Ohana Early Learning in Emerald Beach | Nursery

Ohana Early Learning

Locality: Emerald Beach

Phone: +61 2 6656 4664

Address: 2 Brothers Drive 2456 Emerald Beach, NSW, Australia

Website: http://ohanaelc.com.au

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24.01.2022 Last week the children enjoyed having their faces painted thanks to the artistic flair of our educator Breanna who patiently accommodated their requests. Children were practising expressing their ideas and communicating instructions and then proudly showing off their new faces.

24.01.2022 Please remember to sanitise your hands upon arrival and departure in our centre. Keep safe and practice social distancing as our children demonstrate on their 'bus'.

24.01.2022 Oh for the love of books and dress-ups! There was a wonderful array of costumes on display at our Centre throughout the Book Week. It shows just how much children enjoy reading books and impersonating their favourite characters. Books stimulate the imagination, expand vocabulary and speech patterns, improve concentration and are a vital building block in literacy.

23.01.2022 Children in the Nursery Room are engaged reading books with our educator Coleen. The older children interact, cooperate and share while drawing and helping each other pick crayon colours.

23.01.2022 We have new plants at our Centre and our children are keen to water them and learn how to help them grow tall and healthy. This lead to learning about sustainability by being mindful of how much water we use and why it is important not to waste it. We also discussed why we need trees and planned how we will water and look after ours each day.

21.01.2022 This week in the nursery room babies participated in Cultural Awareness and Remembrance Day painting activities. They painted a Boomerang with yellow and red colours as part of the Cultural Awareness Day and used red to paint a poppy to symbolise Remembrance Day. They were engaged and thoroughly enjoyed the activities showing off their artistic flair.

21.01.2022 Our toddlers in the Dolphin Room enjoyed creating bubble paintings using the bubble blower, bubble mixture and food colouring. This activity promotes investigation, experimentation and fine motor development.

21.01.2022 We marked the Dental Health Week, an Australian Dental Association's major annual oral health promotion campaign, with a visit from a Tooth Fairy from the locally based Fresh Dental Care centre. This visit aimed to educate children about the importance of maintaining good oral health. Children were attentive as the Dentist used a prop to demonstrate the three different techniques of brushing teeth and gums. They engaged in discussion on which food is good for your teeth and the food to try to avoid. But most of all, they loved dressing up as Dentists and patients and looked forward to the 'ride on the chair' at their next visit to the dentist.

18.01.2022 Welcoming Stacey Henderson-Smith, joining the team at Emerald Village this week.

15.01.2022 Thank you to our educators, families and community sharing with Ohana Emerald Village Diwali celebrations. Happy Diwali May the Festival of Lights fill your life with the glow of happiness, prosperity & health

15.01.2022 Balloons are so versatile, but who would have thought you could paint with one! Here are our babies enjoying the the feel of the paint using their fine motor skills to hold and move it around the paper. This activity also helps to develop their hand-eye coordination skills.

15.01.2022 Games like chasing bubbles develops children's gross motor skills, balance and coordination. Our babies were also having lots of fun interacting with each other throughout this activity.

15.01.2022 Today in the preschool room the children have been enjoying making their own masks and props for our own Preschool Photo Booth. The children have been keenly watching the photographer in the yard taking photos of some of our friends and wanted to have their own turn taking photos and posing in front of the camera.

14.01.2022 The children in the toddler room showed enthusiasm in the craft activity designed to broaden their sensory knowledge through exploring different textures such as the little flat sequins, pom poms and sticky glue. They showed interest in the sequins turning them over, pinching them between their fingers and sticking them down with glue, one by one and in big piles. They held the pom-poms, rubbed them on their cheeks, rolled them on the table and pushed them into the glue. Art and craft activities also expand children's focus and build their confidence.

14.01.2022 Who doesn't love a cupcake Today we wanted to say 'thank you' to all our educators and staff who have been working tirelessly over the past few months. Thanks to Sugar Plum Cakes and Desserts for these delicious treats, everyone loved them. Hardest decision was which flavour to choose?

14.01.2022 The toddlers in the Dolphin Room participated in sensory play activity with shaving foam, which had dinosaurs, glitter and food colouring in it. This activity encourages sensory awareness of textures and colours, hand eye coordination skills, fine and gross motor skills.

13.01.2022 Children enjoyed Kangaroo spotting at our centre throughout the week.

09.01.2022 What a unique opportunity to appreciate the creatures in our natural environment! Over the last week we have had furry visitors just outside of our fence. The children loved observing the leisurely grazing, resting and hopping of this interesting family. They were especially surprised to see one of them drink out of the momma's pouch.

07.01.2022 The older children engaged in creating flower sun catchers symbolising the change of seasons from Winter to Spring. This encouraged discussions about spring, the emergence of flowers and the important job bees have in sustaining our natural environment.

06.01.2022 Last week we welcomed Melissa Howard to the team, Melissa will be working across our Emerald and Grafton centres. Having recently relocated from Queensland, Melissa brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, a great asset to our children and families.

05.01.2022 This Wednesday is Early Childhood Educators’ Day. In celebrating this day our Educators will be having their own Subway luncheon in recognition for all they do with your children and as an expression of our thanks. Keep an eye on social media that afternoon for photos of our Educators in action celebrating with the children. Early Childhood Educators’ Day recognises and celebrates the work of Australia’s educators in early learning services for their wonderful contribution to... the wellbeing and healthy development of the young children in their care. For more information about this day, click https://earlychildhoodeducatorsday.org.au/ Our Educator Spotlight Program continues, see something special or would like to provide some kudos to an educator lodge your ‘vote’ here at our rewards page. https://www.ohanaelc.com.au/our-educator-spotlight-program/

05.01.2022 The Preschool Room children explored sensory play using shaving foam and colours. Children engaged in mixing a rainbow of colours while feeling the sensations of the foam squelching through their fingers. Sensory play encourages discussions and rich vocabulary, enjoyment in learning and exploring, and sharing their experience with a group of peers.

04.01.2022 Our babies enthusiastically practising their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination holding their dinosaur and placing it on the paper to make a foot print. They focused on this task, showed pride in their work and responded to praise with big smiles.

03.01.2022 The babies in the Nursery room love Book Week, seen here in their attentive faces as they listen to Nav, the educator, reading a new book Where is the Green Sheep. Reading books teaches children about communications, develops their listening skills as well as memory/recall abilities and builds on their vocabulary. They also engaged in colouring the sheep with green crayon practising fine motor and social skills.

02.01.2022 Are you an Early Childhood Teacher looking for work? Ohana wants to hear from you! Click on the link below to apply. * Remuneration based on experience and performance * Professional development opportunities * Staff discounted childcare fees... https://www.seek.com.au/job/50639973

01.01.2022 The wonders of creation! Who would have thought you can paint using plants! Or you can just use your hands Art and craft activities help develop children's focus, coordination and enable them to experience pride in their work and sense of achievement.

01.01.2022 Children had fun exploring the wonder of bubble wrap rainbow printing. This modified 'screen printing' activity expanded their understanding how images get printed onto paper and fabric. They admired their very colourful artwork as they set it aside to dry.