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Why Friendship, Connection and Safety are Vital To Children's Development

Children have the right to choose their own friends and safely connect with others.

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5 Reasons To Love Nature Play

There are even more reasons to love spending time in nature with our children - here are some practical suggestions for advocating outdoor play and learning into high quality programming, with an emphasis on creating time and space.

Tables & Chairs

Good ergonomics needs to start at an early age for health & wellbeing for life!

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Play Dough

We all know that playdough is fun but there are many benefits and learning experiences that happen when playing with play dough…Children learn and build foundational skills through it.

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Decorated Photo Frame

Photo frames make the perfect gift. Now mum’s favourite photo can be placed in a handmade frame! These plain, paper mache photo frames are easy for children to decorate and are made with a strong material allowing the frame to stand upright.

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Photo & Art Pendants

These gorgeous pendants make the perfect gift for Mother’s Day. Use them as a necklace or place them on your car keys for a beautiful handmade present.

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Handmade Flower Pots

Flowers are the most popular gift to give mum on Mother’s Day - even more popular than on Valentine’s Day! These handmade flower pots will steal mums heart as she grows her favourite flowers and herbs. This is also a great activity to get kids outside.

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Painted Calico Bag

These cute and personalised calico bags are the perfect (and functional!) Mother’s Day gift. Environmentally friendly, reusable and durable, these calico bags are perfect for groceries and every day use.

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Terracotta Easter Pots

Terracotta Pots are so versatile and full of fun possibilities. We have porcelain and ceramic markers and gorgeous stickers that your kids will love using to decorate.

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Easter Foam Chick/Egg Art

These Easter Foam Chick/Egg comes as a complete kit and makes 10 for your kids to take home or decorate their playspace. They are super easy and fun to make!

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Paper Plate Easter Art

Paper plates make the perfect Easter craft that your kids will enjoy because they’re so easy and the design options are endless!

Anzac Day Poppies

The red poppy has become a symbol of war remembrance and is most commonly seen on Anzac Day, this Sunday 25th April. These poppies are an easy and beautiful way to commemorate Anzac Day.

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Easter Egg Yarn Garland

These Easter Egg Yarn Garlands are a fun, messy and beautiful decoration your kids will love making. Mix up your colours to create a stunning effect.

Chinese Lantern

A super fun, easy and quick art and craft activity that your kids can make at home or in the classroom. Made with only essential products, you can make these decorative Chinese Lanterns anywhere to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

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Art & Craft

Making art and fostering creativity is important for the development of fundamental social and cognitive skills. Here's some fun and easy ways to get crafty at home!

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Block Play

Play is a powerful learning tool for children that promotes agency and aid development of fundamental social, emotional, cognitive and problem solving skills. Learn more about how to use play for early learning at home!

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Emergent Literacy

Literacy is facilitated through multimedia. We can read books, create or retell a story using props or puppets, use art materials to create illustrations, technology and oral storytelling.

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Games

More than just a chance to have fun, playing games is serious business when it comes to a child's health and development.

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Heuristic Play

Heuristic play is when babies and toddlers use real world objects, such as wooden spoons, containers, pots and pegs in their play to explore the properties of the objects. Is the object heavy or light? Does it make a sound? What is the texture?

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Nature Play

Exposure to nature is essential for children’s health, development and establishing a commitment to conservation. Children who feel connected to the natural world are more likely to preserve and care for it.

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Numeracy

As children play they explore patterns and overtime are able to add, subtract and divide when given concrete items. Young children understand sharing and will often be able to share items between siblings or friends.

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Outdoor Play

Playing outside gives your child the chance to explore the natural environment and have adventures.They Can play games, test physical limits, express themselves and build self-confidence.

Bellbird's Early Learning At Home

Inspiration and ideas for an early learning routine at home.

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Pretend Play

Play is a child’s way of engaging and making sense of the world. Role play may appear to be a very simple activity, yet within it, young children learn practical life skills such as dressing themselves, how to cooperate and share with others.

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Puzzles

From early childhood right through to adulthood we love to play with puzzles. We like the way they challenge our thinking and exercise our minds.

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Science

Science education activities provide children with opportunities to develop and practice many different skills and attributes. These include communication skills, collaborative skills, team working and perseverance.

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Mud Play

While playing with mud, children are learning and testing theories, as well as developing foundational understanding of maths and literacy.

News & Sustainability

Keeping Kids Connected Whilst Apart

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What Makes Bellbird The Early Education Specialist?

Bellbird is proud to be known as the early education specialist.

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Why Bellbird is 100% Digital for 2020

In 2020, we’re proud to be going digital here at Bellbird.

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How Bellbird is Changing in 2020

We’ve created a fantastically functional new website and moved our entire catalogue online.

Case Studies

Centre Fitout: Alphabet Preschool

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Centre Fitout: Burgmann Anglican Preschool Valley Campus

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Centre Fitout: Whiz Kids

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Centre Fitout: Cherish Early Learning Centre

Profile: 80 Place 5 Room Child Care Centre

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Centre Fitout: Cool Frogs

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Centre Fitout: Craig Family Centre

Profile: Brand New Purpose Built 74 Place Childcare Centre, 3 Rooms

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Centre Fitout: First Memories ELC

Profile: 38 Place 3 Room Early Learning Centre

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Centre Fitout: Galada Kindergarten

Profile: 3 Room Kindergarten Hub 33 place

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Centre Fitout: Glen Iris Childcare

Profile: Brand New Purpose Built 82 Place Childcare Centre, 4 Rooms

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Centre Fitout: Hazel Glen Kindergarten

Profile: 3 Kinder Rooms and 1 Extended Care Room

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Centre Fitout: Jindi Kindergarten

Profile: Kindergarten and Extended Long Day Care Centre

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Centre Fitout: Kids on Clyde

Profile: 7 Room, 118 Place Childcare Centre

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Centre Fitout: Lilydale Lakeside CC

Profile: 51 Place 4 Room

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Centre Fitout: Phoenix Kindergarten

Profile: 2 Room 66 Place Kindergarten

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Centre Fitout: Wallan Hub

Profile: 2 Room 66 Place Kindergarten

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Centre Fitout: Whittlesea Childcare

Profile: Brand New Purpose Built 111 Place Childcare Centre, 5 Rooms

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Centre Fitout: Wodonga West

Profile: New Kindergarten Room 33 Place

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Centre Fitout: Woodland Education

Profile: Brand New Purpose Built 140 Place Childcare Centre

Recipes

Glitter Playdough Recipe

A great no cook play-dough recipe that will last up to 6 months!

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Goop Recipe

Goop is a creative mess that appears to be a liquid and a solid at the same time. Kids can benefit from a playful science lesson and a really fun sensory activity.

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Playdough Recipe

There is something very therapeutic about playing with play-dough. Whilst improving fine motor skills, building imagination, fostering co-operative play, even helping with maths skills.

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Rainbow Rice

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Salt Dough Recipe

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Salt Glitter Recipe

Salt Glitter is a easy way alternative to normal glitter

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Slime Recipe