Jellyfish Daily Learning Story - Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Jellyfish
Daily Learning
Story
Wednesday 10th February 2021
Exploring coloured rice
To extend from our interest in colours, Miss Taylah decided to bring our valentines day fun in with our
learning about colours, and what a great way of doing this with coloured rice, to allow the children to
get in tough with their senses.
One side of the tray was filled with bright red rice and the other filled with a soft pink. Miss Taylah
added in some soft pink heart cookie cutters for the children to explore the rice with.
We gathered to mat and sat around the tray in a circle and waited patiently for Miss Taylah, once it was
ready Mikayla and Harvey dug straight into the rice, grabbing handfuls at a time. Nathaniel and Archie
grabbed a hold of one of the cookie cutters at first and started to stamp the cookie cutter through the
rice. Ethan happily sat besides Miss Maddy and observed the sensory tray as he was a little unsure at
first, it didn’t take him to long to feel comfortable within the group, he reached out to feel the texture
of the rice. Some of the rice made its way out of the tray, Mikayla looked at the mess on the mat and
said “Oh no, rice”, Miss Taylah replied “That's okay, how about we use our cookie cutters and fill them
with rice on the mat?” This excited Mikayla as she watched on what Miss Taylah was doing, once she
had fill up the cookie cutter up she tapped on Miss Taylah's legs and pointed to hers “Look Taylah, look”
she goes. Nathaniel also filled a cookie cutter up with the coloured rice, he was very proud of his
actions. Archie was a little more interested in the different shaped cookie cutters, getting up closely and
looking through the different sizes. Throughout this sensory experience, Miss Taylah talked about the
two different coloured rice that were in the tray, pink
and red for valentines day. Mikayla and Nathaniel
continued to point out the difference between the two
throughout their time exploring the rice. They are slowly
learning and recognizing their colours.
Written by Miss Taylah
Spontaneous outdoor play
After our fun morning inside exploring the rice tray,
we headed outside for a quick play before settling
down for some lunch.
Outside we had lots of different arounds to explore.
Each of the children went off independently to
explore at their own pace. Mikayla seemed to really
enjoy the outside home corner, she grabbed plates
of food and brought them over to Miss Maddy for
her “Lunch” as Mikayla had stated. Archie also
explored the home corner box, rushing through all
of the utensils, fruits and vegetables before settling
for a plate and the Velcro kiwi fruits. Harvey found
the table set up with paper and crayons, he happily
drew squiggles on his paper before running over to
the red car frame to spin the steering wheel. Ethan
sat beside Miss Taylah and enjoyed listening to her
read through the Alice in wonderland book, he
pointed to each of the different characters on the
pages that caught his attention. Nathaniel raced
around the turtle obstacle as fast as he could
before running up the stairs and jumping onto his
bottom down the slide.
Written by Miss Taylah
Staff Name
Jellyfish Shift
Taylah Maddy
9.30-6.00 8.15-4.30
Date 10th February 2021 Rest Pause 10 mins 10 mins
10 mins
Day Wednesday Lunch 1.00-2.00 12.00-12.45
CHILD'S NAME Morning tea Lunch Afternoon Tea Rest Time Clothing
Harvey All All x2 All 11.50 1.00
Mikayla Some All x2 All 11.45 2.25
Nathaniel Offered All x2 All 11.45 2.25
Archie All All x2 Home 11.40 2.00
Ethan Most All Home 11.40 11.50
UV Rating 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, UV 12
Morning Tea Fresh Fruit
Lunch Spaghetti Bolognaise
Afternoon tea Apply struddle & fruit
Fine motor skills
Colour recognition
Cognitive development
Gross motor skills
Creative imaginations
Overall the children had a really settled day, they enjoyed explor-
ing the rice tray and were gentle throughout that play, making
sure they didn’t make to much mess. They are starting to show
that they are slowly learning the differences between colours
and recognizing the colours we have been focusing on.
The children have gotten really well at sleep time, they happily
put themselves to sleep on their own, some need want a bit of
comfort during this time by being patted.
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