Little Mini Lighthouse Family Day Care in Point Cook, Victoria | Childcare service

Little Mini Lighthouse Family Day Care

Locality: Point Cook, Victoria

Phone: +61 425 891 537

Address: 11 marseilesway 3030 Point Cook, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 Loose part play

24.01.2022 Sensory activities

24.01.2022 Can you see me

23.01.2022 Community spirit: Its been 6 months since we went out in the community with my daycare kids, so when I saw the spoon village on my daily one hour walk I thought it would be a nice way for the children to connect with their community ( also Fathers Day is coming up so it might would be a nice activity to do with dad) Instead of spoons we made butterflies from nature items ( sticks, flowers ect)and recycled cardboard to keep it environmentally friendly. After we finish the bu...tterflies we had some spontaneous butterfly play. We also play with our butterflies outside my own children where very exciting to place their butterflies and own creation at the spoon village. We had some spontaneous learning moments on our walk we saw a very big full moon before it disappeared behind the clouds and saw some baby swans and baby ducklings and heard lots of frog noises. See more

23.01.2022 Collaboration Families are the primary influence in their childrens lives; they often have a strong beliefs and values regarding the education and care of their children. When families and services collaborate and build respectful relationships, children have the opportunity to develop a positive sense of self and experience respectful relationships ( Quality area 6 national standards) Family input: Hi Desi, T loves puzzle.... I saw this spatial awareness nature puzzle on Pinterest and I thought it would be perfect for T we also mixed it up with some old fashion puzzles.#nationalqualityframework #preschool #puzzle #naturepuzzle #natureplay #simpleplay #teaching2and3yearolds #toddleractivities #mybusytoddler #flisatable #flisattableplay #flisat #loosepartstoday #loosepartschallenge #kidsplayfortheday #loosepartsexplorartion #earlychildhoodplay #earlychildhoodeducation #playbasedlearning #childledplay #childinitiatedplay #montessoriactivity #reggioemiliachildren #rockpla

21.01.2022 Cultural music session. Today we explore all kind of different music from aboriginal to Salsa music. The kids loved it. By getting children involved in cultural activities it build up childrens self-confidence and skills. It also increases childrens awareness, appreciation, and inclusion in diverse believes and cultures. # diversity #culturaldiversity # aboriginal #inclusion

21.01.2022 We try to stay as safe as possible here in Melbourne also temperatures are checked inside upon arrival Hopefully next week we going to stage 3

20.01.2022 Stem activities + science week

20.01.2022 This year its been tough year especially now we are in stage 4 lockdown here in Melbourne.There has been a lot of changes regarding childcare but I just wanted to say thank you to all my beautiful families for the support, partnership, collaboration and friendships it has blew me away and even left me In tears. Reflecting on the situation we are in ( being at home a lot) I wanted to make a super flexible program this week and concentrate on the here and now.I have ask pare...nts what their kids are into at the moment at home so I can bring there home interests into the daycare program this week. So we are starting off with J Parents: Yeah J loves a dance and anything musical and he is pretty obsessed with aeroplanes at the moment So today we concentrated on some serious airplane fun airplaneactivities #preschoolactivities #myfamilydaycare #familydaycareaustralia #kidsplayfortheday #pretendplaytoys #nationalqualityframework #playtobloom #learningthroughplay #childhoodunplugged #simpleplay #childhooddevelopment #childinitiated #childledlearning #kindergarten #teachersofinstagram #teaching2and3yearolds #homedaycare #kinder #playroundtheworld #playtoshine #waytoplay #tufftrayideas #tufftrayplay #trayoftheday #trayfortheday #sensoryplayideas #reggioaustralia #natureplay #toddleractivities

18.01.2022 World nursery Rhyme week. A few weeks ago I purchased these cute little ducks . When my own kids saw them they loved them straight away so I thought they would go very well with this nursery Rhyme inspired setup. It was very warm today so I added some water. The moment O saw the duckies she spread her arms and said I love duckies. I always include the kids in setting up some activities. Z and o helped me put the duckies in the water. The kids had a lot of fun with this activity. Even E is feeling more confident and was happily joining into the activity. Z,T and O where sharing the duckies with E and making him feel he belongs to the group. We definitely do some more duck activities soon.

17.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all the beautiful dads

17.01.2022 How many bugs can you find? Kids spend a hour playing with this moon sand and it’s so easy to make just flour and some oil can be olive our sunflower oil

16.01.2022 For the last 3 weeks we been fostering these adorable fur babies. They are from a rescue organisation Purrs of Point Cook. The kids are in love with these 3 bundle of joys. It’s a great learning experience for us all with lots of questions, discoveries and cuddles . They be soon up for adoption on the Purrs Facebook page.Please have look at there Facebook page if you’re interested in adopting them they also looking for new foster cares our donations. They are such a great organisation doing a wonderful job saving cats and kittens in the western suburbs of Melbourne.

14.01.2022 Sticks and recycled bottles make wonderful music instruments

14.01.2022 Cutest birthday video it was my birthday last Saturday and my ( Dutch)daycare child who is not attending care because of stage 4 lockdown made this sweet video love staying connected miss you beautiful

14.01.2022 We got a few older children that show interest in letter recognition so a spontaneous outdoor matching activity to extend on their interests and a great activity to celebrate international literacy day

14.01.2022 This week is national child protection week and also yesterday was Are you oke day. We did some simple activities to raise awareness for these important days/ subjects to discuss. What is are you oke day: R U OK?Day (Thursday 10 September, 2020) is our national day of action dedicated to reminding everyone that every day is the day to ask, Are you OK? and support those struggling with lifes ups and downs. This years message is Theres more to say after R U OK? (From i...nternet) National child protection week National Child Protection Week is a campaign held annually across Australia to raise awareness of child abuse prevention. The objectives of the week are to raise the profile of all issues connected with child protection. Protecting children from sexual exploitation is a whole of community responsibility. (From internet)

13.01.2022 Outdoor foil painting. It is always great to explore different textures so today we tried some foil painting. After we finished we made some prints on paper to keep our beautiful Art( see last picture)

12.01.2022 After all that construction work we needed a tea party

12.01.2022 This month we are concentrating on community workers as we cant go out into the community we bring the community to us starting today with our own restaurant. We had lots of fun cooking up lots of dishes. The children have shown lots of interest in nature play so this was a perfect activity for them to extend on their interests

12.01.2022 Are you looking for care? Little mini lighthouse family daycare is having a few vacancies from Monday till Thursday available.Little mini lighthouse provides a very large room ( almost like a mini centre) with its own entry, toilet and kitchenette. It has access to a separate daycare garden. My name is Desi and I have been a educator for 4 years in Point Cook. I have a Diploma and certificate in early childhood education. I also have a bachelor degree in Social work. I am li...censed with Precious stars family day care scheme. I provide high quality resources and love Montessori activities My min hours are 9.5 ( contract hours are from 7.30 am - 5 pm) Age group is 22 months- 5 years Min of 2 days of care. If you like a visit please feel free to message me https://www.facebook.com/Little-Mini-Lighthouse-Family-Day-Care-Educator-926471727430914/

11.01.2022 Some Fathers Day activities this week

11.01.2022 Indigenous art activity, this turned out to be a great stem activity with lots of questions and discoveries on how we can stick materials on the mirror. All the kids loved putting water on the materials and making a lovely art work on the mirror. #diversity #indigenousart

10.01.2022 Our veggie garden is over growing with parsley so it time to take some home#weloveourgarden

10.01.2022 Cultural music session

09.01.2022 Collaboration, childs interests, play based learning, scaffolding, intentional learning, spontaneous learning, inclusion, cultural education,family input, Montessori and Reggio inspired and much more. Some beautiful moments and activities.......

09.01.2022 We had so much fun with our construction site outside I decided to extend on this and add a work construction place inside our daycare room. I also added some trains as one of our day care kids loves trains. We had so much fun interacting with each other, role playing and discovering and creating lots of different new things

07.01.2022 We love spontaneous outdoor dance sessions

07.01.2022 Can you make a potion? In our family day care environment we do a lot of nature play as it improves all aspects of child development physical, cognitive, social and emotional. Playing outdoors grows resilience, self-confidence, initiative, creativity and more. This activity was Inspired by child interest and family input:... Hey Desi A loves dancing and music. She also enjoys pretty much any type of sensory play. Especially pouring things in and out of different sized containers. Outside and water play are also big favourites but harder to manage haha. I love building strong relationships with my families and value their input. So today a potion station with lots of nature items and water# sensoryplay #reggioinspired #natureplay #natureplaymothers #sensoryplay #sensorytable #trayfortheday #tufftray #tufftrayideas #myfamilydaycare #familydaycareaustralia #earlychildhoodeducation #preschool #kidsplayfortheday #montessori #natureplayaugust #natureplayideas #waterplay #flowerplay #learningthroughplay #learningisfun #holisticlearning #holisticparenting #holisticplay #childhoodunplugged #outdoorclassroom #outdoorplay #outdoorplayspace #playtobl

06.01.2022 Our pen pal friends from the Netherlands ( we should do this again Gastouderopvang t Vosje. (Connecting with other kids around the world )

06.01.2022 Practicing some scissors skills

06.01.2022 My day care environment

05.01.2022 Community workers: love it when my own children being a part of my family day care. They had so much fun with the flower shop last week

05.01.2022 Community workers: construction site Loose part play, mud play, water play and more.....

04.01.2022 Work in progress.....

04.01.2022 Can you follow the pattern? Inspired by aboriginal art this activity is great for fine motor skills. (from internet) Indigenous art is centred on story telling. It is used as a chronicle to communicate knowledge of the land, events and beliefs of the Aboriginal people. The use of symbols is an alternate way to writing down stories of cultural significance. It educates the people on how to use the land and survive in it. #finemotorskills #kooricurriculum #aboriginalaustralia... #preschoolactivities #kindergartenteacher #kindergartenaustralia #myfamilydaycare #kidsplayfortheday #pattern #patternactivities #littlerobinplayandlearn #simpleplayideas #loosepartsplay #playbasedlearning #earlychildhoodfun101 #earlychildhoodeducation #playtoshine #learning #learningathome #playroundtheworld #mondayplay #learningeveryday #teachermummy #toddleractivities See more

03.01.2022 Can you trace the bugs ? This week we are concentrating on bugs and insects. T did a great job with tracing the bugs. We also talk about what bugs we saw on the table.

03.01.2022 We love having unhurried lunch time its a great time for social interactionI added some lunch box inspirations.

02.01.2022 Implementing Indigenous Australia in our program I support and value diversity within the Australian society. Parents, friends, and the wider community are an integral part of a childs environment. Providing children with exposure to different cultures, music or arts; I believe facilitates the progression of a childs perception; of an integrated society of multiculturalism and equality. ( our Philosophy) #myfamilydaycare #diversity # inclusion

01.01.2022 Happy Early childhood Educators Day