Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Low, the adult must give the child instructions initially then the child may work independently. This exercise is something which can be an ongoing project for the child, adding to it as they please Prerequisites None Materials A note book for the child to use […]
Recommended Age: 4 and ½ years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Low, the adult gives the child instructions for the exercise then the child may work independently Prerequisites The child must be able to count (have one to one correspondence in order to count the tally marks) The child Materials Small blank notebook (A5 or […]
Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Low, this exercise requires the adult to demonstrate then the child may work independently Prerequisites The child must have some knowledge of basic shapes and how they are formed Materials Large chalk Masking tape Scissors Bucket Scrubbing brush Preparation None Steps Invite […]
Recommended Age: 3 to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the parent must facilitate the initial exercise, then low once the child has been shown and works independently with the cards Prerequisites None Materials Garden tool cards Small box or basket to keep the cards Scissors Laminator Laminating sheets Real garden tools to […]
Recommended Age: 3 to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during the initial exercise, low once the child has built a repertoire of leaf shapes and can use the cards to find leaf shapes in the environment independently Prerequisites None Materials Botany cabinet leaf shape cards Small box or basket to keep the cards […]
Recommended Age: 3 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Low Prerequisites None Materials A tree with an interesting pattern on the trunk (if you do not have any trees in your outdoor space or live in an apartment, this might be a nice opportunity to go for a walk with your child, packing a […]
Recommended Age: 4-5 years Level of Parent Involvement: High, this exercise requires the adult to go for a walk around the neighbourhood with the child, the child may also need help totalling the numbers for addition Prerequisites The child must know how to write numbers 0-10 The child must have had some experience in addition The […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Low, mostly preparation, modelling and supervision. Once the child has been shown encourage independent repetition Prerequisites Beneficial but not essential that the child can recognise numerals 1-6 Materials Chalk (for outdoors) OR Painters tape/masking tape (for indoors) Preparation Using the chalk or […]
Recommended Age: 3 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium the first time showing the child then low once the child works independently Prerequisites None Materials Items typically found outdoors for example leaves, twigs, rocks, bark, flowers, gumnuts etc A basket or bag for the child to collect the objects Preparation None Steps […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, this activity requires the adult to be the facilitator, low for older children who may be able to play this game without an adult Prerequisites None Materials Small object to pass around (the “potato”) for example a bean bag, a ball or a […]
