Caring for Country: Water (home learning)

Caring for Country: Water (home learning)

Activity 2 of 4 in this unit

  • Cool+
  • Early Learning
  • Primary
  • Parents
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  • Year 1 - 2
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  • Social
  • Indigenous Education
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Lesson summary

Kid/s will explore the ways that water is important to people and animals. They will also learn that traditional cultures – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – may use stories to share knowledge about the world around them. This activity is designed to give you an understanding of how to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into activities and to help you build your confidence in exploring this topic with your kids.

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EYLF Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity

1.4 Children learn to interact in relation to others with care, empathy and respect

Learning Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world

2.2 Children respond to diversity with respect

Learning Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners

4.1 Children develop a growth mindset and learning dispositions such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity

4.4 Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials

Resources required

  • access to a device to play a video
  • water-play tables or buckets/tubs filled with water.

Additional info

This is an original Cool+ activity.

This activity is designed to give you an understanding of how to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into activities at your centre and to help you build your confidence in exploring this topic with children and families.

This activity is a great one to do together as a family.

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