Look at the wonderful playdough creations that our lovely children made. They got to explore a lot of natural elements as they scoured through the yard looking for pretty flowers, smelling plants and different textures that they could use to create their own unique playdough. The children were enthralled as they listened to Jess explain the different materials that they could use to …
Atwell Activities
Sonas Atwell – Visit from Coolbellup
This week something unusual and exciting happened at Atwell. We had our Coolbellup families and staff join us for 3 days this week. What a flurry of activity around the centre. We had the opportunity to meet new people and form some amazing friendships in the short time they were here. All our children enjoyed having more children to play with. We had lots of smiles all …
Sonas Atwell – Naidoc Week
Jess and the children went for an exploration of the yard to find some native bush plants. The children used their senses (touch, feel and smell) whilst exploring our native bush plants. Educators and children have been exploring how far these native plants grow within Australia. We discovered that some of the plants in our yard were called Banksia flowers and gumnuts. The children explored the …
Sonas Atwell – Sensory Exploration
All different materials and resources created lots of magic sensory exploration for our children. With sand, coloured water and chia seed goop, the children created lots of learning, focusing on their motor skills. They enjoyed squishing the chia seed goop through their fingers to feel the texture of the seeds and manipulated the goop to create a big colourful blob. With the sand the …
Sonas Atwell – Magnetic Attractions
Our children have become very fascinated with the small pebbles around the vegetable garden. Some of the children took our magnets outside for use in the pebbles. As they were exploring the pebbles, some of the children noticed that the small pebbles were sticking to the end of the magnets. The educators followed on with this exploration by setting up the sensory tray full of …