Aussie Kidz Service believes in providing natural learning opportunities for learning through play. Educators provide stimulating, Regio-inspired learning experiences, a natural and educational environment. Educators plan open-ended learning experiences, follow positive guidance techniques and scaffold children’s learning.
Aussie Kidz educators are provided with training to follow Early Years Learning Framework practices and MY Time Our Place School-age Framework. They are supported and guided to follow the ongoing cycle of planning
Aussie Kidz educators follow the individual cycle of planning to observe children’s learning, plan activities according to the child’s interests, strengths, and needs, analyse, plan further, implement and reflect. The program is available for parents via the online platform ‘educate’, it informs families of the program and the progress of the child’s learning journey.
PRACTICES:
ROUTINE
Following routine; respecting children; providing love, care and attention; helping children to settle; positive interactions; encouraging children’s self-help skills; making children to be independent
LITERACY – LISTENING & COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Practicing sounds & words, describing, information, reading corner, literacy skills, oral traditions, shared reading, poetry, storytelling, myths and legends, sharing linguistic & cultural experiences
NUMERACY – MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Introduction of shapes, pattern, number names, fractions, grouping, classifying, counting, measurement, mass, quantity, position, comparison, area.
ROUTINE
Following routine; respecting children; providing love, care and attention; helping children to settle; positive interactions; encouraging children’s self help skills; making children to be independent
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Learning through observing, classifying, experimenting, predicting, drawing conclusions, communicating ideas, developing understanding about natural and physical world, gaining understanding & confidence to use tools and technology in everyday life
HEALTH & PHYSICAL WELLBEING
Supporting gross-motor skills, fine-motor skills, hand-eye coordination, body awareness, personal care, healthy behavior, cognitive development, problem solving skills & manipulative skills through use of range of resources such as puzzles, threading, nesting, peg boards, interlocking blocks, play dough etc.
SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Developing social & emotional skills through self-identity, sense of competence, emotions, empathy, community, building relationships, cooperative play, moral development, and conflict resolution.
SOCIAL SKILLS
Developing understanding about Diversity, Community roles, recognising and interpreting features and locations; History – understanding past, present, and future; Ecology – understanding the importance of taking care of the environment.
EXPRESSIVE ARTS
Painting, printing, drawing (chalk, crayons, felts), crafts, Process vs Product, creativity, collage work.
SENSORY PLAY, WATER & SAND PLAY
Experimenting with elements and developing range of skills for reasoning, thinking, questioning, and experimenting freely
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
Songs, musical games, instruments, tapes, movement, dance, sounds, rhythms, tone, pitch