Our week in care .....

Monday, 25 July 2011

The weather is just so yummy at the moment so we headed outdoors for a little bit of water play. i provided the girls with some play boats, cups, watering cans, funnels and various sea animals. the girls enjoyed exploring the water with the various toys supplied.

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

today we enjoyed a lovely morning tea with Ma and Poppy. Ma had the cars out for us to play with when we got there. Poppy showed us Bird the Bird and he squawked at us. It was very funny. we had a lovely time.

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

we headed outside for some fun in the sun today. it was such a beautiful day. we explored the sandpit with the trucks and differs, played with the water table, the blocks, stepping stomes and lots, lots more. a great day.

Thursday, 28 July 2011

this morning we went to playgroup for some interaction with some other children and adults. it was a lovely session wth not too many children in attendance. the office has recently purchased some new play equipment which the children loved exploring.

Friday, 29 July 2011

we spent most of our day exploring the sandpit, building castles, knocking them down and then rebuilding them.

Our week in care .... 18-22 July 2011

Monday, 18 July 2011
A beautiful day for exploring outdoors. I had several activity mats set up for the children to investigate and choose which one was of interest to them. All the girls really enjoyed the outdoor home corner that I had set up complete with washing line and lots of clothes and pegs to hang.

Tuesday, 19 July 2011
This morning we went had visited Ma and Poppy for morning tea. They were babysitting baby Emilee (Bec's neice). The children were very excited to play with a little baby again.

Thursday, 21 July 2011
Bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles today by request. It was a beautiful sunny day so we made the most of the fresh air and sunshine and headed outdoors for some bubble fun. I had misplaced the bubble blowers so I used my creative imagination and made some out of zip ties. They worked a treat.

Friday, 22 July 2011
We played outdoors this morning then came inside to create out wonderful wobbly jellyfish.

Bringing the ocean home

working in conjuction with our ocean theme .... i am posting this activity for my parents so they can continue working on our theme at home ....

Making an ocean aquarium ...

You will need:
handrawn or printed animals that live in the ocean
Box with the front cut out (to make a window)
blue paper


How to:
Glue the blue paper to the back and the sides of the box to make the water
Have the child colour in the sea animal pictures
Glue or stickytape the sea animal pictures to the back of the box.

Sit back and enjoy your ocean aquarium.

xoxoxox

Colour Matching Activity ....

This is one of my favourties for introducing Colour Matching to the children .....

MATCHING COLOUR SHADES

Materials:
Paint sample cards - Select 2 identical sheets for each color you want to use.
Wooden Pegs.
Container to hold the pegs.

Procedure:

Separate the paint sample cards into 2 identical piles.

Using only the first pile, cut small rectangles of each shade from the paint sample cards.

Glue each rectangle onto a separate clothespin.

Choose one paint strip and separate out the colored clothespins that match it.

Present your tot with the selected paint strip and matching clothespins.

Choose one of the clothespins and hold it next to color at the top of the paint strip.

Model your thinking by saying, “Do these shades match?” and then (depending on if it matches or not, “No, the shades don’t match. I think this one is darker…” or “Yes, these match!”

If the shades don’t match, move the clothespin down to the next darker color and ponder over whether they match or not.

Invite your child to give you an opinion.

Keep going until you reach the matching shade.

When you reach the matching shade, say, “These shades match!” and deliberately show your tot how to press the ends of the clothespin to open it, slide it onto the card, and release the clothespin to make it close.

Select a new clothespin and repeat the process.

Hand the work over to your tot once they understand the activity.

Enjoy !!!!

A New Direction

Hi all

Thanks for visiting our little blog spot. Whilst i was on my break and recharging my batteries, a light-bulb went off in my little head.


i was trying to find some high-quality toys / resources for the children but couldn't seem to find what i was looking for anywhere and when i did, they ended up being quite expensive. i therefore decided to create my own toys / resources and make these available to parents and other family day care educators at an affordable price.

over the coming weeks i will be creating various items such as dolls, flash cards, quiet bags, quiet books and lots, lots more.

for regular updates, pop over to our facebook page and become a 'liker' to be kept updated.


in the meantime take a look at some of the dolls we have for sale.

these dolls are from the Ruby and friends collection and sell for $15.00 each. they are made from high-quality frabic and calico.

facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Rebeccas-Family-Day-Care/123920251028390

take care,

rebecca xoxoxox

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