Celebrating Children’s Book Week

During the week of Monday the 23rd of August to Friday 27th of August, 2021 our Inspired children, Educators and families celebrated the wonderful world of books. Book Week is a special time when early education services across Australia join in the celebration of children’s literature. During this time, our Inspired children were encouraged to […]

Our Inspired Kindergarten

Kindergarten provides children with life skills and opportunities to be successful in all developmental areas, setting a strong foundation for their educational journey. At Inspired Early Learning our curriculum is led by our Bachelor of Education Teacher Janine. Janine has over 36 years experience with Early Childhood Education and has been busily engaging, supporting and […]

Sustainable Art at Inspired

Have you been online shopping? Before adding your unwanted cardboard to your recycle bin, flatten the box and lay it down on the floor, add pencils, crayons or textas (if you dare) and invite your child to draw with you. Our Possums had the most wonderful morning drawing with a variety of materials, including crayons, […]

Exploring emotions with toddlers..

Children really like looking at themselves in the mirror. No, they’re not worried about how their hair looks or checking for food in their teeth (if they even have any). For children, looking in the mirror is play. It’s fun and fascinating. Our Echidna’s have loved the opportunity to continue their discovery of emotions through […]

Introducing Lisa

Have you met our kind, bubbly and always smiling Possum’s Group Leader Lisa?  The Possums room is for children aged 6 weeks old to 12 months of age. Our wonderful educating team led by Lisa, offer endless opportunities for children to discover through their senses using sight, smell, sound, touch and taste to develop their understanding […]

Learning at Home Activities

It’s time to share a few of our favourite activities to explore at home.  Make and play with playdough: It’s time to let the children get messy and create with playdough. This tactile activity encourages children to be creative and develop their physical skills. Tips: add essential oils, herbs or sprinkles for a little bit of fun! […]

The Inspired Lockdown Tool Kit

To fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease, more than 3 billion people in the world have been confined indoors, with Melbourne being in the height of Lockdown 6 our Inspired team would like to share with you 5 tips to help support your wellbeing during this this emotional rollercoaster. Tip #1: Feel all your […]

Learning to communicate with AUSLAN

How many times have you looked at your baby and thought, “I wish I knew what you wanted” If only your baby could tell you what’s wrong, what hurts, what they want or what they need, wouldn’t it make your life a lot easier? Well now you can! Our Possums educators have been supporting our children […]

Introducing Annie

Annie has been supporting children’s early education for many many years, including 16 years as a Family Day Care Educator in Wangaratta. Annie is passionate about early education and loves to guide children in exploring and discovering their strengths and interests. On weekends Annie enjoys spending time with her family and grandchildren, long walks or relaxing with […]

Music and Movement at Inspired

Has your child been singing one of our favourite songs at Inspired, we thought we would share the lyrics to a much loved song in our Emus environment (we know many of you have asked). Elephants and Lions: Cuddly koala, cuddly koala,Possums too, possums too.Wallabies and wombats, wallabies and wombats, Kangaroos, Kangaroos. Lions and tigers, lions and tigers, Gifaffes […]