What to do on a Sunny Day?

What a beautiful week we have had.  The sun has been shining so today we decided to get out and about and go for a walk to the Village.  Bex, Greer, Corey, Logan, Addison and I all went.  We first went for a look in the shop windows than wandered a bit further until we reached the library. We walked a full circle around the village, saying hello to all the passer buys and meeting a few familiar faces along the way as well as many cute dogs! It was great to get out into the community and to see what other people get up to on a Thursday.Watch this space as we cant wait to go or our next walk!

What Have We Found?

Mrs Whippy visits Village Kids...again!

This afternoon we had two special visitors at Village Kids. It was Donna and Rachael from Kereru House Mrs Whippy! What a treat it was. They brought their striped boxes and little containers full of goodies and made the children their own special ice creams with sprinkles and a lolly. We didn't have to pay for our ice creams like the children next door though. They had a treasure hunt to find 'Whippy Dollars' and then they purchased their ice creams with their lucky find! Our children really enjoyed their special visit - I hope next holidays they will visit again!

Logan and Ruby dance!

This afternoon we played some action songs on the ipod and Logan and Ruby were really keen to dance and do the actions to the songs. First we had The Fancy Dance. "I can stamp my feet, I can wriggle my thumbs, I can pat my cheeks, I can rub my tum. I can reach up high,

I can clap my hands,

I can wink one eye and do the fancy dance...wriggle from the bottom,

wriggle to the top, Fancy Dance wriggle, fancy dance stop! Then the next song was "Throw the bean bag and catch". Logan really enjoyed this one! "Put a bean bag on your head,

and walk around the room!

Put it on your finger!

Put it on your foot!

Put it on you knee (er..tummy?)!

Action songs like this are a fantastic way for children to learn their body parts and for them to gain confidence in what their bodies can do and how they work!

Yay for Easter part 2!

We have been really getting into the spirit of Easter here today.
We made Easter cupcakes, danced to Mrs. Bunny and had fun having bunny facepainting.
I hope the children all get a visit from the Easter Bunny and everyone has a great weekend.

Yay For Easter!

Hot Cross Buns

To get the children into the Easter spirit we made some Hot Cross Buns for afternoon tea. It was a bit of a process but the children loved being involved and following it from start to finish. First we made the dough. The children tipped, poured and mixed ingredients in a bowl. After it was all mixed in, Bex kneaded the mixture into a dough and left it to rest. The mixture over time doubled in size and needed a few extra special ingredients....sultanas and chocolate chips!
The delicious homemade Hot Cross Buns were cooked in the oven and ready in time for afternoon tea and enjoyed by all!

Children's Book Day...

It was raining today so we couldn't go to the library to read stories and have our picnic morning tea!
Instead we lay some blankets and cushions on the floor, got out the big books and read some stories at the centre.
The children really enjoyed sitting and lying down listening to the stories.
We hope that in a few weeks time the weather will be good enough for us to go for the walk and have our picnic!

Guess what we are planning?

1,2,3 Jump!!

Happy last day!!!

Today was Emma's last day with us! She has been visiting from the Tui Room while Amanda has been visiting the Tui's.
We have had fun with Emma and will miss her.
We hope you will visit and come and play again Emma!

Working with Clay

SEA WEEK

Inside fun on a rainy day

Today the weather was not nice! We made some fun to have inside, shredded paper!!!
The children have fun throwing it in the air, rolling around in it and 'raining' it down over their friends.

Natural Learning in the sandpit

Today Bryn and Logan were really busy in the sandpit with the shells and jacaranda pods. There was so much to discover and we found that the natural resources were so versatile! We could build with them, dig with them, make music with them and discovered maths concepts...

Happy Birthday Bryn!

Purple Cake Day

On Thursday the 1st of March was Purple Cake Day. A very special day where we recognise other cultures and raise money for a countries education. This year it was Nepal.

So we moved into high gear and we planned a menu of Dal with vegetables, Roti and Garlic Naan, Yoghurt and mint dip, papadums, purple jelly with fruit and of course purple cakes!



Some of the children really enjoyed the Dal and all liked the Roti and Naan and of course they all liked the jelly!
Thank you to all who helped us contribute to this important occasion!!!

The Fragrant Herb Garden

Fantastic Day for Waterplay