I have been busy creating .....

.... your child's OCEAN lapbook and activities for when they return to care week beginning 11 July 2011.


I am really looking forward to this theme and have had so much fun putting it together.

I am also looking forward to my week off to relax and recharge my batteries so I can continue to provide high quality care to your children when I return.


Check back later as I will be uploading July's newsletter.


Take care


Bec xoxoxox

Use your Noodle ....

Have you been looking for threading beads for your children and found them to be expensive ... well how about you use your NOODLE .....




Whilst I was browsing my local toy shop on the weekend, i came across a pool noodle with a hole all the way down the middle. All of a sudden I had an idea (much to brendans delight) ... what if we were to make threading beads out of the pool noodle ... whilst explaining my idea to brendan, he kept looking at me like i was a crazy lady.




I paid $5.00 for the noodle, bought it home and marked out how big i wanted each noodle bead to be (i got 40 beads out of one noodle) ... then it was over to brendan. Using a stanley knife, he cut along the lines and we now have noodle beads. using some thin rope the children can now enjoy some beading ..... a great fine motor skills activity.

Enjoy xoxox

A QUOTE ....

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about - Angela Schwindt

Week 13-17 June 2011

Monday, 13 June 2011

Public Holiday - hope you all enjoyed your day off with your loved ones.

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Today the children created with the cardboard blocks. They played with the blocks for most of the morning creating wonderful masterpieces. It was great to see them use their imaginations.

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

It was all about bubbles today. It was a beautiful dau for playing outdoors. NE and VA explored various activities but both settled on blowing bubbles. The simple things are often the most fun :)

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Mitchell had his sports day today. The children and I went along to watch him participate.

Friday, 17 June 2011

We were busy little bees today. We stayed home today and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine. I had to do some shredding today which the children thought was very interesting. I placed some of the shredded paper into a large bucket and hid various objects in there for the children to find. It was very messy but we had lots of fun.

Have a great weekend

Bec xoxox

Fine Motor Skills Activity ....

Sticks in a hole is a great fine motor skills activity for young ones. It develops their pincer grip as they are to pick up small sticks and insert into tiny holes.


I picked up these cheese shakers from my local junk shop for around $2.00 a few months back. And the coloured sticks can also be found in the craft isle, and don't cost that much.


Present the activity to your child in an appealing manner when they are feeling fresh and alert.


I place our learning activities on a coloured tray to attract their attention. Show your child how to pick up the stick and insert it into one of the holes. You may need to show them a few times.


Once they understand how do it, sit back and enjoy watching them learn from this fun yet simple activity.

Enjoy

Bec xoxox

This week in care ....

Wow, what a cold week this week, winter is surely upon us.

Monday, 6 June 2011

The sun was shining today so we headed outside into the fresh air. The children rode the bikes, played with some blocks, played in the sandpit and ran around in the bubbles. A great day. We also had to head over to the office to drop off some paperwork.

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

A little chilly today so most of our play was undertaken indoors. We headed over to Ma and Poppy's for morning tea and some car and lego play. When we came home we had a quick run around outside to get all of our silly's out. We read a beautiful story before bed time which the children enjoyed.

Wednesday, 8 June 2011

A little chilly again today. We headed outside for a quick play on the bikes, scooters and in the cubby house. There was lots of block play, train making and playing with the dolls today. Everyone was in a good mood and played nicely together.

Thursday, 9 June 2011

Another cold day today. We stayed indoors today as the sun didn't come out to greet us at all. We made the most of the indoors playing with the horses, dolls, in the inside cubby house, singing sings, danced and had lots of fun.

Friday, 10 June 2011

We rugged up and headed outside for a play in the fresh air today. We also made som beautiful paper dolls and laminated them so they stayed strong and we could keep them for a long time.

Multicultural Dolls - a DIY tutorial

Last week i advised that i would be back with a DIY tutorial on how to make cute little multicultural dolls as below. Guess what .... i have finally finished it ....


If you want to make your own cute little multicultural dolls, click the link to be taken to the tutorial.

https://acrobat.com/app.html#d=1tjrtdFY5uzACdwwfSXypA

you may notice that my dolls are expressionless .... i left them like this so the children can choose whether the dolls are happy, sad, cranky, excited, boy or girl etc.

have fun and enjoy

Bec xoxoxo