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Child Care News for Parents & Carers
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October 6, 2021
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Welcome, this week we take a close look at small world play and explain why it offers such big learning opportunities for children. Also it's Nutrition Australia's Try for 5 campaign next week and we've got seven suggestions for increasing your family's vegetable consumption.
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Small world play at early learning services
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Little people have big imaginations, and small world play is an enormously beneficial way to tap into this creativity at child care and at home.
Basically, small world play involves your child placing little toys (like vehicles, furniture, animal figurines and peg people) into a miniature setting, then enacting different scenes and situations using these objects.
Your child might be in charge of a farm, oceanarium, construction site or fairy forest (complete with dinosaurs!), and as they create a scenario, these miniature worlds open up substantial opportunities to think, act and interact.
Today, we explain why small world play is so wonderful for your child, and share ways that child care services can set up this great little learning experience.
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7 ways to encourage your child to eat more vegetables
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Vegetables are an essential part of everyone's diet, and to ensure your child gets the energy and nutrients they need, the government recommends that under eights eat between two and four-and-a-half serves of veggies each day.
Of course, sometimes this is easier said than done.
Young diners can be notoriously choosy, and although some kids are happy to munch raw broccoli from the get-go, others are stuck on one vegetable, or resistant to many!
Luckily, there are ways to make different vegetables more appetising for your child. Here are Nutrition Australia's top tips for parents.
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