Alexander's Outing
by Pamela Allen
Ages 3-6 years
When Alexander the duckling strays from his family during their Sydney harbour outing, he tumbles into a deep hole and needs rescuing. It takes the simple action of a little boy sharing his drink to raise the water level and save the day.
EYLF Learning Outcomes
Children are confident and involved learners
Children develop a growth mindset and learning dispositions such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity
Children develop a range of learning and thinking skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating
Children are effective communicators
Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts