Puawai Homebased Childcare

Puawai Homebased Childcare Fully Licenced by the Ministry of Education. Quality Early Childhood Education service

Handwriting prep using tracing boards. ✍🏽📝✨These tracing boards help tamariki develop pencil grip and control, strengthe...
02/09/2026

Handwriting prep using tracing boards. ✍🏽📝✨

These tracing boards help tamariki develop pencil grip and control, strengthen fine motor skills and build hand and finger strength. 🖐🏽📝

They’re also great for practicing letter and number formation. 🔠🔢✨

Ngā panga - Puzzles 🧩✨• Puzzle play can help tamariki to practice problem solving skills, spatial awareness and logical ...
31/08/2026

Ngā panga - Puzzles 🧩✨

• Puzzle play can help tamariki to practice problem solving skills, spatial awareness and logical thinking. 💭
• Adults can help tamariki by helping them to notice shapes, colours and patterns.

Mōrena 👋We hope you all enjoyed your weekend! Many of you may have been aware that Friday the 28th was Daffodil Day. 🌼✨D...
30/08/2026

Mōrena 👋
We hope you all enjoyed your weekend!
Many of you may have been aware that Friday the 28th was Daffodil Day. 🌼✨

Daffodil Day is the Cancer Society’s annual fundraising and awareness campaign where people wear daffodil pins, donate money and take part in fundraising activities to support those affected by cancer. 💛

You can find out more information or donate by copy and pasting this link into your browser: https://www.daffodilday.org.nz/aboutdaffodilday

Last week for Tonga Language Week, some of our tamariki celebrated by making a traditional Tongan drink called ’Otai. It...
26/08/2026

Last week for Tonga Language Week, some of our tamariki celebrated by making a traditional Tongan drink called ’Otai. It was a fun and delicious way to celebrate the Tongan culture. 🇹🇴😋🍌🥥🍉

Fun with Playdough? It’s a YES from us! 😁🫟✨Te parāoa pokepoke - Playdough• Playdough can help tamariki to explore differ...
25/08/2026

Fun with Playdough? It’s a YES from us! 😁🫟✨
Te parāoa pokepoke - Playdough

• Playdough can help tamariki to explore different textures and sensory experiences to develop their sense of touch and smell. ✨

• Adults can support tamariki by joining in and allowing them to lead the play. ✨

Exploring and developing curiosity with this fun dinosaur book.🦕✨Ngā pukapuka me te kōrero pūrākau - Books and Storytell...
23/08/2026

Exploring and developing curiosity with this fun dinosaur book.🦕✨

Ngā pukapuka me te kōrero pūrākau - Books and Storytelling 📚📖🗣️
• Books and storytelling can help tamariki to learn new and unusual words and meanings.
• Adults can support tamariki by discussing what they think of books and stories.

Exploring creativity through freehand drawing can help tamariki improve fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, dev...
20/08/2026

Exploring creativity through freehand drawing can help tamariki improve fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, develop concentration and boost their imagination. 🎨🖍️🫟

Through this activity, these tamariki are developing strong hand-eye coordination and problem solving skills while using...
19/08/2026

Through this activity, these tamariki are developing strong hand-eye coordination and problem solving skills while using recyclable resources and learning about sustainability.🖐🏽🍃

Learn some Tongan phrases at home! 😄🇹🇴How cool is it that the Ministry for Pacific Peoples provides these awesome resour...
18/08/2026

Learn some Tongan phrases at home! 😄🇹🇴
How cool is it that the Ministry for Pacific Peoples provides these awesome resources for us!

Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga – Tonga Language Week 🇹🇴✨The 2026 theme for Tonga Language Week is Ko ‘etau hiva, ko...
16/08/2026

Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga – Tonga Language Week 🇹🇴✨

The 2026 theme for Tonga Language Week is Ko ‘etau hiva, ko e fe’unu mahu’inga ia ki he mo’ui ‘a e Tonga - Our music is a vital strand of our Tongan culture.

*Resources from the Ministry for Pacific Peoples website

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