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Science Week 2019

It’s National Science Week and educators have planned many fun experiences like fizzy fairy potion, the “skittles” experiment, magic milk and more đź™‚ National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology and provides an opportunity to encourage early learning about science and for young people to become fascinated by the world we live […]

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Diverse bookshelves

Many people from different backgrounds, religions, beliefs and traditions make up our wonderful Buttercups community. Early learning centres like Buttercups provide children with great opportunities to learn more about cultural diversity and all the benefits of a multicultural society! Buttercups educators aim to include multicultural resources like books representing culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or

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Homelessness Week 2019

This week is Homelessness Week and Buttercups children have made some beautiful pieces of art to go along with a box of donations from the Buttercups community to the local homelessness shelter. Homelessness Week is the annual awareness-raising week to highlight the 116,000 Australians who are homeless on any given night. Other activities this week include

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Children & choices

Would you like your child to choose broccoli over cookies? Giving children choices helps them feel like they have some power and control over what they do. The key to giving children choices is to first decide what choices you will allow them to make.  Below is a fantastic article on how to best offer

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Playing with peers great for language acquisition

Toddlers word learning skills increase around their peers! New research of the University of Waterloo has found that children who are attending early learning centres like Buttercups may have an advantage over their peers when it comes to language acquisition! While all toddlers showed “surprisingly good” speech processing skills when it came to deciphering the

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NAIDOC week

This week we are celebrating NAIDOC week! All rooms across the centre have wonderful activities on offer to celebrate the rich history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – painting/sticking of flags, sensory experiences and music appreciation!

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Time to celebrate!

We are very happy and proud – Buttercups has been voted one of the “Best Child Care Centres in Perth”! Please read more here – https://bestinau.com.au/best-child-care-centres-in-perth/ Thank you to all our staff and amazing Buttercups families who help building brighter futures for our little ones!

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