West are always providing stimulating, fun and educational activities for children to explore. Sometimes an idea comes from absolutely nothing at all and can be the most creative. In the nursery we took art to a whole new place mixing creativity and recycled materials to fabricate an innovative abstract piece of artwork. Using a cardboard box, balls, paint and a little arm muscle the children had an immense amount of fun creating art in their own form.

22.01.2022 As the weather warms up, this is the perfect opportunity to spend a little more time in the sun. Dont let the lockdown blues stop you and your bubbas from having fun! How about a rescue adventure to free all objects frozen in the ice?Ice makes an amazing sensory play material. Its free , always available and pretty cool too! Here at Koolkidz, our ladybugs children have been busy using their little hands to knock down the ice using the hammer to rescue the sea creatures! Some of our younger ones are just more interested in simply exploring the ice with their bare hands. The simple act of melting ice is a great science experiment for the young ones. This type of play opens up so many avenues for exploring, discovering and learning about the world!

22.01.2022 Outside play, plays an important role in childrens development. Children are working on their gross motor muscles and getting much needed exercise within themselves. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, educators have created a barefoot sensory path which builds on children sensory as they walk along and express to their educators how it feels on their feet and between their little toes. When they reached the end their little faces lit up as they stepped into the water to wash away all the sand, dirt and grass.

22.01.2022 A father doesnt tell you that he loves you. He shows you. KK Cranbourne wishes everyone out there a very Happy Fathers Day

21.01.2022 Learning to count, identify numbers, compare and manipulate quantities are key early numeracy skills. These are powerful predictors of school-age mathematical learning and performance. Children prepare for counting skills by learning to recognise and identify numbers. The foundation to maths is children being able to recognise numbers one through to ten. Children can learn names, symbols and quantities that each number represents through hands on experiences and exploration. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, the kinder children engaged in a numeracy experience where they used number cards to help them explore what the number look like when written. Children are then to match quantities using different natural resources to the number cards, putting them in sequence.

21.01.2022 Today the children of Kool Kidz Cranbourne West experienced a memorable ride with a "tut tut" on their favourite Thomas the Tank. These incursions provide children with authentic and meaningful opportunities to play creatively, either independently or with friends, but most importantly teaches them the value of friendship and teamwork. Providing fun experiences customised with learning has always been a priority for our children.

20.01.2022 Team building skills are important for the healthy development of children including learning to be collaborative and having positive feelings of self worth and self-esteem.We’ve observed few children are slow learners in developing their social skills.Here at Koolkidz Cranbourne West , to support children to improve their social skills, we offered children a Co-operative construction challenge to help improve the quality of personal relationships, children have with other peers and individuals. As constructive play imbues kids with the importance of cooperating with other members in their team. It helps them feel like one community working towards the same goals. It also paves the way to build their social skills a trait that would be valuable as an adults.

20.01.2022 Astronomy can be something fun and exciting to study or learn with kinders. From stargazing to learning the phases of the moon, there are lots of things to learn and discover about our solar system. Since its a Science week, Thus here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, to teach children about different galaxies, such as the Milky Way (the home of our solar system) and as part of our lesson, We introduced kinders a Galaxy painting and encouraged children to create their very own galaxies using paint. This whole experience led us to Moon, Sun and then certainly how can we forget about a space and the astronauts. It was absolutely an educational but at the same time, a fun experiment for us. Kinders loved and enjoyed this hands on activity.

20.01.2022 Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play children learn how to learn. -O. Fred Donaldson Helping children get ready for school also means giving them the tools they need to make decisions and problem solve. It also means giving them the much needed room to make mistakes and then give them the opportunity to fix those same mistakes. In our journey of preparing children for ‘big school’ we introduced them to Jenga! Through this game, they showed immense concentration and patience. They also showcased their problem solving skills as they tried to keep the tower in tact.

20.01.2022 Children have the most wondrous and vast imaginations that creativity just flows through them. As the educators, it is up to us to provide the resources in order for children to lead the way into developing different concepts of learning. The educators here in the honeybees room have taken mess free learning to a whole new level while still allowing the children to be creative and learn new skills and abilities along the way, both on their own or with their peers. These activities allow children to tap into enhancing their fine motors skills and colour recognition all while promoting fun sensory activity.

20.01.2022 In our work to continue encouraging sustainability and sustainable practices within the centre, we introduced a worm farm. The benefits of a worm farm include reducing waste as it processes food scraps and other organic materials, through the worms eating them. Worm farms are also great for adding nutrients into the soil and protecting its water quality. The process of setting up the worm farm followed only a few steps, which started off with assembling the farm, adding the ...mulch to the water in a tub and waiting for it to break apart and absorb the water. We then placed a cardboard on the bottom on the first tray. After that we added the mulch which was ready after having waited for fifteen minutes, we added the worms, which were all very slimy. The children obviously loved making that assessment. We then added some torn pieces of paper after spreading the worms in their farm, then we added a blanket to make sure that they are nice and warm during this cold weather. After that, we put the lid on top and moved the worm farm to a cool and dry area. See more

19.01.2022 The importance of challenge is something that is often referred to education , with teacher encouraged to adequately stretch young minds to help them to meet their full potential. But challenge shouldn’t be limited to a text book, as the benefits of giving children a challenge outside of the classroom builds confidence,self -esteem and motivation. Therefore here at Koolkidz Cranbourne West our kinder’s introduced to and given a challenge BUILD A MAZE. A maze might just look like a fun way to pass time, but they’re actually a valuable learning tool for children, as maze is a great way to boost their problem solving skills, patience, persistence and teaches them about the rewards of work. Concentrating on a maze also helps memory too.

18.01.2022 Young Children need opportunities to practice feeling wonder to develop curious minds. Educators at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West observe the curiosity of children through structured and non-structured play which allows them to enable children to explore their curiosity and enhance it by providing new learning experiences and enjoying it while doing so. In the nursery room the children love exploring their sensory skills throughout the room through natural and processed materials so educators encouraged this exercise through ball play in the ball pit and kinetic sand play in the tuff tray.

18.01.2022 Many children spend most of their day or all day in child care hence it’s very important that the food they are provided with is nutritionally adequate. Young children, babies and toddlers only eat whatever they have been given therefore the responsibility lies with educators. Educators make sure they explain to the children where fruits and vegetables comes from and encourage them to eat by telling different stories about space apples and sea potatoes. Kool Kidz cranbourne west follows very strict dietary guidelines and employs experienced Cooks who are passionate about children’s nutrition. We ensure your children are getting the nutrients they need in a different and fun way.

18.01.2022 Getting creative aids a child’s confidence and enhances their communication skills in a playful and supportive environment through self expression. Art and craft activities enhances mental health and well-being as well as fostering a wide range of developmental skills like creativity, independent thinking, fine motor and identification of colour, shapes and textures. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, we invited the children in a creative craft experience, which was created using recycled cardboard tubes. This experience helped children practiced thinking skills and fine motor skills by using their small muscles confidently. It was a wonderful and fun activity for children to learn different concepts and skills.

18.01.2022 Science week fun has well and truly started here at Kool Kidz. Our educators have set up a fun sensory activity for our little honeybees to discover and learn through exploring their senses. We have provided the children with a tub of blue Jelly and sea shells that are all different shapes, sizes, textures and colour. The aim of this activity was for the children to be hands on in their discovery as they began to dig through the jelly to find the sea shells sitting at the bottom of our deep blue ocean This activity was a great way for the children to engage in learning about the ocean and further exploring their senses through touching each shell and by digging through the jelly!

18.01.2022 As a child grows so does the earth around them so as educator here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West we aim to embed sustainable practices in our community that children can adapt to and implement in their everyday life. As apart of Earth day celebrations we gave back to our environment by planting some seeds and making a pledge to the earth to take care of it as we grow. Exercises alike help children connect to the world around them and immerse the importance of looking after the environment and taking care of things such as plants.

18.01.2022 The Grimms Rainbow is not just some arches of wood, its whatever your child wants it to be. Its a building toy, a sorting toy, a stacking toy and is perfect for imaginary play. It can be a tunnel, a house, a bridge, a wall and so many other more intricate animals and objects. While theyre playing with a Grimms Rainbow theyre exploring maths and engineering concepts, theyre problem solving to place the pieces in just the right way. Theyre learning about balance, counter balancing, weight, height, spatial awareness and sequencing. Theyre classifying by size and colour and theyre actively thinking outside of the box

18.01.2022 Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, we believe it is important for children to learn about what makes each of us unique. Having the ability to love ourselves is something that we never stop learning in our lifetime, so we wanted to encourage self love as early as possible. We have set up a small mirror display in the room so that the children are able to walk up and see their faces whenever they want too. Our children walked up instantly pulling funny faces, sticking their tongue out, laughing at their own faces, posing together with their peers and looking closely at their nose, mouth and eyes, and other small features. Having this area in the room not only helps our children admire themselves, but it also allows them to observe their surroundings, and increase language development as they watch each others mouths moving while talking.

18.01.2022 EARTH DAY April 22nd signifies an important day- Earth Day a day to appreciate our planet. At Kool Kidz Cranbourne West we believe that teaching children about Earth Day at an early age is important. Our educators engaged children with special crafts and activities that bring awareness to how important it is to take care of our planet our home. We focussed this years Earth Day celebration around setting up a worm farm, a herb garden and reusing and recycling materials. We also marked the beginning of water and energy saving measures by turning the lights off for sometime during the day and displaying water saving signs in the children’s toilet.

17.01.2022 What a fantastic way to do oral motor exercise using inexpensive resources which are readily available in our household. Oral-motor skills refer to the appropriate functioning and use of the facial muscles (lips, jaw, tongue, cheeks, and palate) for speaking and eating. Achieving oral-motor skills is an important part of every childs communication. Our children couldnt stop blowing balloons and definitely did their best to fit it in the plastic cup to be able to pick them up. We miss our families and hoping that you all could try this fun game with your little ones at home.

17.01.2022 Through the hard times we like to provide the children with fun and happy experiences. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West Educators decided to take simple photos of the childrens smiles and display them on a poster. The children were then encouraged to guess whos smile belongs to whom, this gives the children a sense of pride and happiness.

17.01.2022 Children absolutely love painting, in saying that children love creative ways of painting. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, educators have improvised a different way to paint as the children created their very own Puffy Paint using glue, shaving foam and different colour food dye. Painting can help your children communicate their emotions or feelings. Through the use of different colors, they can express themselves without the use of words. ... Painting aids your child to develop mobility skills while their hand muscles are being used, this allows them a scope to develop both mentally and physically.

17.01.2022 TIGHTROPE WALK Tightrope walking is good for developing balance, one of the fundamental movement skills for preschoolers to develop. The ABCs of movement include agility, balance, coordination and speed.Therefore to help children develop above skills here at Koolkidz Cranbourne West, we planned an activity for our kinders named TIGHTROPE WALK where we challenged our kinders to see if they can complete the entire course without falling off. In this walking experiment k...inders tried unlike walking, variations such as walking sideways, walking backwards, crawling with hands and knees aligned on the tightrope. Kinders had a great time, while walking on the tightrope as the whole classrooms atmosphere turned into full of laughter and fun with lot of cheering for each other . It was an undoubtedly entertaining practice and experience for us. See more

17.01.2022 High-quality child care goes beyond being a safe place for children to include the provision of nurturing relationships and stimulating environments that organize and scaffold childrens learning. Kool kidz Cranbourne west not only provides the best care but help children enhance skills for example social,physical,mental and emotional development and give better acceptance of schedules and routines. From highly trained educators to play based experiences and providing meaningful incursions and excursions to school readiness every month it all happens in this facility.

16.01.2022 Healthy eating isnt about cutting out foods its about eating a wide variety of foods in the right amounts to give your body what it needs. At Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, we promote healthy eating and we make sure to get the right balance of different foods. Healthy eating for children and young people should always incude a range of interesting and tasty food that can make up a healthy, varied and balanced diet. This week on the menu we had one of our favourites Napoli pasta.

16.01.2022 L is for Lemonade..what a beautiful sweet and tangy drink to refresh our bodies as Spring brings us the warm weather. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, educators and children have prepared home made lemonade to give us our daily Vitamin C. We used water then our children freshly squeezed some lemon we also picked some fresh mint from the ladybugs yard. Children were so excited as this helps with their fine motor skills and their future life skills and adventures.

16.01.2022 Handwriting is an important part of literacy and an essential skill for life. Handwriting is also a complex skill that develops over time. To learn handwriting children need to combine fine motor skills, language, memory and concentration. They also need to practise and follow instructions. So therefore here at Koolkidz Cranbourne west educators planned an activity named Writing names, to encourage children to practice handwriting skills as well as their own names.

16.01.2022 Friendships! Wow, as we can see there are some beautiful friendships pictured here. These are just some of the many bonds and relationships children form with other peers when they come to their daycare each day. It isn’t just another day to play away from home, it’s a way to make new friends and build connections, while increasing all of their daily life skills on the way. Friendships can feel so amazing and we all have had them growing up. Children navigating their way through friendships during early years helps increase their capacity for empathy and altruism, while boosting an increased happiness in their day to day life. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, we encourage love, equality and unconditional care, and all of the children in the centre show us this with their special bonds.

16.01.2022 Music is the strongest form of magic! Children always find a way to make noise through what they find at hands reach whether it is provided or they find it along the way. An instrument can be made out of almost anything within a room, today we re-used recycled materials such as cardboard tubes, glass bottles, rain sticks previously created by the children, repurposed kitchenware and processed instruments to make so many melodies and beats that radiated throughout our room. Th...is exercise not only teaches children the importance of re-using recycled materials and repurposing them through everyday activities and life but music holds a great position within a child’s life as it helps them to connect with the world around them and helps with their overall development , including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language, and overall literacy. See more

14.01.2022 Its a time to recognise the important role our educators play in the most crucial learning years of a childs life. Its the little things that count, and the appreciation from our KK families and children, made this day very special. We must say that we have great educators, who connect with families, truly love the children and help them reach their full potential. They are our greatest asset at KK. Our educators are gold. Today, at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, on Early Ch...ildhood Educators Day, we recognised the extraordinary contribution of our educators. We celebrated this special day, providing gifts for our educators and encouraging our beautiful families to show their appreciation as well. Today, and every other day, we thank our beautiful educators.

14.01.2022 Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne west, the educators in our honeybees room have provided the children with a fun spring activity to engage in, creating their own Spring Flower Cups! We provided the children with their own polystyrene cup to further enhance their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination as they placed the dirt into their cup. Once their cup was filled to their desired level, the children then chose their own flowers to place in the dirt to creat their own beautiful garden in a cup. #spring

14.01.2022 Its easy to forget that we live on one tiny planet in a huge universe, and even when we begin to talk about it with children its a very difficult topic to comprehend. But learning about the solar system at a young age can really inspire and ignite imaginations and encourage a long-term fascination about astronomy in children, that may never leave them. Therefore here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, weve set up a wall named Solar system and planned a couple of activities for our kinder children such as, ( using dough) create and colour their own planets and volcano to enhance childrens interest towards our universe. Children simply loved these hands on experiences.

13.01.2022 Physical development and motor skills are one of the best things about interactive games as they often require children to work with their hands, bodies and eyes in some way. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, educators implemented a fun and crazy game shake it off we reused and recycled empty tissue boxes placed ribbon inside to tie onto each child and added balls. Children then had to shake their little bodies as fast as they could to empty all the balls from the box. The sheer determination on their faces is something all parents look for, such a beautiful and an amazing moment.

12.01.2022 We love an excuse to eat pancakes and what better excuse to do so than on Shrove Tuesday AKA Pancake Tuesday. Chef Surjit and the children at Kool Kidz Cranbourne west celebrated the day by having conversations with the children about pancakes, the history of Shrove Tuesday and,most deliciously, make pancakes! To prepare for Pancake Tuesday, we listened to a story about the runaway pancake as well as watching a video of a young boy making pancake batter before flipping it. What a fun way it was to cook a delicious meal for themselves!!

12.01.2022 Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, we believe it is important to contribute fun into our learning methods. Children can be very involved learners, especially when they are enjoying themselves. So we have decided to create a balloon party, with music and dancing, then re-use our balloons to make different prints and shapes on paper by painting around the balloon and asking the children to stamp them on the pages with their favourite colours. The children were very excited to participate in the fun learning technique. Playing with the balloons and then using them to paint has increased our childrens balance skills, colour recognition and built resilience, which can be important for the childrens emotional development and coping skills.

11.01.2022 Decorating for the holidays improves your mood and ignites positive memories. Not to mention the fact that the actual act of creating Christmas crafts offers a boost of your happiness, Holiday decorating ignites the child in each of us, eliciting positive emotions. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West we engaged in a Christmas craft where the children were provided with green and red paper and stars, with the help of educators children were able to make and create their own Christmas trees with a twist. Christmas time is a happy time for all of us especially children when they have the opportunity to create their own masterpieces.

11.01.2022 Balance is the ability to maintain a controlled body position during task performance, whether it is sitting at a table, walking on the balance beam or stepping up onto walking planks. To function effectively across environments and tasks, we need the ability to maintain controlled positions during both static (still) and dynamic (moving) activities. Bean bag games and activities are a fun way to develop gross motor skills. Here at Kool kidz Cranbourne West we believe in prom...oting active play, today the educators setup a bean bag obstacle course for children. As children find beanbags easier to handle than a ball, and because beanbags can’t roll away. Educators showed the children how to hold beanbags in both hands and walk in a line on the balancing planks. There were some trial and errors as the children tried the balancing obstacle. And some managed to master the balancing act. Children developed muscular strength and cardiovascular endurance as well as building and encouraging their self-esteem and confidence. See more

09.01.2022 When one object is rubbed against another, static electricity can be created. This is provided by the rubbing that creates a negative charge which is carried by electrons. ... when you rub a balloon on your head it causes opposite static charges to build up both on your hair and the balloon. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne west we improvised this simple yet effective experience for children to encourage some creativity or as the children like to say Magic! They all thoroughly enjoyed seeing each of their friends hair stick up in different ways from the ballon static.

09.01.2022 Acknowledging Aboriginal Culture Life is a journey where we learn new things every day. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West we believe in providing the best learning opportunity for children, where they are imparted the knowledge to understand the importance and history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islands. We have come a long way from ticking a box for cultural competence to unpacking the true intension behind the Quality StandardsQ6: Collaborative Partnerships with Families and Communities.

09.01.2022 Hand-eye coordination encompasses the lightning-fast communication between the eyes, brain and body that allows us to effectively and efficiently use our hands based on what we see. The process involves three steps and our children have definitely tried those steps to catch the ball and most of all have fun!! 1. The eyes identify details that are relevant to a task. 2. The brain processes what the eyes see, and sends instructions to the body to act. 3. The hands follow the brains instructions and act accordingly.

08.01.2022 Music ignites all areas of child development and skills including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language, and overall literacy. It helps the body and the mind work together. Allowing children to explore music in different ways during early development helps them to learn the sounds and meanings of words. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, the educators in Honeybees extended on children’s interest for music by creating a music wall. This music wall had different kitc...hen utensils to tap and play music. The children had opportunities to experiment and learn the science behind different sounds coming out of different cooking utensils on the music wall. This experience gave the children a special opportunity to explore, discover, experience, learn, and develop their imaginations. The children have used their sense of touch, sight and sound through this activity. See more

08.01.2022 Painting can help children communicate their emotions or feelings. Through the use of different colours, they can express themselves without the use of words. Painting allows children an educational opportunity that is also fun and exciting. Children who participate in art experiences over an extended period of time show more sophisticated social skills such as sharing and cooperation, but also show reduced shyness and anxiety levels which supports children to build their self-esteem levels. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, children explored the arts using different coloured paint to draw and express their emotions using our easel outdoors enjoying the fresh air and sunshine whilst creating their artwork and being exposed to nature.

08.01.2022 Who else is coming up with new and innovative ways to draw and paint!! At Kool Kidz,our children are learning and engaging in unusual ways to keep themselves excited and motivated during these unprecedented times.

08.01.2022 With Santa’s arrival only 3 sleeps away, the children engaged in making Reindeer food to take home and sprinkle on their front lawn. The moon will make it sparkle bright. As Santa’s reindeer fly and roam, this will guide them to your home! Our children used their fine motor skills to carefully place spoonfuls of oats into their individual bags before brightening it up with sparkly glitter! #3sleepstillchristmas

08.01.2022 Science helps childrens understanding of the world around them. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, our little scientists learnt about different subjects by simply observing, describing and experimenting while getting engaged in different science experiences throughout the Science Week.

08.01.2022 ABC! Just what all children love to sing. Singing the alphabet brings the mind of each child into a state of focus which aids in the building of language. ABC songs have been used for centuries to help children as well as adults grasp the English language. Here at Kool Kid Cranbourne West educators set up our tuff tray with water and plastic alphabet letters to incorporate letter recognition whilst enjoying some refreshing water play in this beautiful sun. The excitement on the children’s faces when they found a specific letter they recognised was spectacular.

08.01.2022 Numeracy learning can be so fun! Children developing numeracy learning concepts such as matching numerals with quantities, counting, recognising numerals and much more allows for them to develop logical thinking and reasoning for strategies in everyday life. Children need numeracy go solve problems, make sense of numbers, cooking, time and so much more! Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, the kinder children engaged in a numeracy activity where they counted different objects and used pegs to match the quantity to the numeral to represent the image on their cards. Children used their numeracy skills and cognitive problem solving skills to match the cards. We had so much fun with this experience!!

07.01.2022 It has certainly been a lot going on for most of us here in Victoria. Thus here at KoolKidz Cranbourne West, we aim to maintain some normalcy in the childrens life with the daily routine that we do here in Ladybugs room. A normal routine brings comfort and consistency to a childs life and that s the very least we can do as Educators here at KoolKidz for your child. In the Ladybugs room, the children have been kept busy working with their little hands. The children have s...pent time sticking the different coloured balls onto the wall and pulling them off. Some of the balls were placed a little higher and further to encourage some of the older Ladybug children to stand and reach. The sticky wall was left up all day to allow the children to revisit the activity which they did over and over again. This activity helps to promote gross and fine motor skills and hand-eye co-ordination for the little Ladybugs. Definitely a super -easy activity for parents to do at home and keep your little ones engaged all day! See more

07.01.2022 Take pride in how far you all have come and have faith in how far you all can go . GRADUATION 2020 at KK

06.01.2022 Have you ever noticed how children are so captivated by the keys we carry around with us? playing with a simple padlock and key can be a purposeful challenge your child will enjoy. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West Educators set up a very educational experience for children to engage in, we set up alphabet locks with keys where the children had to find the corresponding letter on the key to connect it with the lock. The children used their sheer concentration to connect the correct keys to the locks, if the key did not fit they used their problem solving skills to find another key and try again.

05.01.2022 Thanks to each and everyone for amazing support, throughout the year

05.01.2022 The capacity to listen to very young children and to understand the ideas they are trying to express is central to building that connection and bond with children. With that bond comes their trust and with their trust comes parents’ trust. This is an ideal childcare setting from which everyone benefits. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, we take this opportunity to say goodbye to our lovely and dedicated staff Rama soon going to be first time mum. Today we celebrated Rama’s last day here with cutting her favourite cake and arranging an Afternoon Tea for her and the rest of our staff to enjoy. The management along with our approved provider organized gifts and treats to wish her luck in her new journey of life.

04.01.2022 Nature Soup Sensory Experience Nature play stimulates creativity and problem solving skills integral to control function development amongst children. Hence, the children in the Beetlebugs room got engaged in a sensory experience and made the Nature Soup mixture. The children were provided with some fresh mint leaves, white flowers and fruits (Orange and lemon) with some water in a tub and educator added food colouring to the water and encouraged the children to add the ...other natural resources one by one. The educator pointed to each resource one by one and explained to them what were they called and some children repeated using their clear -unclear wordings such as white flower, orange, lemon . The children stood patiently around the table waiting for their turns to stir and gave it a good mix.The children also showed interest in squeezing the lemon and even tried to smell and feel the freshness and fragrance of the flowers. All the different colors made the nature soup look so delicious. This experience developed childrens senses - sight, touch and smell as well as social skills as they participated as a group and by taking turns. See more

04.01.2022 Children learning about the skeletal system provides them with knowledge and learning about the structural support for the human body and how it protects our organs. They learn about how our bones also serve several other vital functions. Another important aspect of encouraging body learning is that it helps children develop an appreciation for their body and a confidence in themselves which motivates them to reach new heights. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, the kinder ch...ildren engaged in a group activity where we learnt about the human body with our human sized skeleton structure . Children loved asking questions about different organs parts and bones they could see in the diagram and Skelton and wanted to know more about. We shared facts and prior knowledge we already had and learnt a lot more by looking at different diagram pictures and our friendly Skeleton. See more

03.01.2022 Water play is such a stimulating and valuable attribute to a child’s learning, especially in the early years. Here at Kool Kidz Cranbourne West, we have set up many water experiences outside for the children as the weather has been quite warm. The children have participated in various types of water play including, washing our animals, washing our babies, and using our awesome kitchen utensils such as colanders, ladles and bowls for various activities. This has increased their hand eye coordination, social skills, and it also encourages cooperation. Not to mention, they absolutely love being able to experiment the with the water and different resources!