Early Childhood Education

Chicka, Chicka 123 at the Mud Kitchen

Bring the book to life

We love to sprinkle children’s literature into everything we do and explore. This playful provocation is inspired by the storybook Chicka, Chicka 123 by Bill Martin Jr, Michael Sampson and Lois Ehlert. The story engages children with numbers on a giant apple tree. There are so many opportunities to practice counting skills in this story and explore number recognition as you go through the story.

Mud Kitchen Play

This is a video of the Structured Autism Classroom at Jackson Elementary School which I created for a grant request by a student. It was videotaped by my daughter Becca, in December 2009, and shows the classroom structure, explains TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped CHildren) as and PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) , the 3 criteria associated with the diagnosis of Autism, my classroom philosophy and my education.

Pumpkin Investigation at the Mud Kitchen

What do we know about pumpkins?

Take a look at how to turn your mud kitchen area into a pumpkin inquiry for little learners, enriched with herbs and dried flowers. As it starts to get cooler in Chiangmai, the mornings are misty and the air is fresh. We asked each family to bring a pumpkin that the children helped pick. It could be big, small, orange, green, smooth or bumpy. Picking the right pumpkin is

all part of the learning experience

Snowman Soup at the Mud Kitchen

Imaginative Play

This is a wonderful way to enrich your winter play at the mud kitchen outside. Snowman soup is inspired by the children’s picture walk story ‘The Snowman’ by

Raymond Briggs.

Play in Early Childhood: The Role of Play in Any Setting

In this video, learn more about how play can foster children’s resilience to hardship, and how the complex interactions involved when children play help build their brains.

The Importance of Play in Early Childhood Education

Demonstrate knowledge of play as part of the learning environment

Why I'm Studying Early Childhood Education - Stacey's Story

Early Childhood Education student Stacey chats about why she decided to study Early Childhood Teaching, why she decided to study at the School of Education at Edith Cowan University (ECU), her experiences on placement and how she balances working full-time while studying part-time

High-Impact, Low Prep Activities

It is ironic that kids get so much from playtime than they do actually learn!

Source: https://raisingchildren.net.au/

Creative Play for Pre Schoolers.

Pre-schoolers learn and develop through creative activities like drama. Craft , Music and dance

Experiencing, discovering and experimenting are very important un pre-schoolers creative activities

Encourage pre-schoolers by letting them lead creative activities, give them time and space and praising them

You can adapt creative activities for pre-schoolers with diverse abilities

Story Line Online

Reading books aloud to children is far better than just asking them to read them by themselves. this website has multiple books on different genres that are being read out to the viewers, these could be played out loud in classrooms, one in one session, with parents, and more.

International Teachers Association