Watsonia Early Learning Centre in Watsonia, Victoria | Childcare service

Watsonia Early Learning Centre

Locality: Watsonia, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 7020 2360

Address: 10-12 High Street 3087 Watsonia, VIC, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 A friendly reminder we are closed tomorrow for the Public Holiday, see you all on Wednesday

25.01.2022 Happy Educators Day to all of our wonderful educators! Today we celebrate you and the amazing work you do each and every day. We are so lucky to have each of you. Thank you ... #watsoniaearlylearning #educatorsday2020

24.01.2022 Crazy Hair Day #childrensweek2020 #crazyhairday #watsoniaearlylearning

24.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day #fathersday

23.01.2022 Kinder’s Tinker Table This is what tinkering, making, and engineering look like in early childhood. Children initially use their senses to explore the physical properties of materials. They tinker as they take things apart, put things together, figure out how things work, and attempt to build and make creations using tools. #tinkertable #earlylearning #youngminds #watsoniaearlylearning

23.01.2022 We are all looking forward to having all of our friends return to childcare Remember to keep connecting with us through our daily zoom sessions. This gives all of our little friends the opportunity to continue to engage with both their friends and educators. #watsoniaearlylearning #stayconnected

23.01.2022 Veggie dip is a hit for our friends here at Watsonia ELC #nutriousanddelicious

23.01.2022 Our friends were very excited to open a box full of very special art and baked goods from our Centre in Brisbane @edenacademy.corinda We are busy getting our art ready to post, we hope you love it as much as we did #penpal #watsoniaearlylearning #edenacademycorinda

21.01.2022 Friday pizza party #cookingatkindy #watsoniaearlylearning

21.01.2022 Cindy Davenport is the Clinical Director of Ternity Group, the group behind Nourish Baby, Safe Sleep Space and Sleep Smart; who provide antenatal and early parenting education and training, for parents, healthcare providers and early childhood professionals. Cindy is a child and family health nurse, midwife and lactation consultant, and supports a team of qualified antenatal and early parenting professionals, who are deeply passionate about supporting families through pregnancy, birth and the first 3 years of a child's life. Cindy has a keen interest in the health and wellbeing of families and offers a sensible, response-based approach to help babies and children with sleep and associated early parenting problems. #babysleep #infantsleep #parenting #earlychildhood #parentingsupport #community #sleepregression #brainprogression

21.01.2022 What a fun day getting creative with our friends at home via zoom! The children had a fantastic time doing a Pendulum Painting #scienceweek #pendulumpainting #earlychildhoodeducation #watsoniaearlylearning

19.01.2022 What a beautiful day to celebrate one of our little friends turning 2 while in these current restrictions! #watsoniaearlylearning

19.01.2022 Today, the children used their creativity and imagination to develop their own recipes in the mud kitchen. Mud kitchens create an environment thats not only exciting and messy but allow children to develop their maths, science and language skills. #mudkitchen #creativeplay #earlychildhoodeducation

19.01.2022 For book week the kinder children explored the Curious Creatures theme by creating their own creatures out of clay. The children used their imagination to mold the clay onto a tree and were provided with colors match sticks, paddle pop sticks, googly eyes and small wooden pieces to add different effects. Our friends got creative and decided to add leaves and natural items from around the garden to their curious creature. #bookweek2020 #curiouscreatures

17.01.2022 Junior Kinders have been exploring different aspects of Spring and learning the science behind how flowers bloom, today we planted sunflowers seeds the children will explore and watch the stages of how a flower grows. #sustainability #gardening #watsoniaearlylearning

16.01.2022 First day of science week! Today the children used water colours to paint on ice blocks. This was a fun way to explore colour mixing. We had so much fun watching the colours blend as the ice block began to melt! ... #scienceweek #earlychildhoodeducation #iceblockpainting #watsoniaearlylearning

16.01.2022 Today our Kinder & Pre Kinder children enjoyed playing hopscotch. Hopscotch is an effective form of play that teaches children: - Balance & Coordination - Body Control ... - Social Development - Counting Skills #hopscotch #watsoniaearlylearning

15.01.2022 Can you build a tower? Our friends have had so much fun building tall towers this morning with the wooden blocks! Blocks provide open-ended play opportunities for children. Playing with blocks gives children the opportunity to explore their imagination, problem solve, self-expression, creativity, science, social and emotional growth. ... #buildingblocks #earlychildhoodeducation #creativity #watsoniaearlylearning

15.01.2022 Today for science week the children worked as a group to make their own kinetic sand, using sand, oil and cornflour. Kinetic sand stays together, allowing the children to easily mold it into a variety of different shapes. Kinetic means togetherness due to movement and energy. The children experienced this first hand by making round balls in their hands that would stay together due to the force applied by their hands. The children would then crumble it up back to the origi...nal sand texture, and repeat the process again. #kineticsand #scienceweek #earlychildhoodeducation

15.01.2022 Today the nursery room had lots of fun getting creative! Spaghetti painting was a hit #sensoryplay #spaghettipainting

15.01.2022 Building beautiful friendships #watsoniaearlylearning #earlychildhoodeducation #buildingfriendships

15.01.2022 All lined up and patiently waiting to get our faces painted #facepaintfriday #watsoniaearlylearning

14.01.2022 Red Nose Day #rednosedayaustralia #sidsawareness #supportrednoseday2020

14.01.2022 To our wonderful families, Due to stage 4 restrictions unfortunately many families will be at home for the next 6 weeks as of tomorrow. We will miss you all, but will see you online for our zoom sessions. Please find a take home pack at reception for your children ... Stay safe and remember to keep smiling!

14.01.2022 R U OK? A reminder to everyone that every day is the day to ask, Are you OK? This year's message is 'There's more to say after R U OK?... 2020 has thrown everyone some challenging times. Lets remember to check in on all of our friends and family #ruokday2020 #bekind #compassion #checkinonyourfriendsandfamily

13.01.2022 Looking for childcare? Grab your favourite coffee and join us for a leisurely centre tour on a Saturday morning. Simply head to the link in our bio to get in touch. Already part of the Watsonia ELC family? Tag a friend who might like to come and take a tour and find out about our wonderful community #watsonia #daycare #childcare #earlychildhoodeducation #community #learningthroughplay

13.01.2022 Developing numeracy skills early gives children a foundation for their learning and development. #numeracyskills #earlyyears #watsoniaearlylearning

13.01.2022 Every child is an artist- Pablo Picasso #balloonart #balloonpainting #earlychildhoodeducation #watsoniaearlylearning

12.01.2022 BOOK WEEK 2020 #bookweek2020 #watsoniaearlylearning #earlychildhoodeducation

12.01.2022 Messy play is the best kind of play #messyplay #earlyyearslearning

10.01.2022 A friendly reminder we are closed tomorrow for the public holiday. Have a lovely long weekend everyone!

10.01.2022 It’s grand final time! Today we got dressed up in our colours #footy #grandfinal2020 #watsoniaearlylearning

10.01.2022 We hope you are all staying safe and well during this time! Staying connected with you is of utmost importance to us, and we will be doing live zoom sessions each day with the educators in each room. This will give our little friends the opportunity to continue to engage in a variety of experiences such as story time, art, science and music with our wonderful educators. ... #watsoniaearlylearning #onlinelearning #stayingconnected #earlychildhoodeducation

08.01.2022 An afternoon spent building sand castles Playing in the sand is terrific for developing motor skills, creativity, building hand-eye coordination, and strengthening muscles. #earlychildhoodeducation #watsoniaearlylearning #sandplay #sandcastles

07.01.2022 Today is White Balloon Day The white balloon is is a symbol of support for survivors of child sexual abuse. To raise awareness the children each drew their portrait into a balloon shape and discussed the importance of feeling safe around people and speaking up if you do not.... #whiteballoonday2020 #braveheartsprotectskids

06.01.2022 Draw a friend There were lots of big smiles in our Kinder room as our friends sat down to draw each others portrait. This is a great opportunity for children to build friendships, build self identity skills, develop a sense of awareness of ourselves and others, a sense of belonging, fine motor skills, drawing skills and pencil skills. ... #selfpotrait #learningthroughplay

06.01.2022 It is great to see so many of our friends staying connected with us through Zoom! Today Kinder made goop with Lucy. The children were so excited to see their friends at home and engage in a science experiment together. #stayingconnected #earlychildhoodeducation #watsoniaearlylearning #scienceexperiments

06.01.2022 This morning our chef prepared a tasty treat of pikelets for morning tea #watsoniaearlylearning

06.01.2022 Book week has begun at Watsonia ELC! #bozotheclown #fairies #bookweek2020

05.01.2022 We are thrilled to have Cindy Davenport from Safe Sleep Spaces joining us for a live Q&A session on Instagram on Thursday the 27th of August at 8pm. This session will be focused on answering your most burning questions on Infant Sleep. If you're interested in joining us head over and follow @familyquestiontime where the live Q&A session will occur! We look forward to seeing you then! #infantsleep #safesleepspaces #earlychildhood #family #parenting #community #knowledge

05.01.2022 Today we raised awareness for jeans for genes day. Every minute 12 children globally are born with a birth defect or incurable genetic disease. Many are at an even greater risk right now due to COVID-19. #jeansforgenesday #watsoniaearlylearning #earlychildhoodeducation

05.01.2022 Tomorrow we celebrate Early Childhood Educators' Day. It is a day that 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. It's 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. #educatorsday2020

05.01.2022 Happy Halloween A fun filled day was had here at Watsonia Early Learning! There were dress ups, craft, face painting & a trick or treat throughout the centre. #watsoniaearlylearning #halloween

05.01.2022 What a fun day celebrating our first birthday

04.01.2022 Day two of science week Today our friends had so much fun exploring colours and creating hot air balloons! Science experiments are a great opportunity for children to make connections between real life experiences such as the hot air balloon. It encourages children to ask questions and promote scientific thinking such as making predictions, observations and comparing. ... #hotairballoonscience #scienceweek #earlychildhoodeducation #watsoniaearlylearning

04.01.2022 The kinder children were very excited to receive their lunchboxes this week! Implementing lunch boxes will assist the kinder children with their transition to a school environment. #kinder2020 #transitiontoschool #watsoniaearlylearning

04.01.2022 Today was full of fun sports experiences at Watsonia Early Learning #sportsday #childrensweek2020 #watsoniaearlylearning

03.01.2022 Join us over at our sister account on Instagram @familyquestiontime to take part in this wonderful Q&A session where you can get help on all things related to Infant Sleep & Settling.

02.01.2022 Today, the Pre-Kinder and Kinder children participated in a sink and float experiment The children created their own boats out of cardboard and went around the room to find a heavy and a light item. One by one we added the items onto our boats to see how many items it would take to sink our boats. The children continued to find different sized and weighted items within the room to add onto their boats.

02.01.2022 Balance, coordination and motor skills are essential for child development. Walking on something above surface level of the ground can help children develop balance and coordination. Balance beams and other challenging surfaces encourage children to build their core strength and to learn how to balance their bodies in response to level and direction changes. #balanceandcoordination #motorskills #earlychildhoodeducation #watsoniaearlylearning