Our busy day - 31 January 2012

Its the last day of January and in the Moreporks we have had a busy day!
We have been playing in the waterplay...

We have been doing puzzles...

Making new friends...

And practising our physical skills by trying to twirl the hula hoops on our arms...

Its has been a fun day! I wonder what the first day of February will bring?

Little Ballerina's

Our new Morepork!

Welcome Back Carolyn!

For the past few weeks Carolyn has been working down with the Tui's and the Pukeko's. We were happy to share her but are even happier that she is back to play with us.
For Carolyn's first day back the children and teachers decided to bake her a yummy banana cake. We also had fun in the water play and in the sandpit digging and filling up buckets of sand.
For afternoon tea we surprised Carolyn with the cake we baked also singing Wwelcome back to the Morepork's". We cant wait to see what new and exciting ideas and activities Carolyn will show us from the centre down the road!

Stretchy Lycra

We had so much fun with the stretchy lycra today. Vanessa and Amanda helped the children to stretch and pull and tug on the blue lycra. The children also liked wriggling their fingers and toes underneath the lycra just like 'The Stretchy Lycra" song suggested. We all laughed and giggled as we worked so closely next to each other. We will definitely be doing this activity again tomorrow!

Water Fun for Everyone

This morning is was very peaceful in the garden. The children were so involved in their play that we could hear the birds chirping and the water dripping in the puddles. The water trough was out and so were lots of water toys like buckets, water wheels, boats and watering cans. The orange water was transported from one trough to the other by the children and again onto the ground to make puddles to splash around in.

All the children worked alongside each other so well sharing the toys and the space around the troughs. Through their play they were thinking about and learning about weight and volume as they filled their buckets and watering cans; and also developing working theories about water and its properties and they way it made the water wheels spin around.

We had a fantastic morning playing with the water splashing about and breaking the silence in the garden with our laughter. Have a look at the photos which share the enjoyment the children had in their play this morning.

The Summer Holidays!

We have had so much fun over the Christmas/New Year break! The children have had fun painting, building, playing with bubbles and helping to look after the Blue Tongued Skinks!