Such a big reward to see our Leap Start children develop dispositions for learning a second language. In the language sessions, the children express curiosity by asking the teacher how to pronounce their names and different items in Mandarin. On the other hand, the Mandarin-speaking children in the centre become little lingo tutors to teach their friends and Educators speaking...
Posted on November 2 2021
Categories: Art, Culture
6.30 am Saturday, October 30th I met up with Neville, Kev and Toni to Boddington to harvest paperbark for Leap Start’s Mia Mia, Neville is going to build with the children and staff. I was very excited to be allowed to join, observe, learn and be hands-on involved!! It was a glorious sunny day and once arrived in Boddington I...
Posted on October 13 2021
Categories: Art, Childcare Centre, Culture
The members of our Leap Start Family come from all corners of the world. Spanish, Tegalo, German, Mandarin, Swahili, Arabic, Russian, Polish, Switzerdütsch, Urdu, Italian Portuguese,Tamil, Korean, Japanese are just some of the languages our families speak. Our Leap Start Family includes Muslims, Christians, Hindu, atheists and Wicca believers and our Family members live in traditional father, mother& child groups,...
