Day Twelve: Learning fun for four-year-olds
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FOR PARENTS
Get Connected: How to manage Sensory Overload
With so much sensory information rivalling for our children’s attention, how do we help them manage the messages to try and avoid them coming to the point of overwhelm?
FOR KIDS
ACTIVITY: ‘Cave’ paintings with ochre
Depending on where you live, you may have ochre in your backyard, which makes a lovely orangey-brown colour. If you don’t, plain old dirt will do the trick! This activity can be a good catalyst for teaching your little one some Indigenous Australian history, and building their cultural awareness. Paint straight onto paper or make a cardboard ‘cave’ for them to decorate.
ACTIVITY: Printable Mazes
Mazes are amazing (sorry). These printable mazes are designed for your four-year-old to follow with their finger, but we’ve also seen them blown up to make a placemat or roads for Matchbox cars or similar size vehicles. Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and problem-solving skills all get a workout with this one!
Get Active: Cartwheels with Coach Meggin
Fit and Fun with Coach Meggin is a YouTube channel that shows kids how to do gymnastics exercises like cartwheels or walkovers at home. Using couch cushions, carpet or grass or even a bed, Coach Meggin will talk your little one through beginner activities in a simple, easy-to-understand way.
Storytime: Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Just Books Read Aloud is a simple, no frills website that does exactly what it says on the tin. There are no bells or whistles and no over-the-top narrator antics, just good, old-fashioned storytelling! Dear Zoo is a classic, but there’s also lots of good Eric Carle tales (of Very Hungry Caterpillar fame) and other faves like Judith Kerr and Mem Fox.