Learning and Development Areas (p.32)
Table 3: The relationship between EYLF learning outcomes and Queensland kindergarten learning and development areas (p.32)
Identity
Wellbeing
- Building a sense of security and trust
- Acting with increasing independence and perseverance
- Building a confident self‐identity
- Building positive relationships with others
- Showing increasing respect for diversity
- Showing increasing respect for environments
Wellbeing
- Building a sense of autonomy and wellbeing
- Exploring ways to show care and concern and interact positively with other
- Exploring ways to promote own and others’ health and safety
- Exploring ways to promote physical wellbeing
Environment
Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment
Physical
Social
Temporal
- promote play - provide access to material for exploration
- challenge thinking - provide different sized and scaled materials
- encourage meaningful conversation about physical materials
- group materials through various similar attributes
Social
- support interactions between children
- sustain respectful relationships
- group children & engage partners to enhance learning
- provide choice and opportunity for decision making
- extend to children's cultural diverse backgrounds
Temporal
- uninterrupted play
- children to participate in real-life engagements (cooking, gardening, visits, meals, rest time)
- group experiences - shared reading, music, movement
- children participate in conversations, reflection, and planning
- building on children's interests and individual needs
- working with partners to review, reflect, document and plan