SeeMore Safety Incursions.
We will soon be able to offer two types of incursions.
"SeeMore Safety" and "SeeMore and Carm"
SeeMore Safety is an incursion which involves our educators visiting your centre to read a SeeMore Safety book and explore safety related topics. This incursion will include a visit from SeeMore to help reinforce some daily safety rules. Children will interact with the educator and SeeMore identifying ways to stay safe.
This incursion will include take home activity books for all children, as well as an A4 copy of the book read with the accompanying poster and suggested activities.
Cost $250
SeeMore and Carm is an incursion which involves educators from KIDS Foundation, along with an equine specialist, taking Carm the miniature pony into centres, allowing children to learn about horses and how they (the children) can interact and remain safe in their presence.
The aim of this equine based program is linked closely with our SeeMore Carm and SeeMore Kindness books, both which feature a horse as a main character. We hope to help children develop an awareness of emotional communication. It is believed that being in close proximity to a horse can reduce our heart rate, reduce blood pressure, reduce the amount of cortisol (stress hormones) and it can also cause the feel-good endorphins to increase in us. Horses are very sensitive to emotional and verbal cues. It also demonstrates the role in which animals, in particular horses, can play in caring for our mental and emotional health and wellbeing.
During the visit, to ensure the quality of the interactions that the children have with both the educators and also Carm during the visit, we split the group into two. One group will participate in a number of activities inside, based around feelings and kindness, as well as horses in general. The second group will talk with our educator and Equine Specialist, and Carm (the Shetland Pony) , noticing how their feelings and behaviours reflect on how Carm interacts through body language. Each group will last for approx. 15/20mins, then we will swap over.
This session includes a class set of take home activity books for the children, A4 book SeeMore and Carm, A4 book and poster SeeMore Kindness for the centre as well as teaching resources with suggested follow up activities.
As of July 2024 there will be a cost involved for our SeeMore Safety Incursions, as well as our SeeMore and Carm Visit to Kinder Program. This ensures we are able to continue providing as high a quality program as possible.
SeeMore Safety Program - $250
SeeMore and Carm Program - $500
*Please note our work days are Tuesday - Thursday and incursions are only available on these days.
These sessions are only available in central Victoria within an approximate distance of 100km from Ballarat.
or to find out more about our programs email education@kidsfoundation.org.au