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Olive St Day Care

Locality: Launceston, Tasmania

Phone: +61 448 904 481

Address: 89 Olive Street Launceston, TAS, Australia

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25.01.2022 Circle to the right.

25.01.2022 Rainbow pathway. Playing with colored chalks.

25.01.2022 Running away from a monster?

24.01.2022 Last Thursday we did another experiment to end our week of colour. Some of the older children helped me grate crayons, we divided them by colour and put them into separate jars. Then I sat down with the children and asked them what crayons were made of, the children were able to tell me that they were made from wax (some of the children thought I was referring to ear wax so this lead to another discussion about where wax comes from). I then asked them what other things were m...ade of wax - they suggested candles, I asked them what happens to candles when they get hot - they were able to tell me that they melt. At this point one of the older children told us a story about how she had gotten into a hot car and had sat on a crayon and how it was soft and squishy.\We then watched a short video on how crayons were made, we could see that the wax starts out quite solid and then melted down, colour and other things are added and then it is poured into moulds and cooled using cold water. After the movie had finished I showed all of the children the grated crayons, and showed them how I grated them. I then explained that we would go outside and put the shavings onto paper to see if they would melt onto the paper. We left the paper and crayons outside as it was supposed to reach 30 degrees that day. Unfortunately the wind picked up and the weights that we had used werent strong enough to hold down the paper and most of the crayon shavings blew off. With the shavings that we had left over we arranged them onto a piece of baking paper and put them into the oven, and created a multicoloured piece of crayon that the children could pick up and observe. If we were to do this experiment again I would do it in the oven set on low, on paper to get a better result, that the children could have then taken home to talk about with their families. This experiment focused EYLF Outcome 4.2 See more

23.01.2022 Today we built a cubby house around the plum tree.

22.01.2022 Such a chilly morning. Warming up by running through todays obstacle course.

22.01.2022 Today outside play involved one of the children pretending to fish with a long stick, she then started to break the stick into pieces so that the other children could also pretend to fish. From here the children started to play with their sticks in the water and we started to explore which objects floated and which sunk. We found out that the flowers and leaves floated on our muddy puddle!

21.01.2022 Collecting leaves, washing them and final product Rooooaarr!!!

21.01.2022 So today we tried something a little different, a subtractive process. I did one of these previous to sitting down with the children. I asked them what I had used and asked them to guess. They worked out that I had used crayons, and guessed that I had used paint or dirt to get the white lines. I then explained that I had used tape and had coloured over it then peeled it off once I was finished. We then sat down together to see what we could create ourselves. This activity focused on learning outcome 4 (Children are confident and involved learners) 4.2 - Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, enquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating.

19.01.2022 Have a good weekend!

18.01.2022 Another amazing day in the fleeting sun! This week we are looking at movement, so today we made "magic bottles" outside. The children loved playing in the glitter, what better place than outside to do this!

17.01.2022 Slime, messy failure.

17.01.2022 Corn flour goo and food colouring. Exploring colour and texture.

17.01.2022 Getting out and enjoying the gorgeous winter weather! Splashing in puddles, digging and building a water run.

17.01.2022 So this weeks topic is COLOUR!!! Today we read Mix It Up by Herve Tullet. This book encourages the children to smudge, rub and shake colours together. We had to guess what the outcome would be if we mixed two colours together, for example blue and yellow. This yielded mixed responses, but i could see that the children were engaged and really wanted to get it right. After reading the book we went outside and filled up snap lock bags with two different coloured paints, the chil...dren then had to rub and shake the two colours together to see what colours they made. Whilst we were doing this the children were guessing and using the knowledge that they had learnt from the book to hypothesise the resulting colour. We then took a more tactile approach and put blobs of paint directly on the table, and we had a lovely time making a big mess of colour. We then added white (just as the book does) to see what would happen, and then we added black. The children were able to transfer and adapt what they had learnt from one context to another. Great job everyone. See more

16.01.2022 Corn flour goo!!

14.01.2022 Everyday is messy muddy puddle day!

11.01.2022 Tiger bus and trip to the museum.

11.01.2022 Rainy outside but we still managed to burn some energy!

09.01.2022 Bubbly messy fun today. We tried to make bubble snakes with socks wrapped over a Soda container that we had dipped in a bubbly solution. The children tried this but it wasnt as successful as we had hoped,the children managed to turn it into a fun game and were making bubble coffee for us and their parents.

09.01.2022 Glorious winters day today, perfect day for lunch in the sun!

09.01.2022 Some of the children were pretending to meditate today,we had a go at a different pose. The children really enjoyed it, think it might be something we introduce into the program.

08.01.2022 Children reading a story to the group, Japanese book.

08.01.2022 Another day of experimentation! Coloured gelatin balls in chilled vegetable oil. The children enjoyed using the pippets to suck up the gelatin liquid and pour it into the chilled oil, then helped pick out the blobs/balls and play with the end product.

08.01.2022 Chop chop chopping !!

08.01.2022 So cold this morning, we found ice in the shady parts of the garden. We had fun smashing, melting, crunching and finding bubbles in the ice.

05.01.2022 What an amazing spring morning! Water play on the grass, so much fun.

05.01.2022 Natural stepping stones

04.01.2022 It was sooo cold outside today, we did however manage to duck outside for a short play. Sebi decided that we needed stepping stones in our puddle today.

03.01.2022 A beautiful method explained in how to show empathy and respect to your child having a tantrum, by asking one question.

02.01.2022 Fun time in the boat!!

02.01.2022 Continuing with our experimental theme this week we read MIX IT UP! By Herve Tullet and did some colour exploration using prime colours. The children really enjoyed this and were very interested in making up their own colour combinations and finding their results.

01.01.2022 Some of this weeks Resources. Loving the Ikea book stand.