Kia Ora Kidz Kindy Whanau We have been busy with our continued focus on fairy tales this week by listening to the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Activities that supported this focus were: sorting items into large, medium and small, painting bear masks, comparing hard and soft items and making and tasting porridge. The week concluded with the children bringing their own teddies along for a teddy bears picnic. It was delightful hearing the children talk about their

Last week our topic was belonging. Being part of routines. In the art area the children have been exploring different ways to paint. They used stamps, shells in containers with the paint and paper and paint inside of a plastic bag. We are very proud of the children's pictures and we are displaying them on the boards around the centre. At hui time the children have been having a turn at ringing the bell to tell the others that it is hui time. They have been choosing songs out

Kia Ora Kidz Kindy Whanau A quote attributed to Albert Einstein states ‘If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.’ Some of our children were busy looking through our fairy tale books last week. They were excited to tell each other what they knew about the stories, so this week our learning has focused on fairy tales, specifically Little Red Riding Hood. We have practiced our fine

Last week our topic was colours again. In the art area the children have been exploring with dyes again this time with Napkins. They watched the dye spread and blend with each other. They practiced their stamping skills with the patterned stampers. They practiced their hand eye co-ordination with string painting. We are very proud of the children's pictures and we are displaying them on the boards around the centre. At hui time the children really enjoy looking at the weather

Kia Ora Whanau Last week the children had noticed the winter sun streaming across our carpet in the mornings. This interest in winter light was our area of focus this week within our winter study. Our children practised cutting by making rainclouds, and using drippers to make PVA glue suncatchers. They also used paper plates to decorate as woolly winter beanies. We read Jack and the Beanstalk then popped bean seeds into snaplock bags on wet paper towels to see if we could gro