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Looking and finding
For two- and three-year-olds: looking for something hidden, and knowing it's still there when you can only see a bit of it. Little Roos has 9 free games that practise it, for ages 2-7.
Where it fits
In the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 (birth to five) and the Australian Curriculum v9 (Foundation to Year 2), with the official wording:
- EYLF 4.2 (Early Years Learning Framework V2.0): Children develop a range of learning and thinking skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating.
Games that practise it
- Wombat's Peekaboo: Looking and finding, for two- and three-year-olds: who's hiding behind the bush?. Ages 2-3.
- Dig It Up!: What fossils are: bones, teeth, shells, plants and footprints from long ago that turned to rock. Ages 2-5.
- Footprint Detectives: Reading footprints, today and long ago: three toes, two feet, round paws. Ages 3-6.
- Sink or Float?: Guessing first, then looking. Things that are light for their size float; things that are heavy for their size sink. Ages 3-6.
- Magnet Hunt: Testing a guess: magnets pick up things with iron in them, but not wood, plastic or even foil. Ages 3-6.
- Fly Around Australia: Australia's very different places, on a map: a big city, the Snowy Mountains, the red centre's deserts, the rainforest and the Reef. Ages 4-7.
- Little Helpers: Small, hopeful things that help: tap off, lights off, litter in the bin, a tree to plant. Ages 3-6.
- Reef Hide and Seek: Looking and finding, for the youngest: who's hiding on the reef, in the kelp and in the seagrass?. Ages 2-4.
- Beep Beep, Who's That?: Listening: hear a vehicle's sound, and find the vehicle that made it. Ages 2-5.
Away from the screen
About two minutes each, with things most homes have.
Peekaboo under the blanket (from Wombat's Peekaboo)
- Hide a favourite toy under a tea towel, with a little bit showing.
- Ask "Where's Teddy?" and let your child pull the towel away. "Peekaboo!"
- Swap: your child hides the toy (or themselves) and you find it.
Things to ask while they play
- Where's Koala?
- Can you see her ears?
More skills in Attention and self-control, or every skill.
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