Active Explorers Tai Tapu

30/11/2021

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and the magic is in the air. What a truly wonderful time of the year x

25/11/2021

Tog Day 2021. It's a wet and wild affair today and that is EXACTLY how we like it! Hari wiki whānau (happy weekend family)

23/11/2021

A big thanks to Jaymie Philpott and whānau for all of this wonderful cardboard....let the art creations begin x

17/11/2021

Try our edible paint recipe. Approved by our Preschool tamaiti 😀. Happy Thursday to all.

14/11/2021

06/11/2021

SUNDAY FUN FOR A CLOUDY ☁️ DAY

The child learns through active exploration of the environment. Children experience an environment where:
• their play is valued as meaningful learning and the importance of spontaneous play is recognised;
• they gain confidence in and control of their bodies;
• they learn strategies for active exploration, thinking, and reasoning;
• they develop working theories for making sense of the natural, social, physical, and material worlds.

In early childhood, one of the most visible achievements is often a child’s increasing control over their body. Children will achieve a range of milestones on the way to this control, sometimes in an idiosyncratic order.

03/11/2021

A very happy and blessed Diwali to all of our Hindu whānau.

02/11/2021

A SCIENCE KIND OF DAY

Children are born scientists – they are innately curious about the physical environment and naturally open to making meaning through their exploration and conversations with others. Science teaching and learning has a place in all early learning services.

Science teaching and learning is about introducing children to the ways scientists think about and investigate the physical environment. Scientists do this in two ways.

They explore and confirm ideas about the physical environment we live in through investigation and exploration.
They form hypotheses or “working theories” to make sense of the physical environment and identify these as science knowledge.
Science has traditionally been separated into five disciplines:

Living world (biology) – for example, plants and animals
Physical world (physics) – for example, forces, light, and sound
Material world (chemistry) – for example, melting and dissolving
Planet earth (geology) – for example, rocks and soil
And beyond (astronomy) – for example, planets and stars
Each discipline has specific ways of exploring and investigating the physical environment.

28/10/2021

The Centre is buzzing today with our annual SPOOKY DISCO. Every effort from our kaiako, kaimahi and tamaiti is greatly appreciated. Happy (almost) Halloween whānau!

25/10/2021

We celebrated Loud Shirt Day on the 22nd of October - standing out for those in need. Great work team!!

25/10/2021

Learn how to make a simple spider craft using egg cartons while also working on counting skills. A fun art activity in celebration halloween 🎃 !

https://teaching2and3yearolds.com/egg-carton-spider-craft/

20/10/2021

Beautiful weather for water play and sensory and textured painting. Wishing everyone a terrific Thursday!
Remember Loud Shirt day tomorrow 😉

17/10/2021

Kicking the start to Term 4 into high gear. Good luck to all our “big school” tamaiti for the last stretch of the year. Shake those silly’s out with some gross motor fun!

14/10/2021

Heuristic play for our morning engagements. Have a marvelous weekend all!

14/10/2021

WEEKEND FUN ALERT!!!!

With winter finally over you probably have empty tissue boxes lying around the house already. When you're done, use the extra pom-poms to "feed" the monster. Turn it into a minute-to-win-it game by seeing how many pom-poms players can toss into the monster's mouth in 60 seconds.

10/10/2021

MESSY MONDAY!!!!

Polar Oobleck Science Sensory Play
https://leftbraincraftbrain.com/polar-oobleck-science-sensory-play/

Get your tamaiti excited about science with this frozen, hands-on play.

Kei ōu ringaringa te ao
The world is yours.

09/10/2021

Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend. Tried this recipe with my kiddies - it was a HIT!

Space Play Dough Recipe 🌠
https://bit.ly/327VVAv

07/10/2021

What kids need before they learn to read - this is great!

http://bookoola.com.au/store.html

30/09/2021

What a great way to ako phone numbers - hop over onto this website to get the weekend engagements with your little one’s off to a great start.

https://teachingmama.org/how-to-teach-phone-numbers

30/09/2021

Don't forget to grab a complimentary bottle of hand sanitiser from our foyers and let's all unite against COVID 19.

29/09/2021

As we gear up for World Animal Day and our Pet Day on the 4th of October, Pedro the lamb made a surprise visit. Thank you Baker family for sharing his cute face with us.

27/09/2021

Pre-writing skills. Learning while you move your whole body. Give it a try at home.

27/09/2021

TRAIN TOWER

Grab your Duplos and train set. This looks like fun!

http://projecttraintracks.com/roundabout-train-summit-train-track-32/

A huge toy train track lifting into the air - round and round a Mega Blok tower. We called it "Roundabout Summit". Check out the train summit.

13/09/2021

When it rains we get creative inside. Our kaiako have created very exciting engagements today!

08/09/2021

What an amazing sound of echoing laughter, giggles of delight and conversation between friends who missed each other terribly. Welcome back to every one of our tamaiti!

06/09/2021

Kia ora, exciting news with the move to level two from midnight tomorrow night.
This means that we plan to fully reopen and see all your gorgeous children again very soon ❤️
As soon as we receive Ministry of Education information around this, we will get this information out to you all!

05/09/2021

To all the fathers, father figures and amazing men in our lives - Thanks for your endless patience and love.
Your steady guidance and wisdom continue to be the foundation upon which we build our lives.

31/08/2021

As we gear up to welcome back the tamariki of our essential worker families, here are some fun days to celebrate in September, until we see you all again. Stay safe family x

23/08/2021

Kia ora whānau. Our mushrooms are spending their lockdown at my house and they are really enjoying the "individual" attention he he. Keep safe all - Sue

19/08/2021

Hope everyone is staying safe and warm at home with their loved one’s.

11/08/2021

A big thanks to the Muggeridge family for sharing some "mushroom life" with the Centre. The tamariki are excited every morning to see how big the mushrooms have grown

04/08/2021

The tamariki are all getting into the "roll" of things. Olympic fever has hit. Future gymnasts for the win!!!

30/06/2021

Arts and crafts in full swing during this crazy weather. Happiness lives here 😊