Kids Cave Hamilton

Bubbles 🫧🫧

All our Tamariki at Kids Cave Early Learning love Bubbles!
Our Preschoolers especially & their smiles say it all

We love seeing the joy this brings and how our tamariki see the world through their eyes
Spontaneous moments for continuous laughter and fun 🫧

Our Tamariki celebrated Matariki last Friday
We did several activities to celebrate the Maori New Year

Matariki is the Māori New Year, marked by the midwinter reappearance of the Pleiades star cluster in the night sky. It is a nationwide public holiday in Aotearoa New Zealand dedicated to three core principles: remembering the past, celebrating the present, and looking forward to the future

🌟 Lantern Making
🌟Icing our Matariki Stars
🌟Writing our wishes for the new year
🌟Making colourful stars to guide our way

Surrounded by our tamariki and their whanau coming together as one as we celebrate a beautiful celebration from our Maori culture here at Kids Cave Early Learning

A massive thank you to our Tamariki whanau for joining us to celebrate Matariki with us last Friday
We hope you enjoyed learning about Matariki and coming together to celebrate the Maori new year sharing kai, interactive activities and celebrating the Maori culture we have within our centre 🌟✨🌈

Our Pepi are already learning about Matariki and the Stars here at Kids Cave Early Learning

Stamping out their own star maps as we start to learn about Matariki and why we celebrate this with in our centre

Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades star cluster. Its midwinter reappearance in the pre-dawn sky heralds Te Mātahi o te Tau (the Māori New Year). It is a time for reflection, remembrance of the dead, celebrating the present, and preparing for the future ✨🌈

Our Toddlers are already learning about Matariki and the Stars here at Kids Cave Early Learning

Today they created their own stars as they learnt about the different star cluster that we celebrate as Matariki

Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades star cluster. Its midwinter reappearance in the pre-dawn sky heralds Te Mātahi o te Tau (the Māori New Year). It is a time for reflection, remembrance of the dead, celebrating the present, and preparing for the future 🌈✨

Sally the Crocodile

Today our Preschoolers made Sally the crocodile come to life giving her, her beautiful Kakariki (Green) scales. Painting together on this beautiful frosty morning here at Kids Cave

Paint fun in the Sun working together, building on relationships communication and learning belonging as a room and as individuals 🎨🌈

Outdoor Play with our Pre Schoolers & Toddlers - testing boundaries and learning how to share with each other by taking turns riding bikes and climbing frames the smiles on their faces say it all 🌈✨

Our pēpi have the opportunity to explore using our play resources to challenge and extend on their fine motor skills - they learn strategies for active exploration, thinking and reasoning focusing on our pēpi futures and creating a fun environment to play and learn life skills 🌈✨