Port Elliot Kindergarten

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Port Elliot Kindy staff learn Ngarrindjeri language Staff at the Port Elliot Kindergarten have completed a Ngarrindjeri language course which helped them gain further knowledge...

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Room on the Broom returns for the summer holidays with songs, laughs and scary fun, for children aged 3 and up & their grown-ups. 🌕

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Once you learn about childhood play schemas then it can be fascinating to watch children (especially toddler and preschooler age) play and try to spot the different schemas.

(This can sometimes carry over into early and later elementary, but it’s most common in younger children.)

It can also help you understand things that seem like “behavior problems”—for example, a 2-year-old who just cannot seem to stop throwing things may simply be in a Trajectory exploring phase. They *need* to throw tons of things in order to connect the dots in their brain that are currently extremely interested in all the components of throwing—the arc things make as they sail through the air, the different weights and other properties of objects, the response of objects to gravity, the way other objects respond when they’re hit by a flying object, etc. These are the foundational principles that make formally learning physics 15 years later feel like “Oh, of course this makes intuitive sense!” This is where that intuition comes from.

Does that mean you have to just let them throw breakable objects or hurt people? No, of course not. But it means you can set them up for success by putting away hard toys for now and giving them a bucket of beanbags or rolled-up socks or paper or feathers or stuffed animals or ball pit balls or all of the above. And maybe you create an amazing connection moment with them by joining in their play. “Let’s see how many of these we can get to land on that couch over there!”

[Image description:
The title of the image is “Early Childhood Schema Play Guide”.
It describes, “Schemas are described as a pattern of repeated behavior which allow children to explore and express their thoughts and ideas through play.”

Beneath the title and definition are 8 different-colored boxes, in red, pink, beige, and blue. The 8 boxes each have a title defining that specific play schema, “signs” indicating signs that a child might be in that play schema, and then “activity ideas” for what activities have to do with that schema.

Those read as follows:
Title: Connecting
Signs: Connecting things together, tying things using ropes, tapes, or ribbon
Activity ideas: Threading beads, build train tracks

Title: Enveloping
Signs: Conceal objects or themselves, wrapping things, hiding
Activity ideas: Use a box to stuff things into, wrapping objects with small blanket or wrapping paper

Title: Positioning
Signs: Ordering, lining, arranging objects by size, shape, and color
Activity ideas: Peg board games, stacking objects, lining up dolls or cars, sorting objects

Title: Transporting
Signs: Moving object from place to place in a container, bags, or wagon
Activity ideas: Transport small animals, dolls, scavenger hunt

Title: Enclosing
Signs: Building, fences, drawing borders, using materials to create enclosure
Activity ideas: Set up tunnels with stacking rainbow or blocks, build blanket tents, parachute games

Title: Orientation
Signs: Hanging upside-down, putting objects in different places or positions
Activity ideas: Use binoculars to look at objects, posting boxes

Title: Rotation
Signs: Rotating object or themselves, twisting, spinning, very energetic
Activity ideas: Musical box, explore different size of rotating wheels, using push/rotate toys

Title: Trajectory
Signs: Throwing, jumping, climbing, kicking
Activity ideas: Play [with] different size balls, climbing structure, throw bean bags

The image was made by whose watermark is on the image.
End description.]

If your child turns 4 years old between 1 May and 31 October 2023 they can commence preschool in July next year (Term 3).

Head to this link to download a registration of interest form:
https://www.education.sa.gov.au/preschool-enrolment

You can return it via email at [email protected] or in person or alternatively you come in and see us for a hard copy.

Please contact us on (08) 8554 2962 for more information or to arrange a tour.

Great opportunity from Goolwa Children’s Centre to participate in a highly regarded parenting program. 💗

Hi everyone, we will be running the awesome Circle of Security Parenting Program again this term and would love you to join us Wednesdays 10am - 12 noon starting 3rd August - 21st September. Feel free to call the Centre for more information or to book your place 😊

it is vital to read with children ..

Does your child turn 4 before May 1 next year? Be sure to register to enrol into a nation-leading government preschool by June 30 this year.

Preschool will be one of the most impactful times in your child’s life and will set them up for a great start in life 🌱

🔗 To learn more about government preschools and how to register your interest click here: https://www.education.sa.gov.au/preschool-enrolment

Details about mid-year intake in 2023 will be available soon!

If your child turns 4 prior to April 30 next year they are eligible to attend kindergarten next year.

Hurry! Places are limited. Registration of Interest for Kindergarten in 2023 closes at the end of June.

Follow this link to download the registration form
https://www.education.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/preschool_registration_interest_form.pdf

You can either drop it off or email it to: [email protected]

Out and about with children from Port Elliot Kindergarten Thank you for including us in your excursion

If your child turns 4 prior to 1st May 2023 they are eligible to attend kindergarten in 2023.

Go to

www.ptelliotkgn.sa.edu.au/enrolment-and-fees/

to download your registration of interest form or pop in and see us to pick up a hard copy and return it to us by the end of June.

Offers of enrolment will commence in August.