123 4 Kids offers 9 hour, 10 hour and full day sessions to support our families make the most out of the government’s Child Care Subsidy.
Supporting children’s social and emotional development is an important part of everything we do. Through everyday interactions, play and group experiences, children are supported to recognise and express their emotions, build confidence and develop positive relationships with others.
Educators encourage children to work together, share ideas, solve problems, show empathy and consider the feelings and perspectives of others. These experiences help children develop meaningful friendships, resilience and a strong sense of belonging.
EYLF Connections:
Outcome 1 – Children have a strong sense of identity
Outcome 2 – Children are connected with and contribute to their world
Children are supported to feel safe, secure and supported, develop their emerging autonomy and learn to interact with others with care, empathy and respect.
Language and literacy are naturally woven throughout children’s everyday play and experiences. Through conversations, storytelling, books, songs, rhymes, imaginative play and games, children are encouraged to explore language and discover the many ways we communicate.
Educators extend children’s vocabulary, encourage them to share their ideas and provide opportunities to create, tell and represent their own stories. These experiences support children to become confident communicators while building important foundations for future reading and writing.
EYLF Connection:
Outcome 5 – Children are effective communicators
Children engage with a range of texts, express ideas and meaning in different ways and begin to understand symbols, patterns and systems of communication.
Mathematical learning happens naturally throughout a child’s day. Through hands-on play and real-life experiences, children explore numbers, counting, patterns, shapes, measurement, time, size, quantity and money.
Whether they are building with blocks, sorting materials, cooking, completing puzzles or counting during play, educators help children recognise the mathematics that exists within the world around them. Our focus is on making mathematical thinking meaningful, practical and enjoyable.
EYLF Connections:
Outcome 4 – Children are confident and involved learners
Outcome 5 – Children are effective communicators
Children develop problem-solving, inquiry, experimentation and reasoning skills while beginning to understand mathematical concepts and symbols through meaningful experiences.
Children are naturally curious, and we encourage them to investigate, question and make discoveries about how their world works. Science and technology concepts are explored through experiments, nature experiences, gardening, caring for living things, construction and investigating how objects and materials work.
Educators encourage children to predict, experiment, problem-solve and share their ideas while developing an appreciation and respect for the natural environment.
EYLF Connections:
Outcome 2 – Children are connected with and contribute to their world
Outcome 4 – Children are confident and involved learners
Children develop curiosity, creativity, persistence and inquiry skills while learning to respect and care for their natural environment.
Imagination, movement and music provide wonderful opportunities for children to express themselves and connect with others. Through dramatic play, dress-ups, props and shared imaginary experiences, children explore different roles, recreate familiar situations and develop creativity, communication and social skills.
Music and dance allow children to experiment with rhythm, movement, sound, beat and expression while providing opportunities to experience and celebrate different cultures, traditions and ways of being.
EYLF Connections:
Outcome 2 – Children are connected with and contribute to their world
Outcome 5 – Children are effective communicators
Children use play, movement, music and creative expression to communicate ideas, explore identity and develop an appreciation of diversity.
Creative experiences give children the freedom to communicate their thoughts, ideas and emotions in their own unique way. Children are encouraged to experiment with painting, drawing, collage, clay, loose parts, construction and a variety of natural and recycled materials.
Rather than focusing on a finished product, we value the creative process and the thinking, experimenting and problem-solving that happens along the way.
EYLF Connections:
Outcome 4 – Children are confident and involved learners
Outcome 5 – Children are effective communicators
Children use creativity, imagination, experimentation and different materials to investigate ideas and represent their thinking.
Active play is an important part of children’s development, health and wellbeing. Our environments provide opportunities for children to run, climb, jump, balance, skip and challenge their growing physical abilities.
Through active play, children strengthen their gross motor skills, coordination, spatial awareness and confidence while learning to assess appropriate risks and understand what their bodies are capable of.
EYLF Connection:
Outcome 3 – Children have a strong sense of wellbeing
Children develop increasing responsibility for their physical wellbeing while building confidence, coordination, resilience and awareness of their own capabilities.
EYLF Connections:
Our approach supports all five EYLF Learning Outcomes, recognising that children’s identity, relationships, wellbeing, learning and communication are interconnected.
We believe some of the most meaningful learning happens through play. When children are given the time, space and freedom to explore their own ideas, they develop curiosity, creativity and a genuine desire to learn. Open-ended and child-led play provides opportunities to investigate, experiment, negotiate, take appropriate risks, solve problems and collaborate with others.
Our educators engage alongside children, observing and listening to understand what captures their interest and extending their thinking through thoughtful questions, resources and experiences. By combining child-led exploration with intentional teaching, we create opportunities for all five EYLF Learning Outcomes to naturally come to life throughout the day.
For us, school readiness isn’t simply about what a child knows before they begin school. It is about helping them become confident in who they are, curious about the world around them, able to build relationships, willing to have a go, and excited to continue learning.
CCS is a payment from the Government that will provide financial assistance towards the cost of your child’s care and reduce the cost of your total child care fees. It is available to you if you are a parent, foster parent or grandparent with a child in your care who is attending a child care program approved by the Government. There are specific requirements you need to meet to be eligible for CCS. Until your CCS has been approved and has commenced, we will require full payment of your child’s early learning and care fees.
The Child Care Safety Net aims to give the most vulnerable children a strong start while supporting parents into work. It will do this by providing targeted assistance to vulnerable and at-risk children and their families, as well as supporting child care services in disadvantaged communities to address barriers in accessing childcare.
The Child Care Safety Net has three components:
• Additional Child Care Subsidy
• Community Child Care Fund
• Inclusion Support Programme
