Early Learning Centre

Our Learning - Weeks 2 & 3

During this fortnight in the 3-and 4-year-old kindergarten, the children had a visit from the Flying Bookworm who presented Goldilocks and the three Bears, The Ugly Duckling and The Gingerbread Man through interactive drama. The children were able to dress up, join in actions and songs enhancing the story telling.

Children have also been undertaking learning in the following areas:

Pre-Reading:

Book walks - extracting information from pictures

Creating their own stories with story stones, symbols and props

Playing in small worlds, retelling familiar stories

Pre-Writing:

Signing in on arrival

Mark making with a range of tools, markers, sticks, paint brushes

Strengthening and refining our fine motor muscles through the use of dough and clay

Building gross motor skills for core strength and range of movement through heavy play with tyres and logs, climbing on obstacle courses and balancing

STEM : For children to explore bridge building - using a selection of loose parts, children create bridges for billy goats gruff to cross safely.

For children develop an understanding of symbols

Inquiry : Our World, Many Stories- through stories we can explore our imagination and experience different cultures

Exploring different ways stories can be told

Creating stories through art

Listening to audio stories

Social & emotional learning :

Children have been settling into Term 3, following familiar routines.

Playing small group games

Working on sharing and turn taking