tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77447350787685211472024-02-06T19:21:53.933-08:00TODAY AT PLAYGeorgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-4365488030862841392014-11-15T18:30:00.001-08:002014-11-15T18:30:17.141-08:00We made sparkly gifts to hang on the wall<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We decided it was the right time of the year for the kids to start making gifts. This simple and stylish idea required the purchasing of some cheap craft products, that you may already have, and some gluing by the children. I would like to have it hanging on my wall, wouldn't you?<br />
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If you don't want to purchase the canvases you could use the same idea to make cards for Christmas or other celebrations.<br />
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MATERIALS:<br />Large circle punch<br />
Small canvases - 1 per child<br />
Gold paper and cardboard with different textures and patterns<br />
Paper glue.<br />
<br />Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-66186843062355770772014-05-15T16:14:00.002-07:002014-05-15T16:14:35.588-07:00We did a joint floor puzzle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have these beautiful wooden blocks and children usually pile them up high, making towers and knocking them down.<br />
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Today we laid them flat and some of the older children started making them into a flat puzzle. More and more children joined in and some of the parents too. We ended up with a beautiful creation but the main thing was the <a href="http://echildhood.synthasite.com/games.php" target="_blank">co-operation</a> that happened along the way. <a href="http://echildhood.synthasite.com/games.php" target="_blank"><strong>Here is a great page of co-operative games</strong></a> that you could use at your playgroup.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Thanks to </span><a href="http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=10426&picture=puzzle" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Teodoro</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> for the photo</span>Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-65198625167109255782013-09-24T21:52:00.005-07:002013-09-24T21:55:18.316-07:00Healthy food ideas for playgroup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">No. 5: Lebanese bread + avocado + grated cheese and so did the kids.</span><br />
No. 15: Fruit smoothie + milk + yoghurt + <a href="http://todayatplay.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/infants-and-honey.html" target="_blank">honey</a> + fruit <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a great handout that you could use as a poster at playgroup or as a handout to all interested families on easy snack ideas for young children. </span><br />
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These resources are from Healthy Eating at Playgroup developed by playgroup coordinators and staff in conjunction with South East Sydney Area Health and based on <i>The Australian Guide for Healthy Eating</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Thanks </span><a href="http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=6567&picture=smoothie-drinks" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Vera Kratochvil</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> for the photo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></span><br />Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-1645906526823573592013-06-18T17:31:00.000-07:002013-06-18T17:45:56.864-07:00We re-organized the morning tea boxWe have a large clear morning tea box with a lid in the kitchen at playgroup with all our supplies for preparing a<b> <a href="http://todayatplay.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/healthy-morning-tea-checklist.html" target="_blank">healthy morning tea</a></b> and today we cleaned it out and replenished the supplies.<br />
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WHAT WE KEEP IN OUR MORNING TEA BOX:<br />
20 bowls<br />
20 adult cups with lids for tea and coffee: we use <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BYKQ32O/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BYKQ32O&linkCode=as2&tag=cowbochron-20"><b>these</b></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=cowbochron-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00BYKQ32O" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />as they have different coloured lids for easy identification and reuseable and BPA free<br />
20 plastic cups: reusable<br />
1 chopping board<br />
1 large knife with a knife cover<br />
Teaspoons: metal<br />
Metal tongs for serving food<br />
Large serving plates<br />
1 water jug with lid<br />
2 tea towels<br />
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WHAT WE REPLENISH:<br />
Paper towel<br />
Tissues<br />
Tea<br />
Sugar<br />
Coffee<br />
Plastic gloves for preparing food<br />
Plastic bags for rubbish<br />
Yellow sponges for kitchen<br />
Red sponges for craft and toysGeorgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-36616827526842468402013-06-09T21:49:00.002-07:002013-06-09T21:49:56.888-07:00We sang multi cultural children's songsDo you have any songs you sing regularly that are from other cultures? Each term we pick around 12 to 15 songs that we sing regularly so that they all become very familiar and turn into our favourites. <br />
We don't sing them all every week - we sing about 4 and always include one familiar song like "Der Glumph went the little green frog". This term, for our new songs, we have chosen <a href="http://kidsongs.synthasite.com/multicultural-songs.php" target="_blank">a few multicultural songs</a>. Our favourite so far has been the Native American circle dance: <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><em>We circle around, we circle around <br />The boundaries of the Earth</em></span></div>
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Read a multicultural story: <a href="http://www.australianpicturebooks.com/2011/09/ten-little-fingers-and-ten-little-toes.html" target="_blank">Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes</a> which has beautiful illustrations of babies from all different nations.</div>
Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-51757599453233717692013-04-08T16:44:00.000-07:002013-04-08T16:44:13.026-07:00Be one of the first to join in our link up of play ideas<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1.<a href="http://todayatplay.blogspot.com.au/p/link-up-2013.html" target="_blank"> <b>Link up</b></a> your early childhood play idea from 2013 </span></div>
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Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-5515463819316458062013-03-22T14:18:00.002-07:002013-03-22T15:24:40.374-07:00We had a playdough bakery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Playdough is always popular and we are forever trying to find new ways for the kids to explore with it. The great thing about this sensory activity is that most children, and parents, love it and even one year olds enjoy poking their fingers in the colourful dough.<br />
We always <a href="http://echildhood.synthasite.com/playdough.php" target="_blank"><strong>make playdough using the uncooked recipe</strong></a> so that sometimes the children can help us.<br />
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Today with the colourful playdough we provided:<br />
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<li>Metal cake trays</li>
<li>Metal muffin trays</li>
<li>A variety of plastic kitchen containers</li>
<li>Spatulas</li>
<li>Wooden rolling pins</li>
<li>Plastic knives</li>
<li>Plastic spoons</li>
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<li>A variety of things to decorate the "cakes".</li>
<li>A shaker of extra flour to sprinkle on top.</li>
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<a href="http://pinterest.com/lesleysharpe/playdough-ideas/" target="_blank"><strong>See more ideas for playdough activities</strong></a><strong>.</strong>Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-29450933105541726362013-02-20T18:36:00.001-08:002013-03-22T15:02:46.755-07:00Wordless Wednesday: zoo trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Linked up at<a href="http://www.5minutesformom.com/72946/wordless-wednesday-groovebook/" target="_blank"> <strong>5 minutes for Mom</strong>,</a> <strong> </strong><a href="http://liveandloveoutloud.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Live and Love…Out Loud</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="http://parentingbydummies.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Parenting By Dummies</strong></a> and <a href="http://sevenclowncircus.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Seven Clown Circus</strong></a>.Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-91370177710215865512013-01-16T04:14:00.000-08:002013-01-16T04:14:26.753-08:00We did painting on the easels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-88277301863068642542012-11-20T20:39:00.000-08:002013-04-05T02:52:11.575-07:00We talked about water safety<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Because it is hot and sunny and summery here we talked about children and water safety at playgroup today.</span><br />
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We used the Kidsafe <a class="resourceLink" href="http://www.kidsafensw.org/imagesDB/wysiwyg/SwimmingPoolSafetyKL2009_1.pdf" target="_blank">Swimming Pool Safety</a> sheet.<br />
The Royal Life Saving Society has many<a href="http://www.royallifesaving.com.au/www/html/156-fact-sheets.asp" target="_blank"> fact sheets</a> on water awareness, bath time safety, home water safety, wading pools, pool toy safety and resuscitation. They also have resources on water safety in <a href="http://www.royallifesaving.com.au/www/html/359-translated-fact-sheets.asp" target="_blank">Chinese, Arabic and Vietnamese</a>.
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Lots of brown cardboard and a little white cardboard, cut into circle shapes to create a kangaroo. We also used black stickers for the eyes. Our kiddie creations did not quite end up looking like our inspiration above but the children loved gluing the shapes and the mothers enjoyed cutting the circles, as they could still chat as they cut.Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-65952990100373971402012-10-17T04:07:00.002-07:002012-10-17T04:07:54.993-07:00We made fruit salad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The parents had previously discussed trying to get their children to eat different kinds of fruit and not just stick to their one or two favourites, so this week we involved the children in making some fruit salad. </div>
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and we read <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0763608637/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0763608637&linkCode=am2&tag=cowbochron-20">Handa's Surprise </a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=cowbochron-20&l=am2&o=1&a=0763608637" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Handa's Suprise</a> which is a delightful book about fruit, </div>
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<br />Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-73921924223512369812012-09-26T19:36:00.003-07:002012-09-26T19:36:59.458-07:00We made finger paint prints<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We made our own <a href="http://echildhood.synthasite.com/fingerpaint.php" target="_blank"><strong>fingerpaint using this recipe</strong></a><strong>.</strong> We like it as it helps with easy clothes washing.<br />
We placed a small amount of each colour in a tray for each child. The children played in the fingerpaint, some cautiously and some with squeals of delight.<br />
They washed their hands and then placed a piece of paper over their tray and rubbed.<br />
We slowly lifted the paper off and hung them outside on the line to dry.<br />
The clean up was quite easy as we washed the trays and wiped down the plastic table tops.Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-85473125300993081172012-08-22T21:19:00.001-07:002012-08-22T21:21:18.766-07:00We sang songs about transport<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'M A LITTLE ROCKET (sung to tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")<br />
I'm a little rocket short and thin, <br />
Here is my nose
cone, here are my fins <br />
When it comes to blast off, then I zoom<br />
Off the
launch pad, to the moon. <br />
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Transport is our theme this term: how things move around, how we travel on trains and buses and cars and aeroplanes, boats, helicopters and rockets.<br />
I think the theme has been great for the parents as well as the children and they talk to each other about transport on the way to and from playgroup and during the week when they are out and about. Many families have been bringing in pictures and books to read about transport like:<br />
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We will probably go on a ferry boat as an excursion this term too.<br />
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Here is a link to some <a href="http://kidsongs.synthasite.com/transport-songs.php" target="_blank">more transport songs.</a><br />
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Also this term we will be creating <a href="http://todayatplay.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/fathers-day-cards-and-craft.html" target="_blank">something to take home to Dad</a> or Grandpa for Father's Day. What do you make for <a href="http://www.earlyplayaustralia.com/2012/08/fathers-day-craft-round-up.html" target="_blank">Father's Day</a>?Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-39375595156217409682012-07-05T22:12:00.000-07:002012-07-05T22:17:35.802-07:00We visited the creek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is school holidays here and we organised a family outing so the older brothers and sisters could come a long. We are lucky to have a creek in our community and everyone wore old shoes or gumboots and we rounded up as many nets and buckets as we could find and packed a <a href="http://todayatplay.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Food">picnic lunch</a> and off we went. The parents took turns in being with the younger kids around the creek. We saw <a href="http://52daystoexplore.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/investigate-insects.html">dragonflies</a>, <a href="http://todayatplay.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/butterflies-were-made.html">butterflies</a> and ants and <a href="http://todayatplay.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/everything-was-about-frogs.html">tadpoles</a> and little tiny fish.Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-9394054552564854752012-05-26T15:35:00.002-07:002012-05-26T15:35:43.251-07:00We went to feed the birds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today we went on a walk and as we have lots of littlies we decided to walk to the nearby plaza and feed the pidgeons. The children really enjoyed throwing the bread (and chasing birds) and we all decided an excursion does not have to be far, or in a car or bus, as long as you are with some friendsGeorgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-78812398784461986142012-04-09T23:13:00.000-07:002012-04-09T23:13:15.967-07:00We go Green<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_plkxTmS60YbAI52urCqpv1wL2N7AcVctE5knehSPyMMLm-6aoDZhiIAPVP-7I4f1gLx2x-wiSh_46VuRX6vida2du9FKatc_aVV5C311_BpJ3GGm6vlg8G7RS2maM18e5NvWxY09uY/s1600/earth+day+book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_plkxTmS60YbAI52urCqpv1wL2N7AcVctE5knehSPyMMLm-6aoDZhiIAPVP-7I4f1gLx2x-wiSh_46VuRX6vida2du9FKatc_aVV5C311_BpJ3GGm6vlg8G7RS2maM18e5NvWxY09uY/s1600/earth+day+book.jpg" /></a></div>Easy to Be Green: Simple Activities You Can Do to Save the Earth by Ellie O'Ryan and illustrated by Ivanke & Lola.<br />
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What sets this book apart from other earth day books is that it is printed on recycled materials with vegetable inks. Easy to Be Green develops eco-friendly consciousness at an early age. Besides information it has Earth-saving tips, fun facts, and easy activities kids can do to help the environment. <br />
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It explains what a carbon footprint is and why it is important to make changes. It gives ideas on what we can do with short sections on endangered animals, trash & landfills, recycling, composting and green cleaning products. Included in each section are fun activities. It is appropriate for ages 3-12. It teaches children about Earth Day and why it's important to help Save the Earth. The children aged 2 to 4 loved the pictures and were inspired to help collect the newspapers, bottles, and cans after reading it. <br />
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There are many extension activities on the internet connected to this book and other books in the series such as:<br />
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<a href="http://simonlittlegreen.com/downloads/little_green_tips.pdf"><b><u><span style="color: blue;">Easy Earth - saving Tips</span></u></b><u><span style="color: blue;"></span></u><span style="color: blue;"></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Futura-Book;"></span><a href="http://simonlittlegreen.com/downloads/earth_day_activities.pdf"><b><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Futura-Book;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Futura-Book;">Extension Activities PDF</span></span></u></b><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Futura-Book;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Futura-Book;"></span></span></u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Futura-Book;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Futura-Book;"></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Futura-Book;">:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Futura-Bold;">My Garden Song (sing this song to tune of Twinkle twinkle little star)</span><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold; font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold;">Growing, growing, little seed,</span></i><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold;"></span><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold; font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold;">How I wonder what you’ll be.</span></i><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold;"></span><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold; font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold;">A cabbage, a turnip, something green?</span></i><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold;"></span><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold; font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold;">A carrot, a squash, a lima bean?</span></i><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold;"></span><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold; font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold;">Growing, growing, little seed,</span></i><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold;"></span><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold; font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Futura-Bold;">How I wonder what you’ll be.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Futura-Book;">We tried this activity suggestion: <br />
Use an old egg carton to grow seedlings of tomatoes, beans, or other foods. Fill the carton with soil and plant a seed in each compartment. Place the carton near a sunny window and remember to water the seeds.</span>Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-16224481477287142432012-03-29T22:10:00.000-07:002012-08-25T02:57:51.216-07:00We decorated Easter Egg Shapes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The egg is the symbol of Easter so we decided that a simple activity for all ages would be to decorate your own egg shape.<br />
1. We drew a large egg template on large white paper<br />
2, Supplied - crayons, coloured pencils, stickers in simple shapes like stars and circles, easter stickers and paints.<br />
3. Children chose their own way of decorating their shape.<br />
None of the egg shapes ended up looking like this:<br />
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Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-36360014178550283662012-03-20T20:15:00.001-07:002012-03-20T20:20:46.228-07:00We made and decorated paper aeroplanes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqa35zcdhD9TxRYjY2ymMMibWkl9l3YZTnXzK7LJuBLwH8ex_XK83KbdzWXwr83bSN-xouXNqlvhC_I5Ficq9ivAEojTup_M1P28uDi64zSHTuuEbhbIXT2blo-YLBMiymhfJ5H6pWKYc/s1600/paper-airplanes-making-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqa35zcdhD9TxRYjY2ymMMibWkl9l3YZTnXzK7LJuBLwH8ex_XK83KbdzWXwr83bSN-xouXNqlvhC_I5Ficq9ivAEojTup_M1P28uDi64zSHTuuEbhbIXT2blo-YLBMiymhfJ5H6pWKYc/s320/paper-airplanes-making-13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This was very much a hands on activity for the grownups at playgroup. Once just one child became interested all the children came to the table. The older ones helped with the folds and the younger ones decorated their plane with large stickers. Then we enjoyed a game where everyone flew their planes around the room. We found that p<span>aper aeroplanes differ considerably in their capacity for flight depending on the design and also the weight of the paper used.</span><br />
We used the instructions to the <a href="http://curiousphotos.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/how-to-make-paper-airplanes-13-pics.html">first simple plane at this site.</a><br />
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Sensory play<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We celebrated with:</span><br />
face painting ( see photo)<br />
bubbles, which children always enjoy<br />
sometimes food: translation: chips, fairy bread, lollies and cupcakes.<br />
We also had strawberries, frozen oranges and watermelon ( it is summer here)<br />
Songs and dances which were the favourite: jingle bells with bell shakers, silent night with chimes played softly and the hokey pokey with lots of jumping and shouting and laughing.<br />
We gave each child an Australian animal hand puppet which they chose as a lucky dip.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Some of the parents were sad to say goodbye as their children are going to 'big school' next year.</div>All the children were happy.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><strong>MERRY CHRISTMAS to you</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">we are taking a break from blogging</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">...</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Possum hand puppet<br />
from <a href="http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/online%20store/puppets.html">Fizzics Education</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-68287625806238204262011-12-11T03:29:00.000-08:002011-12-11T03:29:24.779-08:00Are you having a Christmas party?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItzSX6A28FLO_49ZFPTweGg5NjDewOZqc2RIwqRrpngYIOy0w0e0uTUslqeBvl2isoKcboyipEuuUvzPonNUCBGIpcDqVpq7Hn63UfVl3JWUyn6Aqq82c8VYJvV1A5SO9Fr_ohYpATn0/s1600/Christmas+cookies+with+frosting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItzSX6A28FLO_49ZFPTweGg5NjDewOZqc2RIwqRrpngYIOy0w0e0uTUslqeBvl2isoKcboyipEuuUvzPonNUCBGIpcDqVpq7Hn63UfVl3JWUyn6Aqq82c8VYJvV1A5SO9Fr_ohYpATn0/s400/Christmas+cookies+with+frosting.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>We are having a Christmas party with the families this Friday. We will have a Christmas CD, party food and sing some Christmas songs with musical bells. As they are leaving each child will be given a small gift.<br />
Can you think of anything else we could do to make the morning fun for young children and special rather than the normal playgroup? I would love any suggestions please.Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-37189817076708581572011-12-03T23:19:00.000-08:002011-12-03T23:23:16.509-08:00Why craft is loved at playgroupPlaygroup is different than preschool or family day care because we have lots of parents and other carers that stay for the morning. We do lots of craft, that may not be child directed, and we also do finger painting and easel painting and other more free creative activities.<br />
We do craft for a few different reasons at playgroup:<br />
<ul><li>children love doing an activity with their mum, dad or grandparent and craft provides lots of opportunity for this to happen.</li>
<li>parents can see what their child is capable of and help them learn the next age appropriate steps e.g. in learning to cut simple shapes.</li>
<li>some adults may find it difficult to join in more active play, for a variety of reasons, and craft allows them to sit and join in.</li>
<li>following instructions whether written or verbal teaches us skills e.g. reading is a useful thing; listening helps us learn.</li>
<li>the craft produced can be a great, inexpensive gift for a relative.</li>
<li>many children do not use scissors at home and do not develop skills needed to use them unless they are exposed to them.</li>
<li>many children do not use glue and other things at home that may make a mess.</li>
</ul>I'm sure there are more reasons why craft is an excellent activity.<br />
There are many great craft ideas for littlies at <a href="http://georgie-chronicles.blogspot.com/"><strong>craft chronicles</strong></a> including <a href="http://georgie-chronicles.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas">Christmas</a> and<a href="http://georgie-chronicles.blogspot.com/search/label/easter"> Easter craft</a>Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744735078768521147.post-22587041076792977532011-11-20T22:18:00.000-08:002011-11-20T22:24:13.728-08:00We read Flutter By, Butterfly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsu3zXOaLleIBOpLgWoQ5Bu3xo1tc8oHw9mxcDlK-NMiw4-LTbq2TbsGK4GrQ1TowH_ykHhwNBxAt4MCkL4DG10xNLnl5pG0WkHz7uQQXr4-Uhyphenhyphen5nsEdj90ajBvERDttYdyW-OAe4TAQ/s1600/Butterfly+Flutter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsu3zXOaLleIBOpLgWoQ5Bu3xo1tc8oHw9mxcDlK-NMiw4-LTbq2TbsGK4GrQ1TowH_ykHhwNBxAt4MCkL4DG10xNLnl5pG0WkHz7uQQXr4-Uhyphenhyphen5nsEdj90ajBvERDttYdyW-OAe4TAQ/s400/Butterfly+Flutter.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Flutter By, Butterfly is a small sized board book with words and illustrations by <span style="color: black;">Petr Horacek.</span><br />
The children liked it's bright and simple crayon illustrations on bright backgrounds. As we turned each page they called out the name of the one animal drawn there: "Bee!" or "Beetle!" or "Lady bug!" and waited to hear the simple words, with repetition of sounds, that I asked them to repeat back to me;"Can you say Busy, buzzing bee?", "Flutterby, Butterfly?"<br />
It is a short book which tied into our mini beast theme and is also good for a group of children which included 1 to 4 year olds.<br />
It went really well after doing our <a href="http://todayatplay.blogspot.com/2011/11/butterflies-were-made.html">butterfly craft</a> and looking for things that fly in the garden and believe it or not we found <a href="http://babybeeshouse.blogspot.com/p/crafty-stuff.html">2 bees</a> and <a href="http://52daystoexplore.blogspot.com/2011/04/go-birdwatching.html">2 birds!</a><br />
Now we just need to find a song about a butterfly. Do you know one?Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681165124092621276noreply@blogger.com8