Aryani Siti

  I made this activity using acrylic mirror and secured them around recycled boxes. This mirror activity can help children to develop several skills such as: eye-hand coordination, language and listening skills, and imitation. Once a baby's vision begins to develop, they love to look at faces, even their own. Here's how babies can get in on the reflection fun and help support their development. (Some babies use the mirror boxes as a stacking toy instead. This is evident that they are confident and involved learners, as they use play to investigate, imagine and explore ideas).   Learning Outcome: 1.3 - Children develop knowledgeable and confident self-identities 5.3 - Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media   National Quality Standard: 1.1.1  -  Curriculum decision making contributes to each child’s learning and development outcomes in relation to their identity, connection with community, wellbeing, confidence as learners ...

  Fine Motor Activity Mat Fine motor skills are the coordination of small muscle movements – usually involving small, precise thumb, finger, hand, and wrist movements. I made the mat using buttons, zippers, and Velcro, sewn into fabric – to allows children to play with small objects, encourages creativity, and improves hand-eye coordination. Learning Outcome: 4.1 – Children develop dispositions such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination, and reflexivity.   National Quality Standard: 4.1.1 – The organisation of educators across the service supports children’s learning and development.   Principle And Practice: Learning through play   Theorist: Loris Malaguzzi — He belief that children are powerful and capable individuals, with the ability and desire to construct their own knowledge    

  I made the rattles from recycled boxes and filled them with different objects to make sounds when the babies shake them up. Rattles can help to teach babies many new skills. When we hold a rattle up, babies might first look at the rattle with their eyes. If we move the rattle from one side to the other, babies learn to visually track, or coordinate their eyes together to watch a moving toy. The sounds rattles make can also alert babies to noise. If they hear the sound of a rattle, babies will eventually turn their heads towards the sound.  At first, babies will hold their rattles tightly with a strong grasp reflex. As their fine motor skills develop, they will learn to hold and shake the rattle in the air. Learning Outcome: 4.3 – Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another   National Quality Standard: 3.2.2 – Resources, materials, and equipment allow for multiple uses, are sufficient in number, and enable every child t...

Material I need to make this fine motor activity are small hula hoop – I crochet it around to make it soft to hold for babies. I also use bottle lid. I made a small hole on the lid and put it in the shoelaces then tie them in the hula hoop. Fine motor activity in the early year’s help children improve their pincer grasp (grasping an object with their thumb and pointer finger using their preferred hand). Learning Outcome: 4.4 – Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies, and natural and processed materials   National Quality Standard: 3.2.2 – Resources, materials, and equipment allow for multiple uses, are sufficient in number, and enable every child to engage in play-based learning   Principle And Practice: Learning through play   Theorist: Erik Erikson – The child is considered an active learner going through stages

  Matching activity helping children to improve several cognitive abilities like visual memory, short term memory, pattern recognition, and helps with focus.   The material I need are cardboard that I cut in card size, and coloured felt soft fabric. I use Velcro, which is a hook-and-loop fastener, to fasten the card and the felt together.   Learning Outcome: 4.2 – Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching, and investigating   National Quality Standard: 3.2.2 – Resources, materials, and equipment allow for multiple uses, are sufficient in number, and enable every child to engage in play-based learning   Principle And Practice: Learning through play   Theorist: Erik Erikson – The child is considered an active learner going through stages  

  Sensory stimulation is an important way that babies first get to know the world around them. As sensory play progresses to hands-on activities, it also plays an important role in helping children build cognitive skills involved in problem solving and abstract thinking.  I made the resources from cardboard cut in handprint shape. Then I glued different materials on top of it for children to explore their sensory touch.                                                                                  

  Loose parts play helps children develop creative and critical thinking skills by encouraging them to use their imagination and experiment with new ideas freely. Loose parts give children the freedom to arrange and rearrange, essentially using the parts to create their own rules and designs, which allows the focus of the experience to be on the process rather than the product.  Fine motor skills are developed and strengthened when children grasp and pick up small objects.  EYLF Learning Outcomes 4.1 – Children develop dispositions for learning (curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity)   National Quality Standard 1.1.2 – Each child’s current knowledge, strengths, ideas, culture, abilities, and interests are the foundation of the program   Theorist Link Erik Erikson – Qualitative changes in the way children think. The child is considered an active learner going th...