The Gardens Early Childhood Education

Today our children had an amazing morning exploring the outdoors, they choose and build their own play.

It’s all about the messy play at our Hill Road centre 💜. This gives our children the chance to explore different textures and temperatures and promote language development.

🐞🌿 Discovering Bugs in the Garden! 🐛🔍

Our tamariki had a wonderful time exploring the garden and learning about the tiny bugs that live around us! 🌱 From searching under leaves to spotting little insects, the children were full of curiosity and excitement as they discovered more about the natural world. 🐜🪲

A fun hands-on experience encouraging observation, curiosity, and a love for nature! 💚✨

🧪💧 Little Scientists at Work! 💧🧪

Our tamariki had another exciting science experience, working alongside their Kaiako to explore water, oil, dye, and droppers. 🌈🔬

The children were fascinated as they carefully squeezed the droppers and watched the colourful dye move through the oil and mix with the water. Through hands-on exploration and conversations with their Kaiako, they were encouraged to observe, ask questions, and discover what happens when different liquids come together.

A fun-filled experiment inspiring curiosity, concentration, and a love for learning through play! 💙

Exploring Under the Sea 🌊🐠

Today, the tamariki in the He Kākano room enjoyed exploring water sensory bags filled with water and pictures of sea creatures. They were fascinated by the underwater world and eagerly used their hands to squish, touch, and move the sensory bags, discovering the different sea creatures hidden inside. 🐠🐙🌊
Through this sensory experience, the tamariki were developing their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, sensory awareness, and curiosity.

Today the children at Hill Road enjoyed playing with play dough using flowers, leaves and sticks. This supports a connection with nature as it encourages our children to explore and appreciate the natural environment.

Our kiwi room children enjoyed their morning playing with Mobilo's. This learning experience developed the children's building skills.

🧪💦 Sink or Float? 💦🧪

The Mill Road tamariki became little scientists as they carried out a fun sink or float experiment! Using different items found around our classroom, the children made predictions and then tested each object to discover whether it would float on top of the water or sink to the bottom. 🔍✨

A wonderful hands-on learning experience filled with curiosity, excitement, and discovery! 🌟

Look at all the wonderful art the children at Hill Road have been creating. This allows our children opportunities to use their imagination, explore ideas, and create in their own unique ways.

Today our tamariki did fruit kebabs with a selection of fruits. What a lovely morning promoting healthy eating.