CATALYSE COMPANION VOLUME
TAKE A SNEAK PEEK AT SOME OF THE RESOURCES AWAITING YOU
Welcome to the Catalyse Companion Volume
The Companion Volume
This 88 Page Guide will help your children reach their developmental milestones through movement, language, self-reflection and creative expression.
Making learning fun and accessible
The companion volume resources and activities help children develop:
- Gross motor skills including balance, strength and coordination
- Fine motor skills and dexterity
- Language, numeracy and literacy skills
- Self-awareness and Self-worth
- Problem solving and decision making skills
- Communication skills
- Social conscience and sense of community
- Emotional intelligence and regulation
Who is the Companion Volume for?
The companion volume is for everyone. It was created to be customised and delivered across different populations dependent upon age, capability, and needs.
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Teachers and Educators
Ready-made curriculum-based class activities targeting specific learning outcomes -
Health Professionals
Fun and engaging ways to assist with reaching developmental milestones -
Mentors & Coaches
Build cohesive teams through active and focused activities
- Develops mindfulness through movement
- Assists balance and coordination
- Strengthens and stretches all major muscle groups
- Develops core strength
- Builds confidence, self awareness and focus
- Provides opportunity for daily engagement with movement
- Rhyme & rhythm
- Language skills
- Positive self talk
- Awareness around positive affirmation, goal setting and mindset
Sneak Peek "Seaweed"
21 Auslan Interpretations
- Auslan interpretations for each of the 21 Catalyse poems
- Awareness around expression and inclusivity
- Communication skills
- Fine motor skills
- Expression through body language & posture
- Ignite imagination and creativity
- Encourage learning through artistic pathways
- Help to develop focus, patience, dexterity and fine motor skills
- Assist with sequencing and following instructions
- Provide exposure to the manual arts
The Catalyse collection of colouring in pages helps to:
- Develop fine motor skills
- Teach mindfulness and patience
- Engage focus and relieve stress
- Increase awareness and connection with the present
- Provide opportunity for self expression and colour play
These questions encourage discussion, cement understanding, and embed knowledge around:
- Personal development
- Social conscience, and
- Global consequence
This movement sequence:
- Couples intentional thought with intentional movement to maximise body-mind connection
- Strengthens the body's communication systems and defence resources against stress
- Assists in the de-escalation of the human stress response
- Builds physical strength and confidence
- Provides an accessible tool for daily mindfulness practice
