Me and My Body - Learning Experiences

Sounds

Encouraging play with words.
Identifying words that start with the same sound.
Increase awareness of how sounds are produced.
Developing letter/sound knowledge.
Segmenting words into syllables.

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Words

Naming different parts of the body.
Extending knowledge of action words (verbs).
Encouraging descriptive language.
Expanding spoken sentences.
Encouraging children to write and draw what they are saying

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Aboriginal Language

Local Aboriginal Language

To share parts of the body in local Aboriginal Language following local language protocols.
To develop an understanding of the diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language groups on country.
To understand that if language is not learnt that language will be lost.
To support and nurture the child’s sense of identity.

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Yarning

Developing an overall understanding of Lois’ fishing yarn (Characters, place and time)
Sequencing the main events
Linking ideas together using connecting words eg: and, then, so.
Responding to comprehension questions relating to the yarn.
Using Lois’ yarn to reflect on food gathering and fishing in local waters.

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Extending the Experiences

EXPLORING NATURE

Footprints/Handprints in clay work.
Explore bush tucker…. seeds, gum nuts, shell fish.
How bush tucker is collected. Explore clay making.
Create a boat from Lois’ Story.
Name and identify sea creatures.

ABORIGINAL KNOWLEDGE

Totem animals
Sharing food (protocols).

VISUAL ARTS

Draw around the children’s bodies and create life sized forms.
Label in Guringai language.
Self portrait.
Create fish with handprints.
Create lanterns out of coloured paper.
Create fish using craypas and collage.
Draw around shadows, crayon and water colour wash shadow drawings.

CREATIVE MOVEMENT

Explore Tempo/dynamics through creative movement and story telling.
Body Percussion: move different body parts.
Explore musical instruments.
Explore Cultural perspectives through dance.
Wendy’s Mob CD and DVD.

PLAY

Provide props for dramatising Lois’ Fishing yarn.
Dramatise Fishing Yarn.

SONG SUGGESTIONS

Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (Guringai on website).
Hokey Pokey.
I am a fine musician using local Indigenous instruments i.e. tapping sticks, drums, seeds pods in container (shakers).

TAKE IT OUTSIDE

Explore shadows.
Identify local bush tucker. Parachute game.
Naming parts of body from point to point or moving in different e.g. wiggling, hopping, sliding.

NUMBER

How many eyes, ears etc..
Healthy food puzzles.
1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish alive.

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