Tall Tree Early Learning - Subiaco

Kaya Subiaco Families,

As the new season began on 1 August, the children also embarked on a new learning journey inspired by the Indigenous seasonal calendar. This season celebrates one of the world's oldest living cultures and marks a time of nesting and blooming in the natural environment.

Throughout a range of play-based learning experiences, the children explored native birds, plants, and the changes they can observe in nature. These experiences encouraged curiosity, respect for Country, and a deeper appreciation of the local environment and the rich knowledge shared through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.

Kyah Subiaco families,

Children across our service have taken part in meaningful experiences that support the development of lifelong oral health habits. Through engaging storytelling, hands-on experiences, and shared discussions, children explored the importance of oral health and hygiene practices while developing curiosity and understanding around caring for their teeth and overall wellbeing.

It has been wonderful to see children actively participate, ask questions, and build healthy habits through play-based learning experiences.

🎶 Music, Movement and Joy in Our Willow Room 🎶

Our youngest learners in the Willow Room love coming together for our morning mat sessions!

These special moments include singing songs, exploring music, and experimenting with simple musical instruments such as shakers and drum sticks. Through music, children are encouraged to explore different sounds and rhythms, and actively participate in the group experience.

These joyful experiences support children's communication, listening skills, confidence, coordination, and sense of belonging, while fostering a lifelong love of music and learning.

💚 Every song, every shake, and every smile is an important step in their learning journey.

🌱 Growing More Than Just Plants at Tall Tree Early Learning Subiaco 🌱

Kaya, Subiaco families! 💚

Over the past few weeks, our Kindy children have been immersed in a meaningful gardening project. Through hands-on experiences, they have planted seeds, cared for their growing plants, and watched them flourish in our learning environment.

At Tall Tree Early Learning Subiaco, we believe that the experiences children have in their early years help shape their lifelong interests, confidence, and connection to the world around them. Gardening teaches so much more than how plants grow—it nurtures curiosity, responsibility, patience, and respect for nature.

Watching our Oak children care for their little garden has been a wonderful reminder that, just like plants, children thrive when they are given time, encouragement, and the right environment to grow.

We are proud to create meaningful learning experiences that inspire children to become caring, capable, and curious learners.

🌿 Come and discover how we nurture young minds and help children grow every day.

Together, let's build a strong, connected community where every child can thrive.

Kaya Subiaco Families,

Books are an important part of our learning environment and are available to children throughout the day. We believe that books are much more than a tool for developing early literacy—they inspire curiosity, spark imagination, support emotional wellbeing, and encourage meaningful conversations.

Children enjoy reading independently, sharing stories with their peers, or sitting with an educator to explore a favourite book together. We also use books as provocations for open-ended art experiences, dramatic play, investigations, and project work, allowing children to express their ideas and extend their learning in creative ways.

Our cosy reading spaces provide children with a quiet place to slow down, relax, and self-regulate. Whether they are looking for a moment of calm, a familiar story, or simply a peaceful space, books offer comfort while supporting language, emotional development, and a lifelong love of reading.

To ensure our library remains engaging and relevant, we regularly rotate and add a wide range of books that reflect children's interests, cultures, current projects, and the diverse world around them. As part of learning to care for our shared resources, children are encouraged to handle books with respect. If a book becomes damaged, educators work alongside the children to repair it using sticky tape, helping them understand that resources are valuable and that together we can care for and extend their life.

Through these everyday experiences, children develop literacy skills, communication, empathy, creativity, responsibility, and a genuine appreciation for books that will support their learning for years to come.

Kaya Subiaco Families,

At Tall Tree, we value the rich learning opportunities that natural resources provide. As part of our philosophy, we encourage children to connect with nature through hands-on, play-based experiences that foster curiosity, creativity, and respect for the environment.

Our children explored a variety of natural materials, including sticks, leaves, bark, seed pods, stones, flowers, and sand, using them to create, build, investigate, and express their ideas. Open-ended natural resources invite children to think creatively, solve problems, and use their imagination, as there is no right or wrong way to play.

Through these experiences, the children developed their fine motor skills, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking while deepening their appreciation for the natural world. They also learned the importance of caring for our environment by valuing and respectfully using the resources that nature provides.

By embracing natural materials in our everyday learning, we are nurturing confident, capable, and environmentally responsible children who develop a lifelong connection with nature.

Kaya Subi Families,

As an important part of our philosophy, we actively promote sustainable practices and encourage children to use resources thoughtfully and responsibly. Reusing materials not only supports sustainability but also inspires creativity, imagination, and problem-solving.

As an extension of our Firefighter Project, our educators encouraged the children to construct fire engines using recycled cardboard boxes. The children enthusiastically participated in the experience, working together to design, build, and bring their ideas to life.

Through this hands-on expirience, the children developed their creativity, collaboration, communication, and fine motor skills while learning about the importance of caring for our environment by reusing everyday resources.

Together, we are nurturing creative minds while building sustainable habits for the future.

Kaya Tall Tree Subiaco.

Last week, as an extension of our NAIDOC Week learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and traditions, our Kindy children applied their knowledge of native plants by making fragrant biscuits infused with the unique flavour of lemon myrtle.

This hands-on experience encouraged the children to explore native Australian ingredients, connect their learning to real-life experiences, and develop a deeper appreciation for the rich knowledge, cultures, and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Together, let's keep culture valued, alive, and thriving through learning, sharing, and celebrating.

This week, our Kindy children have been celebrating NAIDOC Week through storytelling, creativity, and connecting with nature.

Together, we enjoyed reading The Echidna and the Shade Tree, which sparked wonderful conversations about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, the importance of caring for Country, and the special connection between people, animals, and the land.

Inspired by the story, the children created their own unique echidnas using clay, matchsticks, googly eyes, and a variety of natural resources they carefully collected during our excursion along the Bidi Trail. This hands on experience encouraged creativity while strengthening their appreciation for the natural environment and the beauty of using materials found in nature.

Through storytelling, exploration, and creative expression, the children have been developing a deeper understanding of NAIDOC Week and celebrating the rich histories, cultures, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are so proud of their thoughtful creations and the curiosity they have shown throughout this meaningful learning experience.

Kaya,

The children have been exploring the fascinating life cycle of a butterfly through a hands-on learning experience. Over the past week, they eagerly observed the chrysalis each day, patiently waiting for the butterfly to emerge. This experience encouraged curiosity, patience, and careful observation as the children noticed the small changes taking place throughout the transformation.

After more than a week of watching and wondering, the exciting moment finally arrived when the butterfly emerged from its chrysalis. The children were captivated as they witnessed this incredible stage of the butterfly's life cycle firsthand. They discussed the different stages of development—from egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, to butterfly.

This meaningful experience helped deepen the children's understanding of nature, growth, and change while fostering a sense of wonder and appreciation for living things. Watching the butterfly emerge was a memorable moment that brought their learning to life and highlighted the importance of patience and caring for the natural world.