Why I love Australia
Enjoy the rich colours and wonderful shapes in Bronwyn Bancroft’s celebration of Country. What colours and shapes do the children like?
Free resources
Our resource section aims to support your daily practice by sparking ideas for exploration with the children and reflection on your professional journey. We also share ideas on how to initiate STEM conversations and investigations from reading popular children’s books.
Who sank the boat?
This story could lead into investigating the best ways to get into a boat or building boats and trying out how much weight these can carry.
Commotion in the ocean
Dive into the colourful world of blubber, tusks and fins with this vibrant book. Can the children walk like crabs? How do other animals move?
Wombat stew
Encourage the children to make their own wombat stew. Which ingredients dissolve and which don’t? Which ones float and which ones sink?
Swimmy
Reading this story about one brave fish and his friends may inspire conversations about optical illusions, camouflage, food chains and how animals stay safe from predators.
Zog
This book and its sequel are a great resources for discussing career paths and encouraging girls to freely choose their profession.
The nowhere box
George imagines a landscape made from cardboard. Could the children build these things in real life? Do they have any cardboard toys?
Perfect square
The book encourages you to think about shapes in a whole new way. Get creative by exploring what can happen when you take a square apart.
Swirl by swirl
This book is a fantastic starting point for discussing the beauty and usefulness of spirals in nature: Where else can we find spirals?
