Princes ELC

PRINCE ALFRED COLLEGE EARLY LEARNING CENTRE

An environment designed to foster creativity, provoke questions, provide challenges and celebrate the achievements of young children. We foster the development of integrity, curiosity, confidence, compassion and Christian principles.We encourage relationships of shared responsibility and mutual respect. We believe in fun and the joy and importance of childhood. We ensure an environment filled with a sense of humour, love of play and exploration, and a sense of community.

Friday, September 22, 2017

Afternoon Program

During the afternoon program we have been exploring different creatures and learning about their habitat. We are also learning the importance of how to take care of our little friends. We are strongly encouraging children to respect and be kind to animals. It is significant for children to understand empathy and to care for their environment.

Danica -  It's so cute. Turtle had hard shell
Mikayla - Shell  keep turtle safe from people.
Oliver - Shell made out of metal.
Leo D - It had kind of little bit toes hanging out for swimming.
Sebastien- It has little gaps on his shell and he has sharp claws on his toes.
Isaac - If turtle is scared he hides in the shell.
Sebastien- He eats little pieces of fish.
Isaac - It is a small turtle, I saw really really big turtle walking across the bridge in sea world.

This week we have two new friends, the green frogs. The children have really enjoyed watching the frogs jumping around.

Number Jacks is still a favourite for the children. It enables them to wind down after the routine of the day. Through out the day, we can see children pretending to be numberjacks and solving problems during their play.

In our activity space, most children have been intrigued by anything with wheels. A train mat is proving popular as well as the jungle activity where the children are collaborating together as to how each cog impacts the one next to it and further impacting the monkeys hanging in the trees.  


Love the Afternoon Team