Posted on October 26, 2020
Children are loving music classes at Leap Start! At the beginning of our music sessions we get up on our feet and a boogie to our favourite Leap Start songs written by our music teacher. Once we’ve got all our energy out, we sit down and do music theory. Each class is focusing on rhythm and beat and identifying the difference between them. We use nursery rhythms, songs or chants to understand what is beat and what is rhythm. Children are...
Posted on October 19, 2020
Oh boy have we been busy, we have had so many wonderful families join our community within the last month and it has been such a pleasure getting to know them and their families. We love being able to learn different things about our families, their culture and develop personal and exciting relationships. We have also had the opportunity to show new potential families around the service and showcase our personal relationships with the children. We love having new people...
Posted on October 7, 2020
This month we have been focusing on the colour green through various experiences. We used primary colour food dyes to investigate the secondary colours it produced through a giant canvas painting experience. We went to the zoo for an excursion last week and the children collected lots of dead leaves along the way. We investigated the leaves and realized that they all have different shades of green. The children discussed and have decided to attach them to the giant green...
Posted on October 1, 2020
Ni hao everyone! Our Little Lingo Learners have been increasingly confident in their learning journey for both Mandarin & Auslan language. Research shows that learning a second language boosts problem-solving, critical thinking, and listening skills, in addition to improving memory, concentration, and mental flexibility. This can be seen from the children’s learning as they displayed excellent memory retention from the new words and signs they have learned. We have had some interesting discussions in the past where children asked for...
Posted on September 25, 2020
Hello and Welcome to all our previous and new friends and families. We are the little steppers dance program run by Jaimie Robson here at leap start early learning childcare centre. over the past few months, we have been focusing on our routine practicing and going over it, so all our little steppers know their routine and feel comfortable with each step and movement. We have been working on our confidence skills taking turns to freely express ourselves throughout music...
