Music and Movement with your Preschool educators Rhyming songs with actions are a fun way for children to develop their language skills. They learn about sequencing, music, rhythm and generally have a great time. Learning outcomes Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity. Key Concepts Rhyming words, learning through song and movement. Improved balance and large muscle coordination. Preschool at Home Experiences Week 8, Experience 1 Resources The team from Tarcoola Preschool travel around Australia as they sing, hop, jump and stop to meet someone. Can you keep up with the different instructions? Travel around Australia with Tarcoola Preschool Educators Where to next? Ask you child to suggest some actions when you ‘stop to meet someone’.
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Music and Movement with your
Preschool educators
Rhyming songs with actions are a fun way for children to
develop their language skills. They learn about sequencing,
music, rhythm and generally have a great time.
Learning outcomes Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity,
Key Concepts Rhyming words, learning through song and movement. Improved balance and large muscle coordination.
Preschool at Home Experiences
Week 8, Experience 1
Resources The team from Tarcoola Preschool travel around Australia as they sing, hop, jump and stop to meet someone. Can you keep up with the different instructions? Travel around Australia with Tarcoola Preschool Educators
Let’s make Ice Boats! Watch the video and start creating your own
ice boat from a few materials you will have in your house!
Children may require help in following the steps. Once frozen solid,
put your ice boat in a tub of water, a sink or even the bath! And
watch how they float or sink.
It is important that your child is supervised by an adult throughout
this experience to ensure their safety around water.
Learning outcomes Children use play to investigate, project and explore new ideas. As
children play, they engage in enjoyable interactions to assist their
learning of new ideas.
Key Concepts Play, Early science concepts, Sensory exploration
Preschool at Home Experiences
Week 8, Experience 3
Resources - Containers - Water - Food colouring (Optional) - Straw or small stick - Paper - Sticky tape or glue - Freezer Space Watch this video to see how to make your own ice boat
fire flames Watch the video from Sriyani from Malcolm creek preschool who
is having fun with different colour paint to make fire flames.
Remember you can use any colours of paint that you have at
home.
Learning outcomes Children use play to investigate, project and explore new ideas.
As children play, they engage in enjoyable interactions to assist
their learning of new ideas.
Key Concepts Sensory play like finger painting, playdough, clay, kinetic sand supports language development, fine and gross motor skills, problem solving. It builds nerve connections in the brain pathways.
Preschool at Home Experiences
Week 8, Experience 4
Resources Sriyani from Malcolm Creek Preschool shows us how
Stop! Slow and Go Make your own traffic light using things you already have at home, following the step by step instructions. Then have a play and learn about how traffic lights work. When you see a red light on a traffic light it means we need to stop our car and wait our turn while we let other cars through on the road. When we see the yellow light, it means we need to slow down because the red light is about to tell us to stop. When we see a green light, it means that it is our turn and now safe to go, while the other cars give way to us.
Learning outcomes
Children are effective communicators. They begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work.
Key concepts
Children can learn about traffic lights, what they do and how we use them. As well as gaining a deeper understanding for road safety rules.
Resources Tissue paper box Paper towel roll Paint, textas or paper (black, red, yellow and green) Sticky tape Scissors See card 7b for instructions
What’s next Play the traffic light game! Explain that the
red light means stop, yellow means slow,
and green means go. You can play this
walking around the room. When you show
them the red light, they need to stop,
yellow light slow and so on. Invite your
children to do different movements each
time, like hopping on one foot, dancing,
jumping, etc.
Preschool at Home Experiences
Week 8, Experience 7b Instructions
2. Paper roll, tape, scissors,
box, colour paper/textas.
6. Cut a round hole through
one end of box. 3. Cut 3 holes into the back
of the box.
4. Cover box in black paper
or paint.
5. Use Red, Yellow & Red to
cover thirds of the roll.
1. Place the roll into the end of the
box, twist to reveal “lights”.
Offline Coding Racetrack
Coding is a list of step by step instructions that tells a computer
what you want it to do. Did you know that you don’t need a
computer to code? Kathy from Hume Libraries show us this
cool offline activity which acts as a great introduction to coding.
Electronic devices are not required – except to watch the video.
Learning outcomes Through this hands-on experience, children learn that they can
build their own scripts, they make connections between
symbols and ideas and sequence steps.
Key Concepts Basic coding and programming, logical thinking and problem solving.
Preschool at Home Experiences
Week 8, Experience 8
Resources Small race car Racetracks (you can use rulers, long pieces of Lego or carboard) Cut out pieces of paper with arrows drawn on them A key Kathy shows us how to
Key Concepts Lego’s are an open-ended activity where children can use their imagination while constructing a variety of objects.
Preschool at Home Experiences
Week 8, Experience 10
Resources Making transportation with Lego: Modes of Transportation Watch Melanie from Barrymore Road Preschool working with Lego: Watch Melanie's video