Gumtree Kids Piliyandala

31/01/2026

🌱 Caring for Our Garden 🌱

At Gumtree Kids Preschool and Daycare, our small inquiry project focuses on gardening. Through planting vegetables, watering the garden beds, and engaging in sensory and related experiences, children are learning to care for living things, develop responsibility, and connect with nature.

EYLF Outcome 2:
Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment.

31/01/2026

🎨 Hand–Eye Coordination Activity 🎨

This activity helps develop hand–eye coordination, fine motor skills, and concentration as the child carefully controls movement and explores cause and effect. It also supports creativity and builds confidence through independent exploration.

EYLF Outcome 1: Children feel safe, secure, and confident as they explore and try new experiences.

29/01/2026

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26/01/2026

🍃 Creating Our Own Trees 🍃

Children sat together on the mat and used leaves they collected from the garden to create their own trees. Each child pasted leaves onto a paper with a tree outline (without leaves) and proudly made their own unique tree. This activity supported creativity, focus, and connection with nature.

EYLF Link:
Outcome 4 – Children are confident and involved learners

24/01/2026

🫧 Bubble Wrap Painting 🎨

Children sat together around the table and enjoyed painting using bubble wrap, with each child having their own paper. This experience supported creativity, focus, and sensory exploration.

EYLF Link:
Outcome 4 – Children are confident and involved learners

22/01/2026

Celebrating Early Writing, the Child-Led Way ✏️💛

In modern teaching practice, early writing is introduced in a gentle, pressure-free way. Today, a child chose to look at her name and carefully copied it onto paper. This experience was about confidence, choice, and self-expression—not perfection. She was so proud of herself, and we were proud of her too! 🌟

🔗 EYLF Outcome 5 – Children are effective communicators
Children engage with early literacy by recognising and attempting to write their name in a meaningful, pressure-free way.

22/01/2026

Building Strong Little Bodies! 💪🧗‍♂️

As children climb the frame using their hands and legs, they strengthen their muscles, improve balance, and develop important gross motor skills. Every climb builds confidence, coordination, and body awareness—learning through active play at its best! 🌟

Linked to EYLF Outcome 1: Children develop confidence and a positive sense of self through physical challenges and active play.

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12/01/2026

🍦 Ice Cream Art & Craft Fun 🍦

Children used sponges and poster paint to create colourful ice cream cone and ice cream artworks. This fun activity supported creativity, fine motor skills, and sensory exploration as children experimented with textures and colours.

EYLF Outcome Link:
Outcome 4 – Children are confident and involved learners

11/01/2026

🧘‍♀️ Calm Moments During Group Time 🧘‍♂️

Here are some moments captured while children were engaging in group time and practising calm, quiet bodies through meditation and quiet time. These experiences help children learn to slow down, listen, and develop self-regulation and emotional wellbeing.

EYLF Outcome Link:
Outcome 3 – Children have a strong sense of wellbeing

11/01/2026

🚲 Learning to Pedal: Building Gross Motor Skills 🚲

Riding a tricycle helps children strengthen their muscles and develop gross motor skills. Learning how to pedal at a very young age also supports coordination, balance, and confidence as children explore movement through play.

EYLF Outcome Link:
Outcome 3 – Children have a strong sense of wellbeing

11/01/2026

🌱 Garden Project: Little Gardeners 🌱

The children helped make our garden bed and took part in planting chilli, tomato, and salad leaves. They also watered the plants and, during group time, we talked about planting and how plants grow. It was a hands-on learning experience that supported teamwork, care for the environment, and curiosity about nature.

EYLF Outcome Link:
Outcome 2 – Children are connected with and contribute to their world.

05/01/2026

🌱 Playing Together 🌱

At Gumtree Kids Preschool and Daycare, when children arrive at the centre, they are free to choose what they would like to do and what they would like to play with. This supports their independence and confidence in learning.

Here is a beautiful moment where children worked together at the sandpit, engaging in pretend cooking play. Through this shared play, they communicated, took turns, and used their imagination while learning from one another.

This experience links to EYLF Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world, as children learn to cooperate, collaborate, and build positive relationships through play.