Animated graphics by Animation Factory |
Welcome to my portfolio gallery. Here you will find the domains of development I cover in my portfolios and photos of the types of activities I do within these areas. Under each photo I have a short description of the basic skill or concept that is covered and also any other concepts that are integrated into the activity . This is a sample only and things vary year to year. Please feel free to use any of these ideas for yourself. With most activities I include a "descriptor sheet" to describe the activity and the child's level of achievement for it. To see samples of descriptor sheets click here |
Creative Activities - Samples of Artwork |
Cognitive Activities |
Spatial awareness Also creativity |
Logical thinking, spatial awareness Also creativity, physical awareness |
Body Collage |
Make-a-face |
Printed Bears |
Feelings Sheet |
Oral language expression Also emotional awareness |
Welcome to my portfolio gallery. Here you will find the domains of development I cover in my portfolios and photos of the types of activities I do within these areas. Under each photo I have a short description of the basic skill or concept that is covered and also any other concepts that are integrated into the activity . This is a sample only and things vary year to year. Please feel free to use any of these ideas for yourself. With most activities I include a "descriptor sheet" to describe the activity and the child's level of achievement for it. To see samples of descriptor sheets click here |
Oral Language Activities |
Sensory awareness Also oral expression |
Shape awareness, size and spatial awareness |
Classification, awareness of seasons/weather , logical thinking |
Clothes Sort |
Handprints |
Build a House |
Bumpy & Smooth |
Classification, sensory awareness |
I Can Draw a Person |
Drawing skills, Also fine motor skills, body awareness |
My First Painting |
Painting skills, creative thought process, use of space Also fine motor skills |
Fingerprint Autumn Tree |
Cut & Colour Fish |
follow lines to cut, manipulate scissors & paintbrush |
Writing Sample |
Fine Motor Activities |
Gross Motor Skills I usually include a checklist that includes skills such as balancing, climbing, locomotion, perceptual motor, and awareness of spatial terms such as under, over, behind and so on. Note skills such as the child's ability to move around the environment safely and easily. I also checklist SELF HELP skills such as dressing, toileting, handwashing. |
I include a checklist that includes social skills such as: - cooperation - following rules and limits - conflict resolution - confidence in social contexts - turn taking and sharing - responsible use of toys and equipment - care for the learning environment - responsibility and care for personal belongings - positive expression of emotions |
I include a checklist on oral expression that includes: - articulation skills - confidence in social situations - use of language to express needs, wants, feelings, experiences - conversational skills eg - turn taking - eye contact - active listening We also do RECOUNT activities when we have and excursion or special event to encouraged children to recall and verbally express their experiences. |
We encourage the children to try writing and writing their name (even if it's at the scribble stage) and include these samples. We test skills such as alphabet recognition and numeral recognition, and note other pre reading skills that the children display such as: - following text with a finger moving left to right - retelling stories in books - making predictions using text or pictorial cues - saying "The End" when finishing a book |
We checklist skills such as: - pencil grip - hand preference - scissor control and manipulation - control and dexterity of fine motor tools (glue brushes etc) |
Social Development |
Sea Collage |
Weaving |
Threading |
Written Language |
Boats |
Shape, size, spatial awareness, logical thinking |
Sequencing |
Also oral recount, awareness of life cycles |
Shape Pictures |
Shape, size and spatial awareness, logical thinking |
Little, Middle Size, Big |
Size awareness, classification |
Printed Train |
Shape awareness, patterning |
Animated graphics by Animation Factory |
PORTFOLIO GALLERY |
Body Collage |
Miss G's Aussie Kindergarten |
