Week beginning 1st August - Nursery 1 Jungle Animals Project

This week our little learners in the Honeypots Room have continued their learning journey about jungle animals. To begin another wonderful week of learning the Honeypots explored their senses through an animal themed play dough experience in their animal jungle(1/8).

Throughout the week our little learners continued their sensory exploration through another jungle themed activity where they found a tiger, lion, zebra and elephant (2/8). Through these experiences children continue learning about jungle animals and their lives through sensory play. Throughout the week children continued participating in play with play dough with the jungle animals (4/8).

The Honeypots were able to explore their creativity through creating their own jungle animal crafts. The Honeypots painted the giraffe using visual images that had observed prior to engaging in this particular task (3/8).

The Honeypots combined their learning interest to celebrate National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's day by exploring the story titled 'The Biggest Frog In Australia' (4/8). Through this story the children learnt about the animal, the big red frog ending another wonderful week of learning about animals.

What the Honeypots learnt this week through their interest:

* Opportunities for Imaginative Play

* Opportunities to explore their five senses through play

* Opportunities to develop their fine motor skills and hand eye coordination skills

* Opportunities to develop social skills including learning to share with others so all children could have a turn to be actively engaged.

Next week (week beginning 8th August) the Honeypots will continue:

* We will create a jungle sensory box with jungle animals.

* Group time experiences reading stories about jungle animals.

* Making a Rainbow snake

* Celebrating World Elephant Day

Links to Early Years learning Framework:

3.2 - Children take increasing responsibility for their own health and physical wellbeing

4.2 - Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, enquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating

5.1 - Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes

Links to National Quality Standards:

1.1.2 - Each child’s current knowledge, strengths, ideas, culture, abilities and interests are the foundation of the program.

3.2.2 - Resources, materials and equipment allow for multiple uses, are sufficient in number, and enable every child to engage in play-based learning.