JORDAN Crugnale MP visited San Remo Pre-School recently to deliver the creative kinder kits to the delight and enthusiasm of the three-year-old children. All 44 of them will take one home which are designed to encourage continued learning.
The kits help parents and carers support their children to thrive in their first year of kinder with activities to develop language and social skills, and express emotions and creativity.
The illustrated kinder kit activity box is made from recycled materials – designed and built for flexible, long-term use. The box folds into an easel, includes a chalkboard, and can be laid out flat as a space for imaginative play.
The kit includes Tinta crayons, chalk, Ultimatum felt puppets, Tiger Tribe shape shakers, Seed Collection alfalfa seeds, a Hardie Grant jigsaw puzzle map of Australia featuring First Nations placenames and state flora and fauna emblems, Cherub Baby balancing gems, and Flip Make Play family playing cards.
Children also receive two books by Australian authors from the following list: Birds In The Bush by Aunty Fay Stewart-Muir and Jeannette Rowe, which can be read in Boon wurrung and English; I Just Ate My Friend by Heidi McKinnon; Heads and Tails by John Canty; and Where is Galah? by Sally Morgan.
The 2024 kinder kit comes with an illustrated family guide featuring simple and creative ways to engage children in activities that help them to play, learn and develop. Additional tips and ideas, plus online resources, including how-to videos and Auslan readings of the Kit’s books, are available via a handy QR code.
“These kits are fun, encourage inquisitiveness and creativity and are about children discovering themselves and the world around them through play. It’s fabulous they get to take them home to share with their families who are an integral part of their learning journey.”
“Thank you to the San Remo Preschool team who have been extraordinary in welcoming the new group of children – there is plenty to do, areas to explore, books to check out and paint stations all set up and importantly includes a few necessary quiet zones,” said Jordan.
Each item in the kit is age-appropriate, child-safe, and inclusive, and has been recommended by education experts to help families make play-based learning part of their child’s everyday life.
All kinder kit suppliers are Australian – with many Victorian businesses, creative talent and makers proudly represented in the kit’s design and items.
Kinder kits are part of the Labor Government’s $14 billion Best Start, Best Life reforms – giving every Victorian child the very best start to their education, while saving families money and supporting parents back into the workforce.
“We are also supporting our community with our Free Kinder initiative where families are saving up to $2500 per child every year and also means more than 28,000 Victorians, the majority of whom are women, have greater flexibility to return or start work if they choose.”
