🌎 Learning About Our World with Katie Sausage
Katie Sausage is a play-based learning resource designed to help young children explore the world through songs, stories, visuals, and hands-on activities. Created by an ECE educator, Katie Sausage supports early learning in a warm, engaging, and age-appropriate way.
🐾 How To Use Katie Sausage Resources
Katie Sausage resources fit easily into:
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Mat time
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Small group learning
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Transition activities
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Free play and learning centres
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Children learn about countries, cultures, kindness, and friendship while developing language, social skills, and curiosity about the world.
📺 Videos and Songs
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Watch short Katie Sausage YouTube videos to introduce a country
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Use Katie Sausage songs for movement, rhythm, and repetition
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Pause videos to talk about what children can see
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Songs help reinforce learning in a fun and memorable way.
🖨 FREE Printables and Hands-on Learning
Use FREE Katie Sausage printables for:
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Fine motor development
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Creative expression
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Quiet table activities
Pair printables with:
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Jigsaws (available Katie Sausage Shop)
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FREE colouring pages or FREE craft printables
🗺 World Map Learning
The Katie Sausage World Map helps children:
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See where countries are
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Build early geography awareness
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Follow Katie’s travels visually
Children can point, and talk about places on the map (Available Katie Sausage Shop) or use the FREE Katie Sausage interactive map.
📝 Simple Lesson Flow (20-30 mins)
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Mat Time – Introduce Katie Sausage and today’s country
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Talk Together – Ask simple questions and encourage sharing
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Activity – FREE Colouring pages, jigsaw, or FREE printable craft
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Kindness Link – Connect learning to sharing and friendship and kindness song
💛 Designed for Early Learners
Katie Sausage supports:
✔ Play-based learning
✔ Social & emotional development
✔ Cultural awareness
✔ Inclusive, child-led exploration
Perfect for ECE centres, kindergartens, playgroups, and homeschool families.
