What's been happening at kinder

Four year-olds

The children have been:

• Using yeast to make pizza and bread rolls - observing the yeast and how it 'activates' to make dough rise
• Making cubby houses outside
• Going on 'Bear Hunts'!

Our Reptile Incursion was informative and 'hands on'.

Three year-olds

Some of the children have shown an interest in zoo creatures.
We have explored this topic using:

• literature - 'Dear Zoo'
• music - 'Going to the zoo'
• our Duplo set.

The children enjoyed trying to name and identify different zoo animals from picture discussions.

The children have enjoyed different musical games at mat time - 'The Music Train' has been very popular!

Legend Park Pre-School - Dates for your calendar

Here are some coming dates for your calendar:
Term 3
September
Sunday 8th September: Breakfast with fathers at kinder
**Edit: Please note that this date has altered! The fathers breakfast will be held on Sunday 15th September, 9-11 am.
Term 4
October
Saturday 19th October: Bunnings BBQ
November
Monday 18th November: LPPS AGM
More information about these events to follow...

Hatching Chickens and Ducklings at Kindergarten

The children enjoyed patting the newly hatched chickens at Kindergarten.


We observed the eggs in the incubator and patiently waited for something to happen. This time we had success with our hatching program and the children enjoyed touching the chicks. Tomorrow we will let the duckings have a swim and talk about the differences between the ducklings and chickens.
 We will talk about the ducklings' webbed feet and water-proof feathers.

EYLF Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners. Children express wonder and interest in their environments.

Kathy

YOGA INCURSION for the Four Year Old Group.

On Thursday 6th June, Erin from "School Time Yoga came to kindergarten to do Yoga with the children and staff.  The children participated in two separate groups with the first group doing "Jungle Animal" poses and the second group of children performed more traditional poses. All of the kindergarten children are familiar with a variety of poses chosen as "Yoga" is part of the settling routine at the start of the normal program sessions.  The children listened attentively to Erin and were able to complete the poses done on yoga mats. The mats were arranged in a circle which gave the children adequate space and focus.

Each Yoga session  lasted for forty five minutes and finished with either some deep breathing or gentle massage, with the children taking turns to massage each other's shoulders.

"A Gentle Shoulder massage"

"The Boat"

"Making a Flower".

Life and Death

Last week we had eight duck eggs delivered to our kindergarten which we anticipated would hatch in to cute fluffy ducklings. Well, they didn't hatch, not even one. Some children were more observant and inquizative and asked the question why they didn't hatch. We used this opportunity to talk about the lifecycle of ducks and briefly touched on the subject of life and death which brought up quite a few questions from the children.
I am often asked about how to handle and talk about this delicate topic with young children; being factual and honest and keeping in mind that you only need to tell them as much as they need to know. The following is a list of books that have been recommended on the subject:

• When Bad Things Happen- A guide to help kids cope written by Ted O'Neal
• Tough Boris written by Mem Fox 
• When someone very special dies written by Marge Heegaard
• Love Never Stops: A memory book for Children written by Emilio Parga
• Jim's Dog Muffins written by Miriam Cohen

Outdoor learning for young children

click on the following link:

Outdoor learning for young children:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5C4Q5qlsdOUSElOd2d3YU1rMEE/edit?usp=sharing

Car Parking at Kinder

To all parents,

At the committee meeting tonight, it was raised parents are still utilising the front drive way of the Kinder as a drop-off point for the children.

Once again, we remind parents the front driveway is not to be used for parking. We ask families park their vehicles in the street and walk their children into the Kinder to avoid an incident occurring. We appreciate your understanding with this very important issue and support in adhering to this request.

Kind regards,
Dale Nugent
Vice President
Legend Park Pre School Committee