We acknowledge the Ancestors, Elders, and Bunurong People of the Kulin Nations as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land we meet. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and continue to connect and care for the lands, nature, and people. We also honor their vital contributions to languages, cultures, and history.

Additionally, located on Bunurong land, Werribee South Beach reminds me to help children have a sense of belonging to place and enhance their awareness and care for the land. Supported by Ungunmerr (n.d.), when we try to understand and deeply listen to the place, we are connecting our soul with nature and land. By engaging soundscapes, movement, and collaborative storytelling, children not only improve creativity and imagination but also begin to build awareness, respect, and develop physical skills. This rationale is strongly linked to VEYLDF Learning Outcomes 2 and 5.

• Inspired by natural soundscapes with an understanding of sound/music, I want to turn children into explorers, discovering and creating sounds and rhythms by using loose part materials. This activity aims to support children in exploring and experiencing different sounds while fostering their essential skills and deepening their senses and connection to nature and land.

Materials: CDs, seashells, sticks, leaves, cardboard, plastic lego box.

Implementation:

1. Set up the space as an indoor activity with clear space and various loose-part materials for children to use.

2. Gather children into a circle on the setup space and introduce materials to them.

3. Grab the children's attention by patting gently on the floor with sticks and invite them to join in with open-ended questions: "What sounds can we hear? Do they sound like the sounds of the ocean?"

4. Encourage children to explore freely, experimenting with sounds, communicating, and collaborating with others.

5. Support and guide if children need help, spark their creativity and imagination for further playing: "How can we make the waves sound louder or smaller?"

6. With some sharp materials, providing supervision to avoid injuries during play.

• The flow of brushes and waves in the wind gives me an idea of creating a Bubble Island. In this outdoor activity, children are able to jump, spin, or balance across these floating bubbles while interacting with them.

• By using provided loose-part materials, children are encouraged to spark and create their own movement rules.

  
  

Material: Bubble wands, pool noodles, chalks, papers, cardboards, pom poms, and ribbon papers.

Implementation:

1. Prepare a large outdoor space where children can move freely around.

2. Blow the bubble to make the space full of bubbles and introduce the play for children: "This is Bubble Island. How can we move among islands safely?"

3. Invite and encourage children to jump into the game with open-ended questions: "How do you think that we can exist on this island and cross the sea? Should we jump, swim, or crawl?"

4. Let children set their own rules and demonstrate movement ideas or challenges with the children as we gradually step back to foster child-led play.

5. Prompt some comments during the play to make it more vibrant while encouraging children's sound and voice, and stimulating their creativity and imagination of the playing scene.

6. Observe, support, and engage with children by adding gentle narrative: "Ahhh, that's a big wave/ Boat over there, get on it".

• Motivated by my Creative Response about the living environment under the ocean, this dramatic play is about the "shark" chases fishers/swimmers/... .

• This activity encourages children to engage in dramatic, imaginative play while combining sound and movement. Further promoting children's critical thinking, self-decision, and self-created rules and changes in the game.

  
  

Materials: Yarn, cardboards, seashells, pool noodles, mats, pom poms, pebbles (as lanterns), sticks, and brushes.

Implementation:

1. Set up a large indoor space that children can move freely in while decorating it as an ocean background to spark inspiration.

2. Introduce the game and invite children to participate in the "ocean living environment".

3. Ask open-ended questions to let children demonstrate and decide the roles and the rules: "A big shark is waiting out there. Who wants to be the big shark?"

4. Combine sound and movement to make the play vivid and engaging: Shark growl, jump on the ground to catch swimmers, and so on.

5. Mirroring actions and using loose parts material to extend imaginative play.

6. Ensuring children are given opportunities to play in different roles by taking turns and rotating roles in each game’s session: “Who wants to be the next shark?”.

7. Observe and engage with children while providing safe spaces and hazards during play.