Experiences by Age

Scissors and Children

January 2, 2012

How young is too young for a child to be using a pair of scissors? I happily give two years olds a pair. I would have given several of the eighteen month olds scissors too if we had them in our room all the time and wouldn’t been seen as a novelty. Some of those [...]

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Lego In An Early Childhood Setting ~ Space City Lego

October 10, 2011

Over the past few weeks the five year olds in the three to five room have been exploring the Space City Lego*. As soon as I walked into the centre carrying the four boxes I had children questioning me, “Is that for us?” I smiled and explained that it was. They have since been putting [...]

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Modeling Behaviours

April 5, 2011

Today during afternoon tea, one of the children was not drinking. Confused, because most days he will simply push the sipper cup away, without even taking a sip, the other carer and I wondered if he wasn’t used to drinking from that type of sipper sup. Which then lead to me, grabbing my own sipper [...]

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Clinton Gregory’s Secret

April 1, 2011

I am a fan of Australian author and illustrators, and Bruce Whatley is a big favourite of mine. Clinton Gregory’s Secret is a book about a little boy who has a secret. Actually, he has several secrets. The picture book then goes and shares his secrets. At the end of the book, we see Clinton [...]

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Fun and Games

February 4, 2011

Games are a fun way to play with the children on a level where you too can be an active participant. These games don’t require any props so can be played on short notice. Hide and seek Depending on the age group will depend on what you are counting too. Generally it is between ten [...]

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