Summer Fun!

We know when summer is on its way when....

KidzPlay Toy Library and Petting Zoo....

Christmas comes to Te Mata Road...

Shared Art experiences

Over the last few days the children have been loving being involved in shared art experiences!
We have been drawing with crayons, painting with different colour paints and then using dyes on the pictures.

Art experiences develop many things for our children. They learn spatial awareness by working close to  others and helps with hand/eye co-ordination. They develop their imagination and learn about shape, colour, design, and a sense of enjoyment!

WEEEEEE-YOOOOOOO!!!!

10 November 2011

Rolling Down the Ramp

2nd November 2011






Libby picked up one of the cars and tried to roll it down the ramp. The car rolled and took a few pushes from Libby to get it all they way down to the bottom of the ramp. Callan and Bryn noticed Libby and her car and too thought they would roll cars down the ramp. This looked like fun so I went to the shed and got out some of our big buses and trucks for the children to use. Well what a frenzy! Everyone wanted to join in and have a turn. Ngakau, Scarlett, Logan, Greer, Bryn, Callan and Libby all had a blast rolling the trucks down the ramp and chasing after them all they way to the bottom of the ramp. It was a great experience for the children to develop and show patience, turn taking and sharing. Logan seemed to be learning about cause and effect as he pushed the cars to make them roll forward and backwards. He was more fascinated when he rolled the car down the ramp and it went faster and faster picking up speed and falling off the side disappearing into the grass. The most fun was learning the difference between fast and slow with our cars. What fun we had and maybe we will try rolling different objects down the ramp tomorrow.

BBQ For Lunch, 27th October 2011

Summer is here!

After our sleeps, we put on some sunblock and our sunhats and down to the grass we went! The water trough had been filled up this morning, so the water was really warm!

After we had splashed in the water, Carolyn got some pipes and tied them to the railings. What was she going to do? Then we saw water coming through the pipes because Carolyn had put the hose in the pipe! Then the water turned green...its ok, it was only green dye that Carolyn put down the pipe too!

The children had a great time splashing in the water - and splashing each other! Can't wait for more warm weather so we can play some more in the water.

The Morepork Mummy's

The Morepork Rugby Stars!

Bailey comes to visit

Laura came in today and brought in her dog Bailey.

Addison really enjoyed saying hello to Bailey, she is a very friendly dog!

We hope to see Bailey again. It is great that we can interact with the community within our centre.

We love storytime...

School Holidays

A lot of our children are spending time at home this week and it has been nice just to chill and relax with the small group of children that are here.

We have been painting our toes...

Playing Jack in the Box!

Jack in the Box, Jack in the Box quiet and still, will you come out, will you come out...

YES I WILL!!!

We had important discussions about what we are going to buy when we go shopping...

Building together...

And learning about our body parts!

Amanda and Elizabeth

BIG BIG BUBBLES

In the garden this morning there were BIG bubbles!!!

It was fun to try and catch them.

Amanda tried to make really looooong bubbles.

It was exciting for all who were watching the big and long bubbles.

Jumping Jellybeans

26 September 2011

What a fantastic and busy morning we had today. The children were excited and ready to play as soon as they arrived. Luckily the sun was out and so was a fantastic climbing course set up in our garden. The children were immediately attracted to this and began climbing up, over and onto the many parts of the course.

Callan decide to lead the children to try taking a bit of a risk and jumping off the end of the blue beam. Noah and James followed suit and too jumped off the beam onto our mat. Soon we had most of the children all taking risks and jumping too. It was neat to see the children all involved and working well alongside each other sharing the equipment. They waited patiently and took turns allowing each other the time and space to jump when they felt ready. Lilly was especially happy to climb today. She has been challenging and building up her confidence while balancing on the blue beam. Today she even attempted to jump off the beam with a helping hand from the teachers. Well done Lilly! We will have to get out the blue beam again tomorrow and continue to practice our climbing and jumping skills.

The Wheelbarrow Challenge!

Keeping up with the RWC!!!

We are keeping up to date with the Rugby World Cup here at Village Kids and are even brushing up on our geography!
Here are some of our displays that we add to regularly as the All Blacks progress through the tournament.

Our Patriotic Window

The Current Events Window

Our Little All Black

The first of many awesome moments!!!

What a game!!!