Grab a cup of tea, round up the household and enjoy seeing your favourite animals! From the Gorilla Rainforest, to Wild Sea, we’re sure you’ll feel nostalgic when you watch this! Plus, join us for a tour of Werribee Open Range Zoo on Saturday 1 August, and Healesville Sanctuary on Saturday 8 August. https://www.zoo.org.au/animals-at-home/ Recommended […]
Recommended Age: 3 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Low, some preparation is required to set the activity up, once the child has been shown they make work independently, providing assistance with cleaning up if necessary Prerequisites None Materials A shallow rectangular container (approximately 1 inch deep and 30cm long and 30cm wide, ideally […]
Recommended Age: 4-5 years Level of Parent Involvement: High, the parent must facilitate the first presentation for this activity, low once the child has been shown and can work independently with the prepared slips Prerequisites The child must know all Sand paper letters The child must know some of the sandpaper phonograms, include objects Materials […]
Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: High, the parent must facilitate this exercise. Once the child has a repertoire of 8-10 sounds of the sand paper letters, the phonetic object box is the first time the child reads. After the initial presentation, parent involvement is low-none when the child works independently. Prerequisites The […]
Download Printable: PartsoftheEarNomenclatureCards_ Recommended Age: 4 and ½ years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the parent must facilitate the exercise, showing the child what to do, once the child has been shown, the activity may be completed by the child independently Prerequisites Ideally, the child should be reading before they work with 3-part […]
Recommended Age: 4 and ½ to 6 years Level of Parent Involvement: High, Prerequisites The child must be able to count accurately to least ten The child must be able to write numbers 1-10 The child may have had some experience working with the golden beads and know quantities one unit, one ten, one hundred and […]
Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, this initial presentation requires full involvement, once the child has been shown, parent involvement is low when the child works independently Prerequisites The child must have experience in pouring water from a jug The child must be able to follow a sequence of instructions and […]
Recommended Age: 3 to 4 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, this exercise requires the adult to facilitate the game, once the child has been shown they may be able to play the game independently with an older sibling or another family member Prerequisites The child must be able to name all geometric solids from the previous […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during initial presentation, low once the child has been shown and can work independently Prerequisites The child must have some knowledge of the basic 2-dimensional shapes such as triangle, square, circle, rectangle etc (in a Montessori environment the child would have […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ to 4 years Level of Parent Involvement: Low, the initial presentation requires the adult to demonstrate, once demonstrated this can be an activity available on the child’s shelf which they may practice independently Prerequisites None Materials A shoe lace with plastic tips at either end A selection of […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: High during the initial presentation, you must stay with the child to show them each step, once the child has been shown and the activity is set up for the child, they may repeat the activity independently Prerequisites The child should have […]
Recommended Age: 3 to 6 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium to trace around the child’s upper body then low, mostly supervision whilst the child decorates Prerequisites None Materials Large sheet of butcher’s paper or A2 paper (if you don’t have A2 paper, you can tape pieces of A3 or A4 paper together, […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years and onwards When the child begins this exercise as a 2 and ½ year old it is reasonable to expect that they may struggle to complete the exercise from start to finish. The young child doing this exercise is building their concentration through a sequence of steps, it will […]
Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during initial presentation then low once the child has been shown and works independently Prerequisites The child must be able to recognise numerals 1-10 The child must be able to count accurately from 1-10 The child must be able to connect the numeral quantity with its […]
Recommended Age: 3 and ½ to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: High during the initial presentation, then medium observation is required when the child is working independently Prerequisites None Materials Fabrics of great contrast differing in texture and colour but of the same size 8-10 pairs (Spotlight or Lincraft often have fabric scraps for sale) A box […]
Recommended Age: 2.5y+ Level of Parent Involvement: High Prerequisites An obvious curiosity about and interest in nature, which is visible to your child and that he will naturally choose to imitate. Materials Appropriate clothing. For example, a waterproof jacket, beanie, gum boots, etc. (“There’s nosuch thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing!”) Adult and child […]
Recommended Age: 3.5y+ Level of Parent Involvement: Medium – may need to help with the counting Prerequisites Can count loose objects accurately Materials Blocks (Use larger blocks to start off with. Once you have established the child’s counting ability, you can change the size of the blocks accordingly.) Steps Start to lay out a row of blocks on the floor, invite the child to help you. When the row […]
Recommended Age: 18m+ Level of Parent Involvement: Medium – until the child has practiced the activity several times, then low Prerequisites None Materials A limited choice of elastic waisted pants A mirror at your child’s level (optional, but highly recommended) Steps Provide two options of clean pants in a drawer or other […]
Recommended Age: 3y+ Level of Parent Involvement: High Preparation To become effective readers and writers, children need a strong awareness of the sounds that make up words. These skills of hearing, identifying, and working with the sounds in words are called phonemic awareness. We do lots of games and activities in the classroom […]
Recommended Age: 3.5y+ Level of Parent Involvement: Low, mostly preparation and supervision Prerequisites Can carry a tray with objects on it Can follow instructions and model what he has been shown Materials Shallow tray, wooden box or baking tray Light coloured sand A short ruler or piece of wood to smooth the […]
