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
What a wonderful day out for some of our older Kidz Kindy tamariki! 🌿🐑
We headed out in the Kidz Kindy van to Angie’s farm and had the best time exploring. The children loved running around in the fresh air, feeding the animals, sitting on the tractor, and playing together on the playground. There were so many smiles, laughs, and special moments throughout this trip. 🥰
We were incredibly lucky at Kidz Kindy @49 to have special guest Kyren Taumoefolau from the Tasman Makos & Chiefs come and spend some time with our tamariki! 🏉
Kyren was amazing with the kids, chucking the rugby ball around, sharing a few skills, and bringing lots of smiles and excitement to our centre. The children absolutely loved the experience!
A huge thank you to Kyren for also taking the time to sign and donate some rugby balls to Kidz Kindy @49 — such a generous gesture that our kids will treasure. We really appreciate you making the day so special! ⭐
The children love learning about all our emergency services so when Caitlin’s Dad and a group of his friends started fundraising for the westpac helicopter we thought what a great way to teach the children about this amazing service.
Our tamariki have enjoyed following the Rescue Warriors on their tracking map and even got involved in making signs for encouragement as they arrived in the South Island.
Today the Rescue Warriors arrived in Bluff after cycling 3000km from Cape Reinga over 27 days. An amazing effort for an amazing cause.
The children will love to see on the map that they made it to the finish line tomorrow 🙌
