Welcome
At Kidz Kindy Blenheim @49 we provide an exciting, well balanced educational programme for children aged between 3-5 years.
Transition to school group – the ‘Owl Group’
Our Transition to School group meets daily. This small group’s focus is to develop skills to support our children with their transition to start school. We will be working on writing their names, holding their pencil correctly, identifying letter sounds and names, identifying numbers 1-10, counting in order, and enjoying books.
We understand that each child develops at their own pace; therefore, our teachers plan the work carefully to incorporate all the different levels and abilities into the programme.
For more information about the programme we offer, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.
Activities include:
- Focus activity – based on children’s interests, includes cutting skills, writing skills, stories, completing an activity
- Art activities – painting, screen-printing, collage, finger painting, messy play, cutting, sticking, glass painting
- Manipulative activities – playdough, clay
- Individual, large/small group activities
- Baking
- Imaginative play
- Mat times – stories, finger rhymes., counting, numbers, movement, music, instruments, listening skills
- Fine motor skill activities – constructing, sorting, forming symbols, art creative activities, writing etc.
- Gross motor skill activities – climbing, pedaling trikes, ball skills etc
- Water play, sand pit
- Early literacy skills – nursery rhymes, singing, retelling stories, identifying and writing their name, forming symbols
- Early mathematical skills – nursery rhymes, counting in sequence, counting at mat time, shapes and colours, understanding mathematical concepts
- Reading and listening to stories and enjoying stories
Facebook Posts
The tamariki have had so much fun creatively using trampoline boxes for sliding down the hill at ching park, over the last few trips we have made there for excursions. It has been so helpful for turn taking and sharing space as tamariki share the boxes and go down the hill by themselves and also with their peers. It is helping develop their gross motor skills and hand eye coordination as they hold on tight so they don't fall put of the boxes📦🌞
Such a fun week back after lots of our friends have been taking a wee break over the holidays! There has been lots of happy tamariki at 75 this week, so happy, and so busy learning alongside our friends 🧡
