Frog Puddles Childcare - Halfmoon Bay

🐸💚 What an exciting day at Frog Puddles! 💚🐸

Today we embarked on a wonderful trip and excursion to Butterfly Creek 🦋🌿 and what an adventure it was!

The vibe on the way there was absolutely awesome 🚍✨ as we travelled together on our big bus, full of excitement, laughter, and happy chatter. The journey itself was just the beginning of a day packed with fun, discovery, and delight 🌈😄

From start to finish, it was a truly memorable experience for everyone involved — and we loved seeing so many smiles along the way 😊💛

A huge THANK YOU 🙏 to all the parents who came along and supported us on this special outing. Your presence made the day even more meaningful!

Here’s to many more adventures together! 🌟🦋🐸

Important Notice: We are closed on Monday 01 June 2026 to observe the Kings Birthday. We will resume normal operating hours on Tuesday 02 June 2026. Thanks

Our planning team at Frog Puddles Childcare has been busy studying the map of Butterfly Creek as we get everything ready for our trip next week!

We can’t wait to hop on the bus and head off on an exciting adventure together. The children are full of excitement as we plan a fun day of exploring, discovering, and making special memories! 🚌✨

Thank you to all parents that attended our engaged PD! You are appreciated 👏

Our Babies room is full on with activities throughout the day! 💛

From sensory play and music time to cuddles, exploration, and first little discoveries, there’s always something happening to spark curiosity and joy.

It’s such a calm, nurturing, and engaging space for our youngest learners to grow, explore, and feel right at home 🐸✨

At Frog Puddles, our little learners were fully immersed in today’s ENGAGE skill focus: concentration and sustained engagement 🌱

Watching them settle into their activity, stay with the task, and gently refocus when needed was a reminder of just how capable children are when given the right space and support. From start to finish, they showed real perseverance and pride in their work.

Small moments like these build big foundations 💛

LeapFrogs activity- Letter and name recognition

🌺 Leading up to Samoan Language Week, children at Frog Puddles Childcare have been engaging in meaningful activities to celebrate culture and identity.

Through art, music, storytelling, and language, tamaiti are exploring the beauty of fa‘a Samoa and building pride and connection to heritage.

This year’s theme:
“E afua mai mauaga tetele manuia o le nu'u.”
From the high mountains are the blessings of the village. 🌄

A special time of learning, sharing, and celebrating together.

Building forts/visiting each other's houses- common interests

Connection to identity- sparking conversation with tamariki about their families. Use of technology with children to create images