Nouvena's First Year at Daycare

Nouvena’s first day in the
nursery15.01.13
Today we welcomed Nouvena into the nursery room. Miss Emma and
Miss Janelle cannot wait to watch Nouvena grow and develop through
her mild stones throughout the year. Nouvena was happy to go off and
interact and play with the other children.
Today Nouvena enjoyed playing with the toys in the room and exploring
the new environment which she has settled into.
Nouvena loved story time and sung and clapped her hands to “Never
smile at a Crocodile”. Nouvena used her mathematical skills as she built a
small tower out of the coloured blocks.
LO- 1.1- children feel safe, secure and supported
LO- 2.3- Children become aware of fairness

28.1.14- Chinese new year!
Today Tait, Jay, Lewis and Nouvena all helped in
making their own Chinese Lantern to display in
the room to help celebrate the Chinese new year.
The children all had turns at sitting at the table to
paint their own unique painting with coloured
paint on to red paper.
Tait and Jay sat together at the table having turns
with each colour of paint, Tait was able to dub
the paint brush onto the paper with the paint
while Jay moved to whole arm around on the
paper while holding onto the paint brush.
Lewis and Nouvena sat together at the table,
Lewis really enjoyed eating the paint while
Nouvena was able to dab the paint brush onto
the paper a couple of times.
The skills the children used:
Fine motor skills
Working together as a small group
Learning to problem solve and work things out for
themselves.

Nouvena on the telephone (11.2.14)
Today Nouvena crawled over to the
phone and flipped the phone open
using her right hand. Nouvena then put
the phone on the floor and pushed the
numbers using her index finger. “Are
you calling mummy?” asked Miss
Emma. Nouvena nodded her head and
smiled. Nouvena picked up the
telephone and put it behind her head.
Nouvena pretended to talk on the
telephone to her mummy while moving
her hips side to side. Nouvena then
waved, put the telephone down on the
floor and crawled over to her peers
where she started playing with the
blocks.
LO- Children transfer and adapt what
they have learned from one context to
another
LO-5.5- Children use information and
communication technologies to access
information, investigate ideas and
represent their thinking

“It’s time to wash our hands, its morning tea time” said Miss Maddie as she walked over to the door.
Nouvena was sitting on the mat playing with the blocks when she grabbed onto a chair and lifted herself up right. Nouvena then
let go of the chair taking her right foot and taking a step forward towards the bathroom.
“well Done Nouvena” Miss Maddie said as she watched Nouvena take two more steps towards the bathroom, Nouvena
confidently kept walking towards the bathroom making her own way to wash her hands.
LO- 1.1- children feel safe, secure and supported
LO- 3.1 children become strong in their social and emotional well being
Nouvena taking her first steps! 12.2
12-02-14

Following up from the childrens interest on the 17.2.14 about body parts and facial features, Miss Emma sat the
children in a group around the large mirror which was attached to the wall. Nouvena and Tait both walked up to the
mirror and smiled. “Who can you see? Asked Miss Emma. Tait and Nouvena looked at each other. “That is you that
you can see in the mirror” said Miss Emma as she tapped on the mirror. “Can you see your eyes” asked Miss Emma as
she pointed to Tait’s and Nouvena’s eyes. Nouvena then was able to point to her own eyes while looking directly into
the mirror.. Mason crawled over to the mirror and pulled himself up. Mason looked at his hands through the mirror.
“These are your hands” exclaimed Miss Emma as she rubbed his hand. Mason looked at Miss Emma then looked down
at his hands. Lewis was next and crawled directly in front of the mirror and began to smile. “Who is that gorgeous boy
I can see” asked Miss Emma. Lewis let out a he smile. Lewis was also looking at his hands. Once again Miss Emma
explained to Lewis that they are his hands. All the children learned about their facial features and body parts and
worked collaboratively together in a small group.
LO- 1.1- Children confidently explores and engages with social environments through relationships and play.

Princess
and
Pirate
Day! 19.2.14

25.2.14
“Lets make a cubby!” said Miss Maddie as she pulled the table over
into the middle of the room. Tait, Nouvena, Lewis and Mason all
watched Miss Maddie as she placed sheets over the table. “Lets us
some toys in our cubby house!” said Miss Emma excitedly. Tait carried
over a telephone and crawled under the table with it. Tait smiled at
Nouvena and encouraged Nouvena to go under. “Lets put some
pillows in the cubby house ”said Miss Emma as she passed Tait and
Nouvena a pillow. Nouvena smiled and started playing with the toys
under the cubby house. “Mason I hear music coming from the cubby”
said Miss Emma. Mason crawled under and went straight over to the
toy which was playing music. Lewis was quite happy to crawl inside
the cubby house and investigated the surroundings. Tait, Lewis,
Nouvena and Mason all played together in a group and shared lots of
smiles!
What's next:
Tents brought in by
Molly’s mum (PI)
LO- 1.1- Child feels a strong sense of belonging.
LO- 1.2- Child cooperates and works
collaboratively with others
LO-1.4- Child actively seeks the involvement of
their peers
LO– 3.2- Child is connected to others in a
positive and happy way

What’s Next:
Making and playing with coloured
goop
26.2.14
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Today Miss Emma took out shaving foam for Nouvena, Tait, Hannah and Mason to play in and explore the textures of the
foam.
Tait and Nouvena were first up! Miss Emma sprayed a large amount of foam in front of each child. Nouvena dipped her finger
tips into the foam and swirled them round and round while feeling the sliminess of the foam. Tait observed Nouvena and
followed her actions by dipping his fingers into the foam. Tait was not keen on the feeling of the foam and did not feel
comfortable participated in the activity, however smiled at Nouvena and started clapping his hands.
Hannah was next and was straight into the foam! Hannah used her left hand to tap her hand up and down onto the foam
making the foam go everywhere. Hannah was giggling and watch the foam go everywhere over the table.
Mason was sitting next to Hannah for a short while and used the palms of his hands to squish the foam which was blown in
front of him by Hannah. Miss Emma squirted more foam in front of Mason. Mason loved sliding his hands backwards and
forwards on the foam.
Nouvena, Tait, Mason and Hannah all discovered a new texture being shaving foam. Nouvena, Hannah and Mason all loved
the slimy feeling on their hands. Tait showed encouragement towards Nouvena while she played in the foam.
LO- 1.1- Child actively responds to peers and educators (Tait)
LO-2.1- Child actively seeks the involvement of their peers
LO-4.4- Child confidently shares their learning and pleasure with others
LO- 2..2- Child is inclusive of others

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Following up from yesterdays experience, today Miss Emma thought it would be a great idea for the
children to do finger painting to explore and investigate the feeling of the paint on their hands.
Ruby sat in the high chair patiently and waited for Miss Emma to get all the paints ready. Miss
Emma put a bowl in front of Ruby with pink and yellow paint. Ruby dipped both her hands straight
into the bowl and wriggled her fingers around in the bowl. “It feels cold” said Miss Emma. Ruby let
out a big grin and continued to rotate her hands around in the paint. Miss Emma lifted up Ruby’s
hand and glided her fingers down the paper. Ruby looked at Miss Emma and started to glide her
fingers around on the paper. “Look how beautiful it looks!” said Miss Emma.
Meanwhile Tait and Nouvena were sitting at the table . Tait and Nouvena knew exactly what to do
with the paint as they remembered from yesterdays experience (shaving foam). Nouvena and Tait
rotated their fingers and hands all over their paper to design their own painting. “Look at the pink
and yellow” said Miss Emma as she pointed to the colours. Tait and Nouvena both used their
listening skills as they watched and listened to Miss Emma. Ruby is beginning to explore the new
textures. And feelings in her hands
LO-5.1- Child responds verbally and non-verbally to what they see, hear and touch
LO- 4.4- Child explores ideas and theories using imagination, creativity and play
LO- Child uses resources to investigate, take part, invent and construct
LO-3.1- Child is aware of their capabilities and independence

What's Next:
Coke and Mentos experiment
“Who would like do a science experiment?” asked Miss Emma. Mason
and Nouvena crawled over to see what Miss Emma was doing. Tait ran
over to Miss Emma and sat straight down observing all the ingredients
which would make our experiment. “We are going to make a volcano”
said Miss Emma excitedly. Tait assisted Miss Emma to poor vinegar into
a cup. Nouvena was very keen to have a turn! “Would you like to help
Miss Emma put the bi-carb soda into the vinegar to see what will
happen?” asked Miss Emma. Nouvena clapped her hands and let out a
big smile. Together Miss Emma and Nouvena poured the bi carb soda
into the vinegar. “Here it comes!” said Miss Emma. Mason moved his
head closer to the cup and watched the reaction from the bi-carb and
vinegar. “Our volcano is erupting!” exclaimed Miss Emma as she
clapped her hands. Tait, Mason and Nouvena all started to clap their
hands in excitement as they watched the liquid flow over the cup. Miss
Emma explained to the children that by adding bi-carb soda to vinegar,
it forms lots of small bubbles and when the bi-carb is added it forces
the liquid up and out of the cup.
LO- 1.2- Child demonstrates awareness and respect of the rights of
others
LO- 1.3- Child celebrates and shares their achievements with others
LO- 2.3- Child is aware of the inclusion and exclusion of others
LO-4.1- Child participates in a variety of activities to expand their
curiosity
LO-4.2- Child applies their mathematical knowledge to daily activities
and makes predictions

Today Miss Emma set out sponge painting for all the children to enjoy. Miss Emma sat up at
the table with one child at a time.
Miss Emma took Madison up to the table and kneeled down behind her. “Look at all the pretty
colours Maddie” said Miss Emma. Miss Emma put the different coloured paints in front of
Madison. Madison reached out to the orange and yellow paint with her hands. Miss Emma
picked up the sponges and encourage Madison to grip onto the sponge with her hand. Miss
Emma then placed her hand over the top of Madison’s hand and assisted her to tap the sponge
onto the paper. “doesn’t that look beautiful” said Miss Emma. Madison began to clap her
hands while smiling.
Nouvena was very keen to get creative! Nouvena sat at the table and reached straight out for
the sponges. Nouvena then dipped her sponges into the paint, then tapped it up and down
onto her paper. Nouvena opened her mouth up wide as if to say “Whoa”. “That looks very
colourful” said Miss Emma. “Yeah” said Nouvena as she nodded her head.
“Its your turn now Hannah” said Miss Emma as she clapped her hands. Hannah came crawling
over and sat at the table . Miss Emma put the paints in front of Hannah so she could make her
own selection of the coloured paints she wanted to use. Miss Emma put three different
shaped sponges in front of Hannah. Hannah grabbed onto the small square sponge. Miss
Emma held onto Hannah’s hand and pressed the sponge into the paint. Miss Emma then
assisted Hannah in pressing the sponge onto the paper. Hannah watched her hand move up
and down though this craft experience and observed the colours of the paints.
Ruby was sitting nicely watching all of her other friends do their sponge painting. “Its your
turn now Ruby” said Miss Emma as she picked her up and placed her on the chair. Ruby
grabbed onto the sponge immediately ! Ruby lent over to the orange paint with her sponge in
her hand. Miss Emma then assisted Ruby in stamping the sponge onto the page.
Ruby, Hannah, Nouvena and Madison all worked independently while doing their coloured
sponge painting. All the children were being creative and using their imagination.
LO- 3.1- Child is able to work and play independently
LO- 5.3 Child uses the creative arts such as painting to express and make meaning
What’s Next
Saint Patricks day activity- Rainbow painting (Using creative skills)

Today Miss Maddie set out three different dress up costumes on
the mat, Nouvena saw the different costumes and made her way
over to Miss Maddie. “What dress up would you like to wear
Nouvena?” Miss Maddie asked pointing to the Doctors uniform,
princess dress and magician cape. Nouvena sat down next to the
princess dress and started to play with the material. Miss Maddie
then picked up the princess dress and helped Nouvena put it on.
Nouvena then took Miss Maddie's hand leading her towards the
container full of dolls. “What doll are you going to play with
Nouvena?” Miss Maddie asked passing her one of the teddy bears.
Nouvena pushed the teddy bear away picking up her own doll
from the container as well as a dress for the doll. Nouvena then
passed the dress and doll to Miss Maddie for assistance on putting
the dress on the doll. After passing the doll back , Nouvena took a
seat on the mat happily playing with her doll.
Nouvena was role playing real life experiences and using her
imagination as she twirled around in her dress.
LO- 1.4 Child actively contributes to play experiences
LO- 5.1 Child is confident in using non-verbal communication methods
LO- 3.1 Child demonstrates trust and confidence

Today Miss Maddie set out different resources for Nouvena, Tait and Mason to make their own chickens. “Lets make our
chickens” said Miss Maddie. Tait and Nouvena came walking over and started to point to the yellow tissue paper. “This is
paper and we are going to use this to make our chickens” said Miss Maddie.
Tait grabbed handfuls of tissue paper and started tearing the tissue paper apart. “This is the colour yellow” said Miss
Maddie to Nouvena and Tait.
Nouvena and Tait grabbed onto the paint brush and began to paint the paper plate yellow. “Chickens are yellow” said Miss
Maddie. Nouvena smiled and continued to paint her plate.
Miss Maddie then lifted Mason up onto the chair. “Lets paint your plate yellow” said Miss Maddie to Mason. Mason
gripped onto the paint brush and started to tap the paint brush up and down leaving splotches on his plate. Miss Maddie
then placed glue over Nouvena’s, Tait and Mason’s plate. “Lets put the yellow tissue paper onto the plates”. Tait grabbed
handfuls of tissue paper again and stuck it onto the plate, using his palm. Nouvena picked up small amounts of tissue
paper and carefully placed it onto her plate. Mason watched Nouvena as she sprinkled her tissue paper onto her plate.
Mason then picked up small pieces of tissue paper and put small portions onto his plate. “lets add eyes and legs to the
chickens now” said Miss Maddie as she added two eyes to the chicken and two legs to the chicken. All the children used
their sensory and creative skills while making their chickens.
LO-1.2- Child cooperates with and works collaboratively with others
LO-2.1- Child positively engages with other children to form friendships
LO-4.1- Child imagines and expresses creativity through play
LO-4.2- Child explores their environment
What’s next:
Life cycle of a chicken

Miss Emma sat down on the carpet with Mason, Nouvena, Hannah, Ruby and
Madison and began to read “She’ll be coming round the mountain”. All the
children stopped playing and turned to Miss Emma and started to read along
to the story. Through out the story Miss Emma had the matching CD on which
also read along to the story.
Miss Emma began to clap her hand onto her knee to make extra noise. Mason
and Nouvena started to clap their hands and wiggle their body around to the
music. Madison was sitting on Miss Emma’s lap and looked closely at the
pictures in the story. Madison was amused at watching Miss Emma sing and
move her body along to the beat of the music.
Hannah enjoyed sitting back and watching her peers dance and sing along to
the music. Hannah loved listening to and looking at the white horses in the
story.
Ruby also sat back and watched her peers sing and dance along to the story.
Ruby was interested in looking at the different foods in the story. “Look at the
yummy ice-cream in the story” Ruby smiled at Miss Emma and held onto Miss
Emma’s shirt and gave her a lovely cuddle.
Mason, Ruby, Nouvena, Hannah and Madison all worked collaboratively in a
group situation and loved listening to the story/CD. All the children used their
listening skills and sat patiently while Miss Emma read the story
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What’s Next:
Hand puppets
LO- 1.4- Child actively participates in group experiences and
shows interest in their peers
LO- 2.2- Child in inclusive of others

Today Miss Maddie brought in “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” story. Miss Maddie sat Tait,
Mason, Ruby and Nouvena on the comfy pillows and walked over to get the story from the
book shelf. “Who wants to read a story!” asked Miss Maddie. Nouvena nodded her head and
Tait replied “Yeah”. As Miss Maddie started to read the story the children began to come
closer to the story and look at the pictures. Tait stood up and started to poke his finger
through the holes of the book where the caterpillar had eaten through all the food. “The
caterpillar must have been very hungry!” said Miss Emma. Nouvena layed her head down on
the pillow and enjoyed listening to Miss Maddie read the story. “Do you like to eat apples
Nouvena?” asked Miss Maddie. Nouvena stood up and walked over to the book and pointed
to the apple. “Well done Nouvena that is an apple!” said Miss Maddie excitedly. Ruby also sat
back and listened to Miss Maddie read the story. Ruby crawled up to the top of the cushions
and sat beside Nouvena. Ruby was particularly interested in the caterpillar and started waving
her arms around as she saw more of the caterpillar as the pages were turned. “Look, the
caterpillar has now turned into a beautiful butterfly! “ said Miss Maddie. All of the children
looked closely at the butterfly. “Did you enjoy the book Nouvena?” asked Miss Maddie.
“Yeah” yelled out Tait. “Should we read the story again?” asked Miss Maddie. Ruby and
Nouvena clapped their hands . The children all used their listening skills as they sat quietly
on the pillows and listened to the story.
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What’s Next:
Leaf Collage
LO- 1.3 Child celebrates and shares their achievements with
others
LO- 2.2 Child is inclusive of others
LO-3.1 Child demonstrates trust and confidence
LO-4.4- Child engages in learning relationships

Due to the children showing an in interest in their facial features, today
Miss Emma placed each child in front of the mirror and pointed out their
facial features while looking through the mirror. “Nouvena can you see
Miss Emma through the mirror?” Nouvena walked over and looked
through the mirror as she looked at Miss Emma. “Hello” said Miss Emma as
she waved through the mirror. Nouvena smiled and placed her hands on
the mirror. “These are your hands Nouvena” exclaimed Miss Emma as she
pointed to her hands. Nouvena began to open her eyes widely. “Oh look at
your beautiful big eyes!” said Miss Emma. Nouvena smiled and looked
through the mirror hand glanced at her own eyes.
Lewis crawled over to the mirror and sat a fair distance back from the
mirror and just starred at himself. “Who is that big boy I can see?” asked
Miss Emma. Lewis continued to look through the mirror and started to
move a little closer to the mirror. Lewis began to giggle at himself. “Look at
the big smile you have!” said Miss Emma as she pulled the dummy out of
his mouth. “This is your mouth” said Miss Emma as she pointed to Lewis’s
mouth through the mirror. Lewis looked threw the mirror a final time,
giggled at himself and crawled away.
Miss Emma sat behind Allyra and began to tap on the mirror to get Allyra’s
attention. Allyra turned around and automatically looked at herself
through the mirror. “Who is that pretty girl?’ asked Miss Emma. Allyra
looked at Miss Emma for a short while then turned around to the mirror
and began to kiss the mirror while making sounds. “Those are your lips”
said Miss Emma. Allyra was interested listening to Miss Emma and was
happy to give herself a kiss through the mirror.
Lewis, Allyra and Nouvena all used their listening skills and showed great
concentration as they looked at their features in the mirror
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What’s Next:
People cut-outs
LO- 1.3 Child confidently
expresses themselves
through dramatic play
LO-2.2 Child recognises the
similarities and differences
between themselves and
others
LO-3.1 Child shares
humour, happiness and
satisfaction
LO-4.2 Child reflects on
their experiences and
learns from this
LO-4.3 Child engages in
their own learning and
development

Today Nouvena,
Mason, Ruby,
Hannah and Tait all
enjoyed having a
‘teddy’s bear’ picnic
inside the room for
morning tea. All the
children sat nicely
and loved their cake!
LO-1.4 Child actively participates in
group experiences and shows interest
in their peers
LO-2.1 Child feels comfortable and
like they belong in their environment
LO-2.2 Child is inclusive of others
LO-5.1 Child is confident using verbal
and non-verbal communication
methods

“gallop,gallop,gallop” goes Miss Emma as she galloped the horse across the table. Tait walked over
and picked up the sheep and started to move it across the table. “A sheep goes baa” said Miss
Emma. Nouvena walked over and picked up the cow. “Moo! Goes the cow” said Miss Emma.
Nouvena smiled and picked up the dog in her other hand. Woof woof goes a dog” Nouvena and Tait
were happy to sit at the table and play with the farm animals.
“would you like to stomp the animals feet onto the paper. “Yeah” goes Tait. Miss Emma put the
paint in front of Tait and Nouvena. Nouvena an d Tait put their animals into the paint then
stomped the animals over the paper forming foot prints.
Miss Maddie sat beside Madison and helped her to hold onto the animal while stomping the
animals up and down to form the foot prints. Madison was then able to hold onto the cow by
herself and turned the cow around as she looked at the cows different features.
Jonathan and Kahlee-Rose took turns with sitting on Miss Maddie’s lap. Jonathan was very
interested in looking at the different animals which Miss Maddie had placed on the paper. From
Jonathan lifting the animals up and down, and swapping animals was how Jonathan creaked his
farm animal footprints. Kahlee-Rose was happy to sit on Miss Maddies lap and investigate the
animals. Kahlee-Rose enjoyed sitting up high and looking at her peers doing their foot prints. All the
children used their listening skills as they listened to the noises of animals. The children used their
sensory skills and worked collaboratively together in a medium sized group. Kahlee-Rose used her
body strength to hold her own head.
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What’s Next-
CD-listening to animal noises
LO-2.1 Child participates in reciprocal relationships with
others
LO-2.2 Child listens to the views of others and respects their
input
LO-5.4 Child can listen and respond to sounds and patterns
in speech

Nouvena and the Car! –
9.4.14
This morning Nouvena walked over to the bike, opened the door, stood
backwards and sat herself in the car. Nouvena was looking at Bella, one of our
older girls in the centre. Bella smiled and walked over to Nouvena “Do you want
me to push you Nouvena?” asked Bella. Nouvena nodded her and started
pointed to the chickens. “Do you want to go to the chickens?” asked Bellan.
Nouvena was getting excited and began to smile. Bella pushed Nouvena over to
the chickens. Nouvena opened the door, hopped out and held onto the gate as
she looked into the chickens area. Nouvena pointed to the chickens. “There the
chickens!” said Bella. “Oooh” said Nouvena. Nouvena smiled at Bella and
walked back over to the car. Nouvena opened the door, sat on the seat and
closed the door behind her. Nouvena grabbed onto the steering wheel and
started to turn the sterring wheel side to side. Nouvena then put her left foot in
front of her right foot and used her leg muscles to push herself forward slightly in
the car. She then placed her right foot in front of her left foot and used her lower
body strength to push herself forward again. Nouvena was smiling at Bella.
Bella started to clap her hands at Nouvena and yelled out “Yay”.
Nouvena used her lower body strength as she placed each foot in front of each
other to make the car move forward slightly. Nouvena was able to interact with
older children and was able to show how she was feeling through facial
expressions.
LO-1.2 Child shares her achievement s and achievements with others
LO-2.2 Child is inclusive e of others
LO-3.2 Child is able to use their sensory capabilities to explore and respond to their
environment
LO-3.2 Child is able to use equipment to ensure the safety of themselves

Easter Fun!! -15.4.14
Today Mason, Nouvena, Lewis and Allyra all loved playing on the jumping castle
which was organised by Miss Deb. Nouvena enjoyed climbing up the ladder with
assistance by Miss Emma and going down the slide. Mason, Lewis and Allyra all
sat inside the jumping castle with Miss Emma and Miss Lana and enjoyed
bouncing up and down while singing nursery rhymes.
Nouvena and Lewis also participated in “build a bear”. Nouvena and Lewis chose
their own animal then helped Miss Emma and Miss Deb to fill the animals with
stuffing. Lewis loved his duck and Nouvena was so happy with her pig!
All the children enjoyed interacting with one another and enjoyed exploring and
investigating inside the jumping castle.
LO-1.2 Child is confident when dealing with new and spontaneous situations
LO-2.3 Child explores the connections between people in the community
LO-3.2 Child is connected to others in a positive and happy way
LO-4.2 Child explores their environment
LO-4.3 Child uses investigation to solve problems
LO-5.2 Child sings and chants rhymes, jingles and songs

Today Miss Emma organised another Easter craft for Nouvena, Hannah and Kahlee-Rose to
participate in.
“Who would like to do a craft!” said Miss Emma excitedly. Nouvena walked over to Miss Emma
and smiled. “would you like to make a Easter egg” asked Miss Emma. Nouvena smiled, pulled
the chair out and sat down. Miss Emma placed a container full of collage pieces in front of
Nouvena. Nouvena reached out to the glue and dabbed the glue over the paper using a glue
stick. Nouvena then picked up small pieces of material and placed them onto her egg. “Your egg
looks so colourful!” said Miss Emma. Nouvena smiled and continued on to decorate her egg.
Hannah was next and sat on the chair beside Miss Emma. “Lets put some glue onto the paper
first” said Miss Emma. Miss Emma assisted Hannah to cover the egg in glue. Miss Emma placed
the material pieces onto the egg to show Hannah what to do. Hannah watched and followed Miss
Emma’s actions. Hannah picked up one material piece at a time and gentle placed it onto her egg.
“I love the feather you used” said Miss Emma. Hannah started to clap her hands and picked up
more pieces of material and spread them out over her egg using her palms.
“Would you like to have a turn Kahlee-Rose” asked Miss Emma. Kahlee-Rose let out a huge smile!
Miss Tanya sat on the chair with Kahlee-Rose and placed the glue onto the paper. Miss Tanya
spread out the assorted materials onto the table for Kahlee-Rose to grab. Kahlee-Rose lent
forward and grabbed onto a large yellow feather. Miss Emma and Miss Tanya were amazed that
Kahlee was able to grip onto the feather at her age. “Well done” said Miss Emma excitedly.
Kahlee-Rose was happy to play with the feathers and swirl them around in her hands. Miss Tanya
assisted Kahlee-Rose in sprinkling the glitter pieces over her egg and adding her feather to
complete her craft.
Nouvena., Kahlee-Rose and Hannah all had a great time creating their eggs. All the children used
their creative skills and sensory skills as they felt the materials with their hands. Kahlee-Rose also
used her head muscles and hand eye co-ordination.
LO-2.4 Child explores relationships with other living and non-living things
LO-3.1 Child shares, humour, happiness and satisfaction

My Poppy Painting for Anzac
Day

After having a wonderful morning outside, Tait, Nouvena and Kahlee-Rose came inside and
all prepared to do their daily craft experience. “Who would like to paint their hands red
and make a poppy?” asked Miss Emma. Tait and Nouvena sat at the table together and
used their listening skills as Miss Emma gave them instructions. “We are going to paint our
hands red then swirl our hands over the paper to make our poppy. A poppy is a flower and
it represents all the brave people who fought for our country” explained Miss Emma.
“Yeah” said Tait as he slowly nodded his head up and down. Nouvena smiled at Tait and
Miss Emma. Miss Emma held onto Tait’s hand, painted his hand red then opened his hand
out over the paper and done a large circular motion to leave a large red circle on his paper.
Miss Emma used the same steps with Nouvena. Once Nouvena had made her flower she
began to clap her hands together and ruby her fingers together, Nouvena enjoyed the
feeling of the cold paint in her hands.
Kahlee-Rise sat on Miss Tanya’s lap as Miss Emma painted her right hand. Kahlee-Rose was
happy to sit on Miss Tanya’s lap and watched Miss Emma paint her hand red. Kahlee-Rose
was talking and smiling to Miss Emma while Miss Emma stretched Kahlee-Rose’s fingers
out and place her hand onto the paper. Miss Emma assisted Kahlee-Rose in doing a circular
motion on the paper to create a red poppy. “That is beautiful” said Miss Emma. Kahlee-
Rose started to rub her fingers together and feel the sliminess of the paint in between her
fingers.
Once Kahlee-Rose, Tait and Nouvena had made their poppy Miss Emma painted a small
black circle in the centre of the poppy.
At 11.00am, Bay Cottage had a minute silent to celebrate all the brave soldiers who fought
for our country.
LO-1.2 Child cooperates and works collaboratively with others
LO-4.1 Child in an enthusiastic learner
LO-4.2 Child explores their environment
‘LO-4.4 Child explores ideas using imagination, creativity and play
LO-5.1 Child is able to construct meaning through verbal communication

Following on with learning about Australian animals, today Miss Emma went around the centre and collected different Australian leaves including
bottle brushes for the children to investigate and use their sensory skills while feeling the different leaves.
“Look what Miss Emma has” said Miss Emma as she sat beside Kahlee-Rose and Madison. Tait and Nouvena walked over to where Miss Emma
was sitting. “Everybody sitting down” asked Miss Emma politely. Tait, Ruby and Nouvena sat down in a group. “Thankyou for listening” said Miss
Emma as she smiled. “Yeah” said Tait.
“Miss Emma bought in some leaves for us to play with. Tait and Nouvena were first to grab out the leaves. “These are eucalyptus leaves”
explained Miss Emma. “Our koalas live in eucalyptus tress and eat these leaves. Nouvena was very interested in listening to Miss Emma speak
about Koalas.
Miss Emma passed Kahlee-Rose, Madison and Ruby a bottle brush each. “These are our bottle brushes” said Miss Emma as she held up one of
the bottle brushes. Tait and Nouvena looked closely at the bottle brushes. Nouvena and Tait both picked up a both brush and began to squeeze it
in their hands. “Does it feel all squishy?” asked Miss Emma. Nouvena passed Miss Emma the bottle brush to feel. “Oh it does feel all squishy
doesn’t it!” said Miss Emma. “Our birds love to eat the yummy nectar out of the bottle brush” explained Miss Emma. Kahlee-Rose and Madison
observed the bottle brush before they gripped onto the bottle brush firmly. Madison shook the bottle brush up and down and enjoyed feeling the
leaves. Kahlee-Rose grinded her finger nails through the bottle brush while enjoying the texture of the leaves. Ruby was happy to sit back and
watch her friends play with the bottle brushes. Ruby used her listening skills as she listened to Miss Emma talk about our Australian animals.
Tall the children worked collaboratively together in a large group, used their listening skills, interacted with each others and learned about our
environment
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What’s Next- Australian animal posters
LO-1.4 Child actively participates in group experiences and shows interest in their peers
LO-2.4 Child demonstrates care for both natural and constructed environments
LO-3.2 Child is able to use their sensory capabilities to explore and respond to their environment
LO-5.2 Child is curious about visual images and responds with interest

Miss Emma layed Australian animal posters on the ground for when the children come inside from play, to
work on their thinking and cognitive skills. “Oooh” said Koen as he walked over and pointed to the posters.
“These are our Australian animals” said Miss Emma. Miss Emma gathered Koen, Madison, Nouvena, Ruby and
Kahlee-Rose onto the mat. “This is our lorikeet and they love to eat yummy bottle brushes off our trees”
explained Miss Emma as she pointed to the bottle brushes. “This is our possum” said Miss Emma as she held up
the picture of the possum. “Our possums come out at night time and love to eat fruit “ said Miss Emma. Ruby
lent forward and picked up the picture of the wombat. “This is a wombat and wombats live in the bush land”
explained Miss Emma. “Can you see the beautiful butterflies” asked Miss Emma as she held it in front of
Madison and Nouvena. Madison gripped onto the butterfly and waved the poster around.
“This is our koala bear!” said Miss Emma excitedly. “Our koalas live in our eucalyptus tress and love to eat the
eucalyptus leaves” said Miss Emma.
“can you see the wombats eyes? Asked Miss Emma as she held up the poster” Koen looked at Miss Emma.
“These are the wombats eyes and these are your eyes” explained Miss Emma as she pointed to the wombats
eyes then to Koen’s eyes. “Can you see the wombats ears?” asked Miss Emma. Nouvena pointed to the
wombats face. “Very close” said Miss Emma. “These are the wombats ears” said Miss Emma as she pointed to
the wombats ears and then to Nouvena’s ears. Nouvena smiled.
“That is a beautiful butterfly Madison” said Miss Emma. “This butterfly is blue” said Miss Emma as she pointed
to the blue “and this is black” said Miss Emma as she pointed to the black.
Kahlee-Rose was happy to sit up right in the bumbo chair and look at all the pictures of our Australian animals.
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LO-1.3 Child celebrates and shares their achievements with others
LO-2.2 Child listened to the views of others and respects their input
LO-2.4 Child understand people, animals, plants and land
LO-3.1 Child seeks new challenges and makes new challenges

Today Allyra, Gypsy, Lewis, Hannah, Tait, Malakai and Mason all participated in a
science experiment and helped Miss Maddie to add each ingredient to the bowl to
make bubbles.
All the children learned about measurements as they assisted and watched Miss
Maddie add each ingredient to the bowl. The children used their listening skills and
learned what happens from adding different liquids to each other to form a
reaction.
Once Miss Maddie mixed all the ingredients together she passed the bubble liquid
around to let the children feel the texture of the liquid
The children used their sharing skills as they took turns in blowing bubbles out of
the bubble blower. All the children sat nicely and waited patiently for their turn.
The children interacted with one another as they chased after the bubbles until
they popped. Lots of smiles were shared throughout the group
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LO-1.3 Child confidently expresses their identity through dramatic play
LO-1.4 Child actively contributes to play experiences
LO-3.1 Child id able to work collaboratively with others
LO-4.2 Child actively contributes to mathematical learning for themselves and others

Nouvena learning her body parts-
7.5.14
“Heads, shoulders, knees and toes” sung Miss Emma while sitting at the table. Nouvena walked over and climbed up on the chair and sat
down. Miss Emma started to sing “heads’ shoulders, knees and toes” once more. Nouvena started to clap her hands together. “Can you
show Miss Emma where your hands are?” asked Miss Emma. Nouvena smiled and used her index finger to point to the palm of her hand.
‘that’s right, they are your hands!” said Miss Emma. “Can you show Miss Emma where your feet are?” Nouvena started to sway her legs
up and down and looked directly at her feet. “That is right! Your are getting very smart Nouvena” said Miss Emma. Nouvena started to
point to Miss Emma’s head. “Where is Nouvena’s head?” asked Miss Emma. Nouvena used both hands to tap her hands up and down
onto her head. “That is your head Nouvena” said Miss Emma. “Can you show me where Miss Emma’s head is?” asked Miss Emma.
Nouvena pointed directly to Miss Emma’s head. “Well done Nouvena!” said Miss Emma excitedly.
Nouvena was determined to join in on the activity with Miss Emma, which Miss Emma had prepared for Nouvena to learn body parts.
Nouvena was unable to say the body parts however was able to use gestures. Nouvena was able to identify several body parts using
hand gestures. Miss Emma will continue on helping Nouvena to use her words as well as learn her body parts.
LO-1.2 Child discovers new challenges and discoveries
LO-2.3 Child makes choices and is able to solve problems
LO-3.1 Child is aware of their capabilities and independence
LO-4.3 Child engages in their own learning and development
LO-5.1 Child is confident using verbal and non-verbal communication

Pastel Drawing (colours)-
7.5.14
“Let’s do some drawing today!” said Miss Emma excitedly. Nouvena excitedly made
her way over to the table, pulling out the chair, and sitting patiently waiting for Miss
Emma. “Look at all these beautiful colours” Miss Emma said holding the container of
crayons/pastels in front of Nouvena. “This is the colour Blue” Miss Emma said
holding out the blue crayon for Nouvena “The sky is blue” Miss Emma said
resembling the colour of the crayon to the colour of the sky. “This is the colour red”
Miss Emma told Nouvena holding out the two crayons. Nouvena gently took the
crayons off Miss Emma and placed them in front of her. Nouvena picked up one
crayon at a time, using a swaying motion, up and down the page, creating her
picture with the colours.
“This is a green crayon” Miss Emma said to Ruby and Hannah as she placed the
crayon in front of them, Hannah then picked out the yellow crayon from the
container. “this is yellow, like the sun” Miss Emma said as she took Hannah and Ruby
for walk outside and pointed to the sun. Miss Emma then took Ruby and Hannah
back inside to the table were Miss Emma continued to discuss the different colours.
Ruby happily listened to Miss Emma talking about the colours as Hannah used a
swaying motion with her crayon.
Mason sat at the table with Miss Emma “Look at this colour Mason, it’s blue like your
sweatshirt” Mason took the blue crayon from Miss Emma and used the blue crayon
to creating dots on his picture. “Would you like to use the orange crayon?” Miss
Emma asked “Mason reached over for the orange crayon using a jotting motion
across his picture..
All the children socialized with one another and showed determination when
creating their picture. FU-6.5.14
What’s Next- “Colours” - book
LO-1.4 Child actively contributes to play experiences
LO-2.1 Child contributes to decision making processes about matters which effect them
LO-2.4 Child explores relationships with living and non-living things
LO-4.3 Child engages in their own learning and development
LO-4.4 Child uses resources to investigate, take apart, assemble, invent & construct

Dinosaur feet painting-
8.5.14“Stomp, Stomp” said Miss Emma as she stomped the dinosaurs across the table. “Ruby pulled herself
up onto Miss Emma’s chair to see what Miss Emma was doing. Nouvena walked over and pointed to
the chair. “You can sit up their if you like Nouvena” said Miss Emma. Nouvena smiled and sat on the
chair “stomp, stomp” said Miss Emma again as she stomped the dinsoaurs towards Ruby and Nouvena.
Nouvena and Ruby smiled and thought it was funny and showed excitement by smiling. “Would you like
to stomp the dinosaurs onto the paper using paint?” asked Miss Emma. Both girls looked at Miss Emma.
“This dinosaur is brown so lets paint the dinosaurs feet brown” Miss Emma painted the dinosaurs feet
brown then placed the dinosaurs onto Ruby and Nouvena’s paper. Nouvena picked up the dinosaur and
started to stomp the dinosaur across the paper. “That looks great. I love the different colours you have
used for the dinosaurs. Ruby was interested in looking at the dinosaurs tail and long neck.
Jonathan sat at the table beside Miss Emma. “Look at our dinosaurs we have!” said Miss Emma.
Jonathan investigated the dinosaurs. “one dinosaur, two dinosaurs” said Miss Emma as she pointed to
the dinosaurs. Jonathan smiled. “This is the colour brown and this is the colour black” said Miss Emma
as she painted the dinosaurs feet. Miss Emma held onto Jonathans hand and gentle done an up and
down motion to create the dinosaurs foot prints.
Kahlee-Rose was talking to Miss Emma while she was sitting in the rocker. “Its your turn now” said Miss
Emma. Kahlee-Rose was kicking her feet and waving her arms around while smiling. “You are so happy”
said Miss Emma. Kahlee-Rose sat on Miss Emma’s lap and together they done a stomping motion using
the dinosaurs. One dinosaur, two dinosaurs” said Miss Emma. Kahlee-Rose smiled and enjoyed Miss
Emma assisting her in doing the craft.
The children all showed great concentration as they stomped the dinosaurs up and down. The children
enjoyed touching and feeling the dinosaurs body and the paint. The children used their creative skills,
was able to work indepenantly and socializing with their friends.
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What’s Next- dinosaur enclosure
LO-1.1 Child actively responds to peers and educators
LO-4.1 Child is an enthusiastic learner
LO-5.1 Child is confident in using verbal and non-verbal communication methods
LO-5.3 Child uses creative arts such as painting to express ideas and make meaning

Our Farm Creation- 13/5/14
.“Lets make a farm yard” said miss Maddie excitedly as she gathered all the equipment needed. Nouvena and Lewis were very excited and
came over clapping their hands “ would you like to help build it? Asked Miss Maddie. Nouvena and Lewis walked over and stood closely to
Miss Maddie. “First we need to put the grass down” said Miss Maddie. Maddie picked up the pretend grass. Nouvena and Lewis both took a
corner and helped walk it over to the table. “Okay now we need to put a barn onto the grass for the animals to live. Would you like to help
me Mason?” asked Miss Maddie. Mason smiled and assisted Miss Maddie to put the barn onto the grass. “Now for the fun part, we get to
get the animals out!” said Miss Maddie. “oh” said Lewis. Mason began to clap his hands. “This is the pig and a pig goes oink” said Miss
Maddie. “This is the cow and a cow goes mooo”. Malakai smiled and came walking over to the activity. Malakai picked up a sheep in one
hand and a dog in the other hand. “A sheep goes baaa” said Miss Maddie. Malakai looked at the sheep and started to shake it around. “This
is a dog and a dog goes woof” said Miss Maddie as she pointed to the dog. Malakai looked at the dog. Malakai sat on a chair like a big boy
and was interested in watching his friends play with the animals. Miss Maddie then moved the farm house onto the floor and set the farm
yard back out for Allyra and Gypsy. Gypsy crawled straight over to the farm house to see what it was. Gypsy investigated each farm animal
by picking each animal up at a time. “Neigh, goes the horse” said Miss Maddie while gypsy held tightly onto the horse. Miss Maddie moved
Allyra over and placed her in front of the barn. “Look at all our farm animals” said Miss Maddie. Miss Maddie picked up one animal at a time
and went over the names of each animal. Allyra was not interested in holding the animals however she enjoyed investigating each animal
which Miss Maddie held in front of her. Overall, the children had a great time observing and investigating the farm animals.. Today the
children used their imagination as they played with the farm animals . The children used heir listening skills as they listened to Miss Emma
go over the animals and were able to follow simple directions when helping Miss Maddie set up the farm yard
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LO-1.1 Child feels a strong sense of belonging
LO-1.2 Child cooperates with and works collaboratively with others
LO-2.1 Child feels confident to express their personal opinion
LO-3.1 Child is able to work and play independently
LO-4.2 Child is able to apply a variety of thinking strategies to solve problems and adapt to new situations

Teddy Bears Picnic- 14.5.14
“Lets have a picnic!” said Miss Emma in excitement. Mason, Ruby, Nouvena, Hannah and
Kahlee-Rose all watched Miss Emma lay out a big rug. “This is where we are going to sit
to have our yummy morning tea” said Miss Emma. “We need to get some of our
favourite teddies and place them on our rug that way they can join us while we have our
morning tea” said Mss Emma. Nouvena, Ruby and Nouvena all followed Miss Emma
over to the basket where all the teddies were. “Would you like to pick out your favourite
teddy?” asked Miss Emma. Mason , Ruby and Nouvena pulled out some teddies. “Would
you like to go and give Kahlee-Rose and Hannah a teddy. Mason walked over and gently
placed a teddy on Kahlee-Rose’s lap. “That is great sharing Mason” said Miss Emma.
Hannah followed Mason back to the basket and picked out her own teddy. “Oh that
teddy is so soft” said Miss Emma. Hannah cuddled the teddy and carried it back to the
rug. “Now its time to eat!” said Miss Emma. Miss Emma brought out yummy blueberry
muffins and placed them into a bowl for the children. Miss Jaylee broke off small pieces
for Ruby. ”Is that yummy Ruby?” asked Miss Jaylee. Ruby smiled and waved her hands
around. Kahlee-Rose sat in the bumbo chair whilst Miss Emma fed her delicious pureed
pear for the first tie. Mason, Hannah and Nouvena allowed their blueberry muffins.
All the children showed team work and sharing skills when handing out the teddies to
the younger children. The children enjoyed eating in a different environment and all
were able to sit on the mat without getting up to often. FU-13.5.14
LO-1.4 Child actively contributes to play
experiences
LO-2.3 Child is able to distinguish between
fair and unfair behaviour
LO-3.1 Child shares humour, happiness
and satisfaction
LO-5.1 Child responds verbally and non-
verbally to what they see, hear, touch, feel
and taste

“5 Little Monkeys”- 15.5.14
“Five little monkeys jumping on the bed” sung Miss Emma. Madison, Ruby, Gypsy and
Nouvena all stopped what they were doing when they heard Miss Emma sing. “I know you all
like listening to Miss Emma and Miss Maddie sing our special songs!” said Miss Emma.
Nouvena nodded her head. Miss Emma placed five monkey puppets onto her fingers to help
engage the children into the activity. Miss Emma held up the five monkey’s and once a
monkey fell off the bed, she took a monkey off one of her fingers. All the children were so
engaged in the activity that Miss Emma sung “5 little monkey’s” quite a few times . Madison
was clapping her hands and smiling, Ruby was wiggly her bottom and shoulders side to side ,
Gypsy was smiling and Nouvena was twirling around while talking to the other children in
the group.
“Would you like for Miss Maddie to sing her special song now?” asked Miss Emma. Madison
clapped her hands and Nouvena nodded her head. While Miss Maddie was preparing the
puppets all the children sat patiently on the carpet. “Okay lets sing 5 cheeky monkey’s
swinging in the tree” said Miss Maddie. Miss Maddie put on a large crocodile hand puppet
on one hand and the five small monkey’s on the other hand. “1,2,3,4,5” counted Miss
Maddie as she pointed to each monkey. “uh oh” said Miss Maddie after the cheeky crocodile
ate up a monkey.. Miss Maddie sung this song until the naughty crocodile had eaten up all of
the monkey’s.
The children used their body movement as the danced and sung along to the songs. The
children used their listening skills as they listened and watched Miss Emma and Miss Maddie
count out the monkeys. The children were able to sit together in a group and participate in
this group experience. The children were learning about numerical values.
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LO-1.3 children feel confident with their identities.
LO-4.3 Child is able to mirror the positive behaviour and methods of others
LO-4.4 Child confidently shares their learning and pleasure with others
LO-5.4 Child can listen and respond to sounds and patterns and speech/stories and rhythms.

Shaving Foam- 20.5.14
Today the children worked on using their sensory skills and
manipulating the foam between their hands.
“Woahh” said Miss Emma as she sprayed the shaving foam
out onto the table. Mason, Lewis and Nouvena all walked over
to see what Miss Emma was excited about. Miss Emma ran
her fingers through the foam. “Lets all take turns” said Miss
Emma. Nouvena and Mason sat beside each other. Nouvena
gentle touched the foam with her finger tips while Mason
thumped down both his hands into the foam. Lewis rotated
his hands around in different directions and looked at the
marks which were getting left behind by his fingers.
Malakai and Gypsy sat at the table and watched Miss Emma
spray the shaving foam out onto the table. Malakai loved the
feeling of the foam between his fingers and on the palm of his
hands. Malakai was able to use alternative hands while
thumping his hands up and down onto the table. Gypsy slowly
dipped her fingers into the foam. Using her fingertips, Gypsy
moved her fingers in different directions over the foam. Gypsy
smiled and enjoyed the slimy feeling of the shaving foam on
her fingers. Allyra waited patiently for her turn. Once Allyra
was placed at the table she dove straight into the foam. Allyra
used her thumb on her right hand to slide it through the slimy
foam. “Is it slimy?” asked Miss Emma. Allyra let out a huge
smile and continued to concentrate as she moved her fingers
over the table.
All the children had a great time using the shaving foam and
feeling the slimy, cold feeling of the foam in their
hands/fingers.
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LO-1.4 Child actively contributes
to play experiences
LO-2.4 Child investigates new
ideas through play experiences
LO-3.2 Child is connected to
others in a positive and happy
way
LO-4.1 Child imagines and
expresses creativity though play
LO-4.4 Child explores ideas using
imagination, creativity and play

Lava Lamps- 21.5.14
Today Miss Emma and Miss Maddie arranged for the children to watch and observe step by step instructions of how to make a lava lamp.
Miss Emma lined up water, vegetable oil, food colouring and glitter so the children could see all the ingredients needed to make a
successful lava lamp.
“First we add the water to our container” stated Miss Emma. Miss Emma poured the water carefully into the container. “ooh” said Hannah
as she puffed her lips. “Now we are going to add a small amount of vegetable oil” said Miss Emma. Miss Emma added a small amount of
oil. Hannah, Mason, Nouvena, Gypsy, Ruby and Madison all watched closely as Miss Emma went over the instructions. “Next we have to
add colour to our lava lamps” said miss Emma. Miss Emma spread the different colours over the floor. Hannah reached out and grabbed
onto the blue food colour. “Okay lets make our lava lamp blue!” said Miss Emma excitedly. Miss Emma added the blue food colour to the
bottle, screwed the lid on tight, and shook the bottle viscously. Miss Emma passed the bottle to Nouvena, Mason, Madison, Gypsy and
Ruby to all take turns in shaking the bottle around and observing our nearly complete lava lamp. “Now for the exciting step! We get to add
our gold glitter to the bottle” said Miss Emma. Miss Emma added the glitter to the bottle and shook the bottle around. “Their we go, we
have made our own lava lamp. All the children took turns in shaking the lava lamp around and investigating the colour and the movement
the lava lamp made.
LO-1.1 Child opens conversations with educators
LO-1.4 Child acknowledges and respects the views of others
LO-3.1 Child shares humour, happiness and satisfaction
LO-4.1 Child participates in a variety of activities to expand their curiosity.

Group Interaction! –
Lego- 22.5.14
Today Miss Tanya donated this lovely Lego table for the children in the nursery!
Nouvena, Jonathan, Gypsy and Ruby gathered around the lego table. “This is
for our blocks. We can build so many things on here!” said Miss Emma.
Nouvena and Ruby picked out the blocks they wanted to use from under the
table. “What are you going to build?” asked Miss Emma. Ruby and Nouvena
looked at each other. “Miss Emma is going to build a plane!” said Miss Emma.
“Ooh” said Nouvena as she picked up the blocks and started to attach each
block on top of each other. “Are you building a tower?’ asked Miss Emma.
Nouvena smiled. Ruby began to tap the blocks together to make music. Miss
Emma started to place the blocks on top of the table. Ruby watched and started
to place her blocks on top of Miss Emma’s. “You are doing a great job” said
Miss Emma.
Jonathan was sitting beside Ruby and watching as she manipulated the blocks
around. Jonathan picked up a orange and yellow block and lined them beside
eachother. Jonathan then pick up a blue block and followed the same actions.
This is the blue block?’ said Miss Emma. “This is the yellow block” said Miss
Emma as she pointed to the yellow block” Jonathan is interested in the different
colours and was able to line the blocks up in a line. Gypsy was happy to crawl
around the table and observe the other children. Miss Emma placed Gypsy in a
bumbo chair for a short while. In this time gypsy grabbed a large amount of
blocks and tapped them together to make music.
All the children were happy to observe one other and use each others ideas. The
child manipulated the blocks by twisting and turning the blocks until they
joined onto one another.
LO-5.4 Child makes connections between their own feelings and the feelings of
others
LO-5.1 Child is confident in using verbal and non-verbal communication
LO-2.3 Child is able to distinguish between fair and unfair behaviour

Colours!!!-27.5.14“Miss Maddie has a very exciting activity for us all to do!” said Miss Maddie excitingly. “Oooh” said Nouvena as she
looked at Lewis. “We are going to play with the balls and go over the colours. Does it sound like fun?” asked Miss
Maddie. Lewis and Nouvena nodded their head while Allyra and Malakai clapped their hands. Miss Emma picked up one
ball at a time. “This is the colour blue” stated Miss Emma. Miss Emma passed the ball to Nouvena. Nouvena grabbed
onto the ball and passed the ball to Mason due to him being upset. “Great sharing!” said Miss Emma. Nouvena nodded
her head. “This is the green ball” said Miss Emma as she picked up the green ball and passed the ball to Gypsy. Gypsy
smiled and let go of the ball and watched the ball drop back into the ball pit. Miss Emma picked up the ball again and
passed it to Gypsy. Gypsy smiled and let go of the ball again and watched the ball land on the floor. “This is Miss Emma's
favourite ball!” said Miss Emma as she picked up the red ball. “Malakai would you like the red ball?” asked Miss Emma.
Malakai looked at the red ball as Miss Emma held it up. Miss Emma passed Malakai the ball and watched Malakai
observe the colour of the ball. Lewis sat in the ball pit and picked up all the different coloured balls . Miss Emma went
over the different coloured balls with all the children.
Nouvena, Lewis, Gypsy and Allyra all had a great time throwing the balls around the room. Each child observed the
colours and used their hand eye co-ordination as they threw /rolled their balls in different directions.
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LO-1.1 Child initiates and joins in play experiences
LO-1.2 Child is confident when dealing with new and spontaneous situations
LO-1.4 Child is able to empathise with others
LO-2.1 Child positively engages with other children to form friendships
LO-4.4 Child engages in learning relationships

State or Origin- 28.5.14
Today we celebrated the first game of State of Origin for 2014. Nouvena, Gypsy, Jack and Ruby all had a great day with lots of fun
activities. Miss Emma arranged for the children to have their own game of football inside and outside the room. Nouvena ran after the
ball cheering and clapping her hands. Gypsy, Jack and Ruby crawled after the ball and pushed the ball towards each other. “Woohoo!”
shouted out Miss Emma. “wooo” replied Nouvena. Ruby, Jack and Gypsy became excited after seeing Miss Emma so excited. The
children watched each other as they moved the ball around the room with their feet and hands. The children clapped their hands,
bobbed up and down and moved their heads around to show their excitement.
To finish off the fun morning Miss Emma painted Nouvena, Ruby and Jacks face in maroon.
LO- 1.3 Child feels confident with their identity
LO-2.3 Child explores the connection between people in the communality
LO-4.3 Child is able to mirror the positive behaviour and methods of others
LO-5.1 Child confidently engages in small and large group experiences

Fun with the play
dough!-29.5.14
After having a wonderful morning outside, Miss Emma took the children
inside and gathered them around the table so they could use their
sensory skills and feel the softness and coldness of the play which Miss
Emma had set out into sections onto the table along with cut outs and
rollers.
Jonathan, Koen, Nouvena and Ruby all sat around the table while Miss
Emma and Miss Maddie sat at either end of the table. “This play dough
is very squishy” said Miss Emma as she moved the play dough around
the palm of her hands. Nouvena and Koen picked the play dough up and
started to feel the squishiness of the play dough. Koen began to pick off
small pieces of the play dough and pass it to Nouvena. Novena smiled
at Koen and gently took the play dough and placed it on top of her play
dough. “Lovely sharing Koen” said Miss Emma. Koen smiled and used
his index fingers to make marks into his play dough. Ruby picked up the
play dough cutter and used a side to side action as she cut through the
play dough. “You are very clever” said Miss Emma. Ruby let go of the
cutter and picked up the duck . “Press it down into the play dough” said
Miss Emma. Miss Emma gentle put her hands on top of Ruby’s and
together they pressed down onto the duck creating a duck cut out.
Jonathan was keen to get involved in the activity. Jonathan sat at the
table beside Miss Emma. “What does it feel like?” asked Miss Emma.
Jonathan gentle pressed onto the play dough using his hands. “Is it
cold?” Asked Miss Emma. Jonathan concentrated as he dug his fingers
through the play dough. FU-28.5.14
The children used their sensory skills and felt the texture of the play
dough with their hands. Koen knew the meaning of sharing as he
passed the play dough to Nouvena. Nouvena is learning about her
manners and smiled to Koen when the play dough was passed to her.
LO-2.4 Child investigates new ideas through play experiences
LO-LO-4.1 Child imagines and expresses creativity through play
LO-5.3 Child uses the creative arts such as sculpture to express ideas
and make meaning

Picnic Outside- 3/6/14
After having a great morning outside, Miss Emma had arranged with Miss Mel
from the toddler room to join together through morning tea time and have a
combined picnic outside in the sun.
“Miss Emma set out a large blanket to accommodate all of the children and
bumbo chairs for the younger children in the nursery room. “We are having a
picnic today” said Miss Emma excitedly. “Mason, Lewis and Nouvena all sitting
down please” asked Miss Emma. Nouvena pointed to the mat and walked over
and sat down, followed by Lewis and Mason. Miss Emma placed Allyra and
Gypsy into the bumbo chairs while Malakai enjoyed sitting on Tanya’s lap.
Miss Tanya walked the toddlers outside to join in on the picnic. “Toddies sitting
down on the mat” asked Miss Tanya politely. Aiden, Tait, Charley and Dominic
all used their listening skills and sat down in a group on the mat.
“Now who is hungry!” asked Miss Emma. All of the children watched Miss Emma
and Miss Tanya dish up the food. Miss Tanya passed the toddlers their bowls
full of fruit. “1,2,3,4” counted Miss Tanya as she passed the bowls around.
“1,2,3,4,5” counted Miss Emma as she dished up the babies food. “Oh look
Nouvena there is apple today. I know how much you love apples!” Nouvena
smiled.
Once all the children had finished their morning tea they continued the fun by
singing “Teddy bears picnic” The children stood up and marched around the play
area. Lots of laughs were shared and friendships were formed.
All of the children enjoyed sitting with their friends and interacting with one
another while having morning tea. The toddlers were great role models for the
babies and were fantastic at using their listening skills.
LO-1.4 Child actively participates in group experiences and shows interest in
their peers
LO-2.1 Child positvely engages with other children to form friendships
LO-4.1Child is curious and imaginative about their environment

Nouvena sleeping on a bed- 4/6/14
Today we introduced Nouvena to a big girls bed as she will
be transitioning up to the toddlers room very soon. In the
toddlers room they do not have cots, only beds and one rest
period of 12-2.
After lunch time Miss Maddie made Nouvena up a bed and
laid down beside her. “It is time for sleep now Nouvena”
stated Miss Maddie. Miss Maddie helped Nouvena onto the
bed. Miss Maddie then sat beside Nouvena and patted her.
“I’ll be over here doing the dishes” said Miss Maddie as she
hoped up. After two minutes Nouvena hoped off the bed and
walked over to Miss Maddie. Miss Maddie walked Nouvena
back over to the bed and laid down beside her. “Night night”
said Miss Maddie as she patted Nouvena. Nouvena fell
asleep within ten minutes of Miss Maddie patting her on her
back.
Nouvena had a great sleep and slept for two hours on the
bed.
LO-1.1 Child feels safe, secure and supported
LO-4.2 Child reflects on their experiences and learns from this

Bay Cottage early Learning centre
Welcome
to the
Toddler Room
Nouvena
2014

Miss Jenny reading to the
children before they entered
the Mobile Library
Visit from the
Mobile Library
The Toddlers waiting to entre
the Mobile Library Bus
The Children reading and looking for books to borrow on
the Bus
The Toddlers are beginning to
recognise they have the right to
belong to many communities.
The Toddlers are broadening
their understanding of the world
in which they live. The Toddlers
showed a sense of belonging and
comfort in the different
environments. (L.O-2.1)

Multi-Cultural Show with Dance Along
Today the Toddlers enjoyed
watching and participating in the
Multi Cultural Show. The Toddlers
danced to music from around the
world including Australia, New
Zealand, Hawaii, Germany and
Chinese. The Toddlers discovered
and explored some connections
amongst other children as they
danced together. (L.O-2.3) The
Toddlers also explored culture and
diversity as they danced to
different music from different
cultures. (L.O-2.2)
To increase the Toddlers
Knowledge of music we
could play music from
other cultures from around
the world.

BUBBLE WRAP
PAINTING WITH 2
COLOURS
3/7/14
Today Miss Tanya followed up on the
Bubble painting from the 30/6/14 doing the
same painting with 2 colours Yellow and
Blue to represent the beach and the ocean.
The Toddlers used their sensory skills to
explore and respond to their world as they
explore the texture of the bubble wrap.
(L.O-3.2)
The Toddlers are curious and enthusiastic
learners as they watched and waited for
their turn. (L.O-4.1)
The Toddlers investigated the and explored
the bubble wrap and the paint as the
manipulated them with their fingers and
hands. (L.O-4.1)
The toddler used their sensory skills we
will follow up with a sensory activity of
Goop on the 10/7/14.

Kangaroo Dot Painting 8/7/14
Today Miss Mell set up a painting experience for the
children. In the background we had Aboriginal
Dreamtime music playing. For the children to listen to.
We used brown and black paint and sticks to paint with.
The children manipulated the sticks in all different ways.
Charley manipulated the sticks and managed the sticks
with increasing competence and skill.
(L.O-3.2)
Dominic applied a wide variety of thinking strategies to
manipulate the stick while painting. (L.O-4.2)
Charlie-Rose manipulates the stick and experiments
with cause and effect and motion.
(L.O-4.2)
Nouvena expresses wonder and interest in touching and
feeling the paint and wooden sticks.
(L.O-4.1)
Lewis uses his sensory skills to touch and taste the
paint.
(L.O- 3.3)
To increase the children's knowledge of dot painting, we can do
this experience again, with different colours next time

9/7/14 Today Miss Mell helped
the Toddlers to do
Aboriginal Flag
Handprints to put up in
the room. As Miss Mell
painted our hands she
explained that the Red
paint was for the earth
and their spiritual
relationship to the land,
Black paint represents
the Aboriginal people
and the Yellow paint is
the depicting the sun.
The Toddlers are beginning
to recognise that they have
the right to belong to many
communities. (L.O-2.1)
The Toddlers are beginning
to explore the diversity of
culture through flags.
(L.O-2.2)

Big Rain
Coming
&
Rain Stick
Today Miss Mell read an
Aboriginal story called Big
Rain Coming at the end of
the story it rains . Miss Mell
used the Rain Stick to make
the noise of the rain. The
Toddlers asked for a turn,
they waited quietly for a
turn of the Rain Stick. The
Toddlers experimented with
the Rain Stick to make
meaning of the media used.
(L.O-5.3)
The Toddlers approached
the new situation with
confidence as they used the
Rain Stick.
(L.O-1.2)
10/7/14

Tyler engaged in enjoyable
interactions using verbal
communication while he painted
with his right hand. (L.O-5.1)
Charley conveyed and
constructed messages with a
purpose and confidence as he
talked about his mum while
painting with the pink paint.
(L.O-5.1)
Nouvena is open to new
challenges and discoveries as
she paints dots with her right
hand on the paper. (L.O-1.2)
Dominic applied a
wide variety of
thinking strategies to
turn the paper
around to paint
where their was no
paint. (L.O-4.2)
Charlie-Rose was a curious and
enthusiastic participant in her learning
as she watched the other children
paint before she had a turn. (L.O-4.1)
15/7/14
To increase the Toddlers knowledge of painting we
could paint on different surfaces with different
colours.

Cooking in Home Corner
16/7/14
Today the Toddlers were in the kitchen cooking, stirring and mixing using
bowls, saucepans, spoons and cups.
“I cooking cake” said Chloe “What sort of cake are you making Chloe”
replied Miss Mell “My cake” replied Chloe.
“Me, Me” said Nouvena as she stirred a spoon in the pan.
Tait was stirring a spoon in a cup tasted it “Yum” said Tait. “Can I try
some please Tait” asked Miss Mell. Tait smiled and walked over to Miss
Mell and put the spoon up to my mouth. “It is YUMMY Tait” replied Miss
Mell.
Charlie-Rose kept opening the oven door and putting pots and pans into
the oven and getting them back out again.
Sophie was talking on the phone “Mum, what dinner. Ok bye mum” as
she walked around home corner.
The Toddlers are interacting verbally
and non-verbally with others at the
table.(L.O-5.1)
The Toddlers are initiate interactions
and conversations with trusted
educators.
(L.O-1.1)
To follow up on the children's
interest in home corner and talking
to others I could have conversations
with the children while cooking in
home corner

23/7/17
Today in the room we had “HIGH 5” playing, the girls
started dancing and moving their bodies around. The
girls co-operated, held hands and jumped up and
down together. (L.O-3.1)
The song ended and the girls all clapped hands and
smiled at each other.
Sophie, Chloe and Nouvena combined gross, fine
motor movement and balance to achieve increasingly
complex patterns through dancing and creative
movement.
(L.O-3.2)
Miss Mell started doing actions and the girls tried to
follow some of the movements and giggled as they
tried.
To follow up on the girls interest in dancing to music I
could play different types of music or I could do action
songs including “Hokey Pokey” and “Punchinello”

International
Friendship
Day
30/7/14
Today the toddlers participated in International
Friendship day by giving the other Toddlers HUGS.
The Toddlers participated in reciprocal relationships by
hugging back. (L.O-2.1)
The Toddlers are becoming aware of similarities and
differences in each other. (L.O-2.1)
The Toddlers are demonstrating trust and confidence in
each other as they hugged each other. (L.O-3.1)

Drawing with Felt Pens and Pencils
19/8/14
Today Miss Mell put on the table a drawing experience for the Toddlers to enjoy. This
included paper, felt pens and pencils for the Toddlers to use. All the Toddlers sat down at
the table with a piece of paper and drew lots of pictures. The Toddlers applied a wide
variety of thinking strategies to take the lids off the felt pens before they could draw with
them.(L.O-4.2)
Abby feels a sense of belonging as she interacted with Miss Mell and her new friend
Ava.(L.O-1.1)
The Toddlers are increasingly working with others as they passed the containers around
the table to each other.
(L.O-1.2)
knowledge of drawing I can
add different materials to the
table including crayons, paint
or even playdough for the
Toddlers to increase their fine
motor skills.

Hand Feeding the
Chickens
20/11/14
This morning the Toddlers wanted to say good morning to the
chickens. So we walked over to the chickens and shouted “Good
Morning Chickens”. Miss Sheere brought over a container of food
for the Toddlers to hand feed the chickens.
Each Toddler got a small amount of food in the palm of their hand
and Miss Mell showed them how to hold out their hand so the
chickens could peck off the food. Each toddlers had turn at feeding
the chickens. Some of the Toddlers pulled their hand away before
could eat, other Toddlers giggled with excitement as the food was
taken from their hand.
The Toddlers are exploring relationships with the chickens as we
spend more time caring for them. (L.O-2.4)
The Toddlers are becoming socially responsible and show respect
for the environment that the chickens live in.
(L.O-2.4) To Follow up on the
children’s interest in
chickens we could
find stories that
include chickens
and sing song with
the Toddlers.

21/8/14
Today the Abacuses were set up outside on a table on the verandah.
Nouvena engaged in increasingly complex fine motor skills as she moves the beads
around on the wire.(L.O-3.2)
Nouvena was a curious and enthusiastic participant in her learning as she manipulated
the Abacus using her fine motor skills and a pincer grip to move the beads around. (L.O-
4.1)
Nouvena explored the purpose and function of the beads on the wire one at a time.
(L.O-4.4)
To increase Nouvena’s fine motor skills I could put playdough out with different
materials for her to manipulate and in different ways.

Making Playdough
21/8/14
Today we made playdough from scratch. First we put in the
flour, next we added salt, cream of tarter, water and cooking
oil. We all tock turns in stirring the ingredients together.
All the Toddlers helped measure the ingredients out and pour
it into the large mixing bowl. Each Toddlers approached the
new situation of making playdough with confidence as they
tock turns at mixing the ingredients. (L.O-1.2)
Sophie manipulated the playdough with both hand. “What
colour would you like to make your playdough Sophie” asked
Miss Tanya “Pink” said Sophie. “Ok Sophie I will add a small
amount of pink food colouring into the playdough and we will
have to mix it in very well”. Sophie sat at the table and mixed
it until the pink had mixed all the way through.
The Toddlers are open to new challenges and discoveries by
mixing and feeling the playdough at the different stages of
making playdough. (L.O-1.2)
To develop the toddlers skills in
making playdough we will make
it again trying a different recipe
to see the difference in texture.

Mirror, mirror on the wall
Today the Toddlers were interested in looking and pointing at themselves in the mirrors
that Miss Mell has put up in the room.
The Toddlers feel recognised and respected for who they are as they look at themselves
and others in the mirrors and giggled. (L.O-1.3)
The Toddlers would squeal and giggle with excitement as they saw another face in the
same mirror.(L.O-1.1)
The Toddlers explored aspects of identity through role play in the mirrors by looking at
and pointing at the other children in the mirror at the same time.
(L.O-1.1)
We followed up on this experience with singing heads, shoulders, knees and toes all
Toddlers participated in the group activity.
27/8/14

Me and my Dad 2/9/14
Today the Toddlers were given some
people to draw on with felt pens.
Ava said “me, dad to park” “That’s sound
like fun Ava” replied Miss Mell
“Yep” said Ava as she concentrated on
drawing on the people.(L.O-5.3)
Abby said “My dad at work” “Me too, dad
work” said Jay with a smile on his face as
Abby handed Jay another colour felt pen
to draw with. (L.O-5.1)
Nouvena smiled and pointed at the people
she was drawing on. “Is that you and
daddy Nouvena” Miss Mell asked. Nouvena
smiled as she nodded her head up and
down.(L.O-5.1)
Tait was curious about how to take the lid
off the felt pen as he tried he made a
noise and held it out for me to take the lid
off. (L.O-5.1)
To follow up on this experience we will
have more conversations about families
and what we do as a family outside of the
Toddler room.

Singing Together
3/9/14
This morning Chloe, Ava and Nouvena
were walking around the playground
holding hands. They sat on the Wiggles
mat and started singing their favourite
songs. They started singing “Barr, barr
black sheep and ABC” The girls were all
singing and smiling at each other as
they tapped their knees with their hands
in time.
The girls worked collaboratively together as
they sung songs. (L.O-3.1)
The girls are beginning to recognise they
have the right to belong to many
communities. (L.O-2.1)
The girls listened to each others idea’s and
respected the different ways of being and
doing.

Gardening for Spring 3/9/14
Today the Toddlers got to plant the plants that we
have been growing in the room over the past 2 weeks.
The Toddlers first had to fill the baskets with potting
mix using their hands. The Toddlers used their sensory
capabilities with increasing integration, skill and
purpose to explore and respond to their world by
feeling the potting mix and planting the plants.
(L.O-3.2)
The Toddlers expressed wonder and interest in their
environment as they planted new plants into their
environment. (L.O-4.1)
To follow up
on the
children’s
interest we
might plant
some grass
seeds and
watch them
grow inside
the room.

Rolling and Stamping 9/9/14
Abby expressed a
range of emotions
through smiles and
laughter at the table
while stamping and
rolling.(L.O-1.4)
Ava engaged in and
contributed to shared
play as she passed the
stamp to Abby when
she had finished using
the stamp. (L.O-1.4)
Tait today followed
Nouvena’s lead by
following her actions
and what tools she
used immediately after
she picked the tool
up.(L.O-4.3)
Nouvena
concentrated and
watched her hand
carefully as she
moved the roller
across the
paper.(L.O-4.1)
Jay applied a wide
variety of thinking
strategies to using
the stamp and
how many times
he could stamp it
before adding
more paint.
(L.O-4.2)
To increase the Toddlers knowledge of
painting we could use different
materials to paint with.

Stamping with Red and Pink
10/9/14
Today Miss Mell set up a stamping experience for the children
to do to follow up on the rolling and stamping experience from
yesterday. I asked Ava “What colour would you like to paint
with today Ava” “Pink “replied Ava
“Sophie what colour would you like to paint with” Miss Mell
asked. “Red please Mell” replied Sophie. So I found the Red and
Pink paint to do the stamping with. I put out two types of
stamps, soft and hard stamps for the Toddlers to manipulate.
The Toddlers used play to investigate, imagine and explore the
idea of stamping with different stamps.(L.O-4.1)
The Toddlers were watching each other and repeating what the
other Toddlers around them are doing the same action
immediately after watching them. (L.O-4.3)
Ava and Sophie contributed to the idea of painting by
answering Miss Mell’s question. (L.O-5.1)
The Toddlers were curious about the paint and put their fingers
in the paint and made prints in the paint with their fingers.
(L.O-4.1)
To follow up on the painting experience today we can do finger painting as the
Toddlers were interested in putting their fingers into the paint

Painting with Textured Brushes
Today the Toddlers painted with
textured brushes in a single colour
on a large piece of paper.
Tait and Koen are open to new
challenges and discoveries as they
use different textured brushes to
paint with. (L.O-1.2)
Nouvena can manipulate the
textured brushes with increasing
competence and skill. (L.O-3.2)
Te`a and Sophie applied a wide
variety of thinking strategies on
how to move the textured brush
around on the paper.(L.O-4.2)
Jay and Cooper explored the
purpose and function of the
textured brushes on the paper.
(L.O-4.4)
To follow up on the children’s
interest of painting I will continue
to provide different materials to
paint with.
11/9/14

Easel Painting
16/9/14
Today Miss Mell set up a painting experience on an easel outside
for the Toddlers to do.
Ava & Abby were the first two Toddlers to have a turn.
Ava pointed at the paint “Yellow” “Yes you are painting with
yellow, Abby what colour are you painting with” asked Miss Mell.
“Green” replied Abby as she kept painting. (L.O-5.3)
Jay and Nouvena painted next. Jay would hold onto the container
of paint while he was painting and then would take it around for
Nouvena to use. (L.O-1.2)
Charlie-Rose and Tait would pain and walk around and have a look
at each others painting and do more painting of their own. (L.O-
1.2)
Koen and Lewis are both open to new challenges and discoveries
as they used two brushes at a time, one in each hand. (L.O-1.2)
I will do the same
activity again with
different sized
brushes and different
colours.

Small Brush Painting 17.9.14
Tait started by painting a line with the small brush, followed by
various lines across his page.
Sophie said “look at my picture Maddie” as she pointed at her
picture. Miss Maddie asked “What a great painting, can you tell
me about your picture” “I drawing snakes” replied Sophie.
“Ava’s turn, Ava’s turn” Ava chanted as she made her way to the
table. Ava pointed at the paint “Orange, orange” said Ava “Yes that
is Orange paint would you like to use it” replied Miss Maddie.
“Yes” said Ava Miss Maddie passed the paint over to Ava where
she proceeded to paint dots on the paper.
Chloe and Hannah shared the paint pot and the paint brushes.
Nouvena painted using her right hand to paint with .
The Toddlers are interacting
verbally and non-verbal with each
other through talking and eye
contact with others. (L.O-5.1)
The Toddlers applied a variety of
thinking strategies to hold the
small paint brushes and move
them around the paper.(L.O-4.2)

Musical Instruments
18/9/14
Today the Toddlers explored the musical instruments by
combining gross and fine motor movement and balance to
achieve increasing complex , movements to shake and clap
the musical instruments. (L.O-3.2)
The Toddlers are starting to show spatial awareness and
moving around through their environment confidently and
safely as they played the musical instruments. (L.O-3.2)
The Toddlers can manipulate the musical instruments with
increasing competence and skills as they use different musical
instruments. (L.O-3.2)
knowledge of instruments I
could gather different
musical instruments to us in
the room.

Sunflowers 23/9/14
Today Miss Maddie set up a painting and collage activity for the Toddlers
using a paper plate to paint and some brown crate paper to look like
sunflower seeds.
Nouvena made her way over to the table, picking up a paint apron and
handing it to Miss Maddie to help put it on .Nouvena picked up the
paintbrush and smiled as she painted.(L.O-4.4)
Lewis held the paint pot in his left hand and painted with his right hand. (L.O-
4.1)
Ava shouted “My turn, My turn” as she sat down at the table. Ava picked up
a paintbrush and dabbed the paint onto the plate. “Yellow” she said with
excitement in her voice. Ava placed one piece of crate paper at a time onto
her sunflower.(L.O-4.4)
“Abby sit next to Ava” Ava asked as their was a spare seat next to her. Abby
sat down with a smile on her face. Both girls engaged in enjoyable
interactions using verbal communication. (L.O-5.1)
Jay explored the function and purpose of the paint as he stuck the crate
paper onto the paint (L.O-4.4)
To follow up on the
children's interest in
sunflowers we will
plant some seeds to
see if we could grow
some.

Planting Sunflower seeds 24/9/14
To follow up on the painting of sunflowers that we
did on Tuesday we looked at the sunflower seeds
before we planted them in recycled milk bottles.
Ava and Flynn helped put the potting mixture into
the milk bottles. They used both hands to fill them
while exploring the new environment for the
seeds.(L.O-4.2)
Ruby and Charlie-Rose sat quietly and waited for
their turn at planting the sunflower seeds. They
pushed the seed into the soil using their pointer
finger after Miss Mell show them how to push the
seed into the soil mix.(L.O-4.3)
Nouvena babbled as she looked at the packet of
seeds turning it over to look at the other side.
(L.O-5.1)
To follow up on the planting of
the sunflowers we will water
them every day and watch the
sunflowers grow.

Today Abby asked Miss Mell if she
could do some drawing inside at the
table. So after the children had
finished eating Miss Mell got some
coloured paper, pencils and felt pens
and placed them on the table for the
Toddlers to choose what paper and
type of material they would use to
draw with. Toddlers can manipulate
equipment and manage tools with
increasing competence and skill.
(L.O-3.2)
The Toddlers engage with and co-
construct learning as they passed the
pencils and paper to other
children.(L.O-4.3)
30/9/19
Drawing

Brest Cancer awareness
1/10/14
Today is national breast cancer awareness day, for
the Toddlers to get involved we painted pink ribbons.
Miss Mell talked about how breast cancer can affect
people in different ways.
Tait and Ruby passed the paint brushes to each other
after they had dipped it into the paint. (L.O-3.1)
Nouvena and Ava both painted with their right hand
manipulating the paintbrush in the pot to get the
paint out. (L.O-4.2)
Flynn, Sophie, Hannah and Charlie-Rose all were
concentrating on the movements of the paint brush
on the paper. (L.O-4.1)
To follow up we
can do painting in
single colours on
white paper and
use different sized
brushes.

Painting with Leaves
2/10/2014
Today in the toddlers room Miss Mell set out a leaf painting activity
for the children. Lily-May, Nouvena ,Tait and Te’a were all waiting
around the table for the first turn as Miss Tanya placed the paper
and paint on the table. Lily-May picked up the leaf from the painting
tray an held it up in her right hand what are you doing Lily-May
asked Miss Tanya I’m painting with red replied Lily-May as she
stamped the leaf on her piece of paper . Jay picked up a leaf in his
right hand what colour are you going to use Jay asked Miss Tanya
um red replied Jay as he held up the leaf to show Miss Tanya. Te’a
picked up a red leaf placed it on her piece of paper using both her
right and left hand she gently pushed down on the leaf. Tait using
his left hand dipped his leaf into the red paint Tait looked up an
smiled as he wiped his leaf across his piece of paper.
Sophie using both her hands to stamp her leaf onto the piece of
paper what are you making Sophie asked Miss Tanya I’m making a
snake replied Sophie . Ruby made her way over to Miss Tanya. Ruby
climbed up onto the chair with her apron on Ruby picked up the
leaf with red paint, using her right hand to wipe the leaf across her
page. Cooper joined Ruby at the table as he dipped his leaf into the
paint. Cooper continued to spread the paint on his page by dabbing
his leaf up and down continuously.
Learning Outcome 4.1; Toddlers express wonder and interest in
their environments.
Learning Outcome 3.1; Toddlers share humour, happiness and
satisfaction

Looking after our
sunflowers
8/10/14
Today the Toddlers increasingly co-
operate and work collaboratively with
others as they shared the watering
cans around so each child got to water
the sunflowers. (L.O-3.1)
The Toddlers are using play to
investigate and explore the sunflowers
as they touch, feel and smell them in
the containers.
(L.O-2.4)
The Toddlers are showing a growing
appreciation and care for the growing
sunflowers. (L.O-2.4)
The Toddlers are developing and
exploring relationships with other
living and non-living things and
observe, notice and respond to the
changes in the growing sunflowers.
(L.O-2.4)

Our Painting of
Flowers
9/10/14
Today while the Toddlers were eating morning
Tea Miss Mell asked the Toddlers what they
would like to do today.
Teà asked “Can we paint flowers” “We can
Teà what colours are we going to use”
replied Miss Mell “Red and Green please”
replied Teà. “Yellow to please” asked Lily-May
“Yes we can Lily-May” replied Miss Mell. Teà
and Lily-May can convey and construct
messages with purpose and confidence.
(L.O5.1)
Sophie and Jay explore the purpose and
function of the different paintbrushes and
paint on the paper. (L.O-4.4)
Ruby and Reid have developed the ability to
mirror and repeat actions of others
immediately and later. (L.O-4.3)
Cooper and Nouvena were curious and
enthusiastic about painting they both sat at

Today in the Toddler Room the children were looking at and
pointing to themselves in the mirrors located around the
room. “Who is in the mirror” asked Miss Mell
“Tait” said Tait as he looked in the mirror.
“Jake” said Jake as he pointed at the mirror.
“Me” said Nouvena.
Hannah laughed at herself as she moved in front of the
mirror.
Flynn watched himself closely and kissed the mirror.
Koen did a little dance and watched himself in the mirror.
Reid hugged the mirror and watched the other children
behind him in the mirror.
Nefyn watched the other children in the mirror before getting
up the courage to go and have a look.
The Toddler are open to new challenges
and discoveries as they look at
themselves in the mirror (L.O-1.2)
10/10/14

Painting Flowers
14/10/14
Today the Toddlers painted flowers using a paper doily to
paint over and make prints that look like flowers onto the
paper. The Toddlers got to choose from 3 colours that they
named to paint with glitter to sprinkle over the top to make
them sparkle.
The Toddlers are curious and enthusiastic participants in
their learning as they waited calmly at the table for their
turn at painting. (L.O-4.1)
The Toddlers apply a wide variety of thinking strategies to
engage with situations and solve problems,
and adapt these strategies to new situations as they painted
on the doily and paper. (L.O-4.2)
To follow up on painting we will paint on different surfaces
with different colours.

Spider Web’s
21/10/14
Today the Toddlers were given the
opportunity to make spiders web’s
using a golf ball, white paint and some
black paper. The Toddlers apply a wide
variety of thinking strategies to engage
with situations and solve problems,
and adapt these strategies to new
situations of rolling a golf ball in a box.
(L.O-4.2)
The Toddlers manipulate objects and
experiment with cause and effect, trial
and error, and motion as the golf ball
moves in the box as they move the box
from side to side. (L.O-4.2)
To increase the
Toddlers knowledge of
spiders we will look at
them in books and talk
about spiders in the
Toddler Room.

Happy 2nd Birthday Nouvena
Love the Toddler Room

Painting and mixing colours
23/10/14
Today Jasmine asked Mss Mell if she could do some painting. “Yes we can do
some painting, What colours would you like to paint with Jasmine” asked Miss
Mell. “Pink and Blue” replied Jasmine. As Miss Tanya got the paint out Sophie
asked “Yellow paint please” “Yes Sophie we can paint with yellow paint as well”
replied Miss Tanya. “I’m going to paint a butterfly” said Sophie as she painted on
the paper. Nouvena smiled with an excited look on her face as she mixed the two
colours together to make another colour. Jay covered his page in yellow polka
dots and a pink hand print. “I’m painting a chicken” said Te`a as she painted on
the paper. Cooper painted blue and yellow large stripes from side to side on the
paper. Nefyn painted pink and yellow swirls on the paper. Miss Maddie asked
Reid if he would like to do a painting, Reid got up from the mat making his way
over to Miss Maddie, Reid reached out his left arm pointing to the apron. Miss
Maddie helped Reid put the apron on as he happily sat at the table painting his
picture.
Learning outcome 4.1- The Toddlers are curious and enthusiastic participants in their learning
4.2- The Toddlers explore the purpose and function of a range of tools including
paint brushes.
To follow up on
the Toddlers
interest in
painting we could
do finger painting
next Thursday.

Drawing with Pencils and Felt Pens
18/11/14
Today the Toddlers were given a little something to colour
for Christmas. The Toddlers got to choose what material
they would like to draw with this was between pencils and
felt pens. The Toddlers used their fine motor skills to
manipulate the pencils and to take the lid off the felt pens so
they could use them. The Toddlers applied a wide variety of
thinking strategies to engage with situations and solve
problems of taking the lid off the pelt pens. (L.O-4.2)
The Toddlers can manipulate objects and experiment with
cause and effect as the move the pencils and felt pens on the
paper. (L.O-4.2)

Toddlers Balancing
19/11/14
Today Miss Mell brought the plank inside for the
Toddlers to do some balancing on as the are
trying outside but need a bit of help. The
Toddlers all smiled when it was sat on the floor
and they raced over and stood on it. Some of
the Toddlers bounced on the plank, some
jumped off the plank and some sat on the plank
before standing on it. The Toddlers all lined up
at one end and waited for their turn to balanced
their way across the plank one by one.
The Toddlers combined gross and fine motor movement and
balance to move across the plank. (L.O-3.2)
To follow up on this experience we could walk across the plank
at a higher level off the ground.

Christmas
Bobbles
26/11/14Today the Toddlers made
bobbles for our Christmas Tree
on the window, They used their
fine motor skills and their
cognitive skills to move the
shaker. The Toddlers applied a
wide variety of thinking
strategies to engage with
situations and solve problems,
and adapt these strategies to
new situations as they move the
shakers up and down to get the
confetti out of the containers.
(L.O-4.2)

Stamping and Printing
27/11/14
Today the Toddler were given the opportunity to do some stamping or painting
the choice was theirs.
Jay held the stamp in his right hand and placed it onto the ink pad and pressed
down carefully.
Cooper pointed at the ink pad as he sat down at the table. “Would you like to use
the stamp Cooper” asked Miss Tanya. Cooper smiled and nodded his head as he
picked up the stamp.
Hannah dabbed the stamper into the ink pad and than pressed it firmly onto the
paper.
Nouvena picked up the paintbrush and dipped it into the paint pot using her
right hand and stroked the brush across the page several times.
Tait used his left hand to put ink onto the stamp and then swapped hands to put
the stamp onto the paper.
Charlie-Rose carefully picked up the stamp and placed it onto the middle of the
page.
Reid looked at the paint pot and then looked at Miss Tanya. “Reid would you like
to paint” asked Miss Tanya. Reid nodded his head and began to paint.
Ruby dipped her paint bush into the paint pot and softly stroked
the brush across the paper.
“Jasmine what are you stamping with” asked Miss Tanya “a star”
replied Jasmine. “What colour is your star Jasmine” asked Miss
Tanya “It’s yellow” replied Jasmine with a smile on her face.
Naz dipped the paintbrush into the paint pot and dabbed it onto
the paper.
The Toddlers engaged in enjoyable interactions using verbal
and non-verbal language as they decided what materials to
paint with. (L.O-5.1)

Writing on cards and drawing on bobbles to hang
2/12/14Naz, Koen and Lewis used both hands to
draw and write at the same time.
Abby, Charlie-Rose and Nouvena all
concentrated and watched their hand
move across the page.
Jay, Tait and Reid used their fine motor
skills to move the felt pens across the
page.
The Toddlers manipulated the felt pens and
experiment with cause and effect as they
moved the felt pens on the paper. (L.O-4.2)
To follow up on this activity we can use
different materials to draw with.

Balancing and jumping
3/12/14
The Toddlers are combining
gross and fine motor movement
and balance to achieve
increasingly complex patterns of
activity including stepping over
objects and follow the leader
across the balance beam and
over the tyre.(L.O-3.2)
To follow up on balance and following
others I will make a small obstacle course
for the Toddlers to follow me around up
and over equipment.

Washing our Hands
4/12/14
Today the Toddlers were showing me how to
wash their own hands. The Toddlers self help
skills have come along way in the last 2 months.
During hand washing the children are getting to
understand the importance of hand washing
throughout their day.
The Toddlers enjoy the feeling of soap on their
hands and fingers and rinsing it off under the
running tap. Then the Toddlers use the hand
dryer to dry their hands.
The Toddlers are taking an increased
responsibility for their own health and physical
wellbeing. (L.O-3)

Emotions 9/12/14
Today at group time the Toddlers were following
Miss Mells actions. Miss Mell than made a “Happy
Face” and watched the children make faces back at
her.
We all sung “If your happy and you know it” and
the Toddlers were making the faces of each emotions
and expressing a wide range of emotions as we sung
the song. (L.O-1.4)
Angry
Tired
Happy
Excited
Sad

What a busy day we have had in the toddler room. We
started off by making a cubby house together, Nouvena
and Jay were excited when Miss Maddie had finished
the cubby house. Cooper, Reid, Malakai, Tait, Hannah
Naz all joined Nouvena and Jay in the cubby house,
together we all had group time. Miss Maddie brought
out her special puppets, as we all sang songs together.
Naz was excited when Miss Maddie brought out her
sheep puppet, Naz clapped his hands with a big smile on
his face. Naz let forward when singing ‘baa baa black
sheep’ giving the puppet a big kiss. Jay happily sung
along to ‘Tiny Turtle’ and ‘five little speckled frogs. Miss
Maddie brought out a pop up book called ‘The wide
mouth frog’ Malakai was very excited, pointing to the
different animals that would pop up on the page.
Hannah and Jay would tell Miss Maddie what each
animal was called.
Learning Outcome 1.4 – Toddlers show interest in other
children and being part of a group.

Cooking with playdough
15/12/14
Today the Toddles were
cooking with playdough.
They used the utensils from
home corner with the
playdough. The Toddlers
manipulated the utensils
with purpose and skill in
the playdough. (L.O-4.2)
The Toddlers filled bowls
and cups with playdough
using their mathematical
skills to fill the containers
with different sized pieces
of playdough.
To follow up on this activity
we will make playdough as a
group cooking experience.

Today Allyra, Flynn,
Hannah and Ava sat at the
table with the playdough
and manipulated it using
wooden tools including
rolling pins and sticks.
(L.O-4.1)
Today Ruby, Tait, Naz, Charlie-Rose
and Nouvena sat down at the puzzle
table and were open to new
challenges and discoveries as they
moved the puzzle pieces around to do
the puzzle. (L.O-1.2)
The children recognised their individual
achievements and the achievements of
others. When they would finished the
puzzle they would say “Yeah” and the all
the children would say “Yeah” (L.O-1.2)
17/12/14

To Nouvena
and Family
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year
Love the Toddler Room and the Staff @ Bay Cottage Early Learning Centre 2014

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