Resources for families
Supporting young learners
Families play an important role in supporting young children’s learning in early childhood and the early years of schools. These resources provide ideas to engage in learning at home through every day experiences.
Use the learning outcome cards below to unpack learning in relation to the early years curriculum and show how this learning links to learning at school.

Learning outcome cards
Supporting Aboriginal families
This version of the learning outcome cards have been designed for Aboriginal families, with an emphasis on culture, connection and community

Resources for Aboriginal families
Learning every day and in every way through play
Every day learner cards:
- provide 10 different activities that families can play with their children at home
- explain the activity along with the learning that is happening throughout it
- provide some alternate play experiences to achieve the same learning.
Everyday learner cards
- Playing games with others (pdf 675.06 KB)
- Learn about your culture as well as others (pdf 704.77 KB)
- Moving my body and being active (pdf 873.66 KB)
- Painting (pdf 712.02 KB)
- Craft and collage (pdf 1.07 MB)
- Music and movement (pdf 870.23 KB)
- Yoga and mindfulness (pdf 620.06 KB)
- Sorting comparing and making patterns (pdf 848.94 KB)
- Learn about numbers and counting (pdf 470.68 KB)
- Learn about letters and their sounds (pdf 650.12 KB)
Everyday routine cards outline 10 different everyday routines that happen in the home and explain how families can incorporate learning into these routines.
Everyday routine cards
Podcast series
Learning every day in every way through play is a five-part podcast series targeted at families, with a focus on how learning happens at home. The Early Learning team talk about how families can support children’s learning during play and everyday routines.