Childcare Perth Activities
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Sonas Woodbridge – Dino Land
The children have been loving the big dinosaurs at the moment. This week they got creative and built a dinosaur cage. The children considered what would be needed to enhance their cage structure, adding trees and decorations, after a discussion and an educator asking questions. The children decided they needed to separate the meat eaters…
Sonas Huntingdale – Life skills – Banana
One of our Developmental Milestones is how to spread by using a knife. Well, this week in our Family Room we have been practising our fine motor skills by learning to hold a knife. By doing this we got to practise cutting a banana. First we washed our hands and made sure they were dry…
Sonas Wanneroo – Exploring our Musical Instruments
This week we have been exploring music and how it makes us feel, linking music in with self-expression of emotions and exploring how different kinds of sounds can make us feel different ways. One way we have found this is through using our variety of musical instruments and learning how to use them effectively to…
Sonas Ashby – Going On An Adventure In Our Pram
The nest children all went on a walk in our outdoor environment in our 6-seater pram. This is getting our children ready for when we begin to go on excursions and explore our community. The children shared smiles and positive interactions with the other children in our outdoor environment, supporting the children to feel safe…
Sonas Wattle Grove – Volcanic Eruptions
As a continuation from last week’s lava lamps, today we discovered and explored some volcano eruptions. Using baking soda, food colouring and white vinegar we were able to recreate our very own versions of lava boiling over out of a glass jar. By layering the baking soda we were able to hide our colour of…
Sonas Baldivis North – Exploring Technology in our Zen Studio
We can use technology in a purposeful way, much like they do with other learning materials, such as art supplies, blocks, books, toys, etc. Technology allows us the ability to record, save, and share what they learned in class that day, or more specifically during a particular lesson. We were able to listen to stories and…
Sonas Midland – We Have A Little Garden
We have a little GardenA garden of our ownAnd everyday that we play hereOur dream of growing big is near. We discover things of old and things of newWe sit and ponder “should I watch or shall I do?We love our Garden it’s so beautiful and greenIt has so much to offer and keeps us…
Sonas Karrinyup – Will It Sink Or Will It Float?
In our STEAM room, the most asked question is, ‘what do you think will happen next? One of our activities last week was will it sink or will it float. We got the children to choose a variety of different objects and then had the discussion ‘what do you think will happen next?’ the children…
Sonas Atwell – Family Room
In our family room we learn all about life skills, one of these life skills is cooking. The children got to participate in Kids in the Kitchen this week. Scones was one the menu, so the children put on their baking hats and began cooking. Step 1 was measure out all the ingredients,Step 2 was…
Sonas Coolbellup – Crazy Hair Day
At Sonas Coolbellup we enjoyed crazy hair day on Friday the 29th Of July. There were many fun activities on offer. We made our very own tie dye hair bows in the steam room using sensory tubes. In the art room we designed our own crazy hair day look by painting a picture. We also…
Sonas Baldivis South – Egg And Spoon Relay
This week we eagerly await a break in the rain to go outside with our eggs and spoons and partake in our very own egg and spoon relay. We used our physical skills to get our bodies moving, while encouraging the children to walk from one spot to another before manoeuvring around a chair and…
Sonas Bayswater – Nature Play – Garden Exploration!
Objective: Child uses perceptual information in directing their own actions, experiences, and interactions. This week the Nest children were focusing on natural environments and what it’s all about. They used their 5 senses to explore, (hear, touch, look, smell and taste). Through this activity the children are developing capacities for creativity, symbolic play, problem solving and…
Sonas Woodbridge – Helping Hands
After morning tea this week, the children have loved being helpers to clean our dining room. They were eager to help wipe tables, sweep up rubbish and mop the floors. Also considering safety we had conversations about why we need wet floor signs and how they alert people to be careful. Through this experience,…
Sonas Wanneroo – Exploring our Creativity
Craft activities might get a little messy, but don’t worry, arts and crafts are brilliant for developing little minds and bodies. Activities in our Art Studio foster communication, listening, attention, and imagination. These activities can enhance mental health and wellbeing as well as fostering a whole range of developmental skills in children. Look at these…
Sonas Huntingdale – Sculpting and Moulding
This looks like Playdough, but to us it is a dollop of potential. It is something we explore, to mould, to create, to express ourselves with. It is a cake, a dragon, a snake, a lizard, a castle, a hill, and a pizza. It is limited BUT only by our imagination, which we all know…
Sonas Dayton – Apple Pie Sensory Tray
This week we set up a sensory tray using oats, coconut, cinnamon, real apple wedges and foam apple pieces. There was a recipe telling the children how to make apple pie which they could follow if they chose to. A lot of the older children chose to follow the recipe, carefully looking at the numbers…
Sonas Ashby – 5 Fat Sausages Sizzling in a Pan
This week the children were engaged in a sensory experience while further developing our fine motor skills and language development. The children created sausages out of playdough and sang 5 fat sausages. Through this experience the children were able to use mathematical concepts by taking away a sausage and counting the remaining sausages in the…
Sonas Wattle Grove – Lava Lamps
Lava lamps are very fascinating, the colourful blobs moving up and down in a never-ending dance make it appear almost magical. Our Lava Lamp science experiment supported the children to continue their understanding of science as we spoke about the properties of oil and water mixing and how water is denser than oil and how…
Sonas Baldivis North – Family Studio
In our Family Studio is where we learn about life skills. We made our own dough to make scrolls.We kneaded the dough and rolled it out using the rolling pin.We talked about all the ingredients and placed them onto the dough. As well as being fun, cooking with your child: – Gives you the chance…
Sonas Karrinyup – Bubble Art!
We love bubbles! One of our activities this week as part of our arts curriculum was a bubble blowing group art activity. This activity was a great way to learn controlled breathing and to see what kind of shapes bubbles make when they pop.