Woodhouse Early Learning Centre

09/06/2022

There's magic moments that happen each and everyday 💓.

19/05/2022

We loved our hikoi today. The children have been missing this regular element of our curriculum, so we have assured them it'll be back atleast once per week 💕

18/05/2022

A few snaps from last Friday morning 💕

12/05/2022

The magic of Autumn 🍂

11/05/2022

Look at these incredible flowerpots painted by the children 🤩. Kristie had this magnificent idea which she helped the children to make!

Last term the tamariki painted flowerpots and planted seeds in them. Then they watched them grow and grow, while sharing their ideas and thoughts of the process with kaiako. Then for Mother's Day the tamariki gifted them to their Mothers.💕.

Now that they've all gone home to the special women in their lives, we're pleased to share them with our online community! Thank you Kristie for nurturing the seedlings like you do our tamariki !🙌🙌

08/05/2022

Thinking of all the incredible women in our centre whānau today.

Happy Mothers Day 💕

05/05/2022

Look at this awesome collaborative Autumn artwork the tamariki made this week 💕

03/05/2022

Tamariki often use their behaviour to express how their feeling. 💕.Sometimes even behaving in a way that allows them to attempt to to let the adults around them feel how their feeling💕. Here at Woodhouse E.L.C we're lucky to have a team that are passionate about supporting our little people with their big emotions in both age groups. 💕

Here are some of the ways you can help your child learn about and express their feelings:

Tune into cues - Sometimes feelings can be hard to identify. Tune into your child’s feelings by looking at their body language, listening to what they’re saying and observing their behaviour. Figuring out what they feel and why means you can help them identify, express and manage those feelings better.

Behind every behaviour is a feeling - Try to understand the meaning and feeling behind your child’s behaviour. You can help your child find other ways to express that feeling once you know what is driving the behaviour.

Name the feeling - Help your child name their feelings by giving them a label. Naming feelings is the first step in helping kids learn to identify them. It allows your child to develop an emotional vocabulary so they can talk about their feelings.

Identify feelings in others – Provide lots of opportunities to identify feelings in others. You might ask your child to reflect on what someone else may be feeling. Cartoons or picture books are a great way discuss feelings and helps kids learn how to recognise other people’s feelings through facial expressions.

Be a role model - Kids learn about feelings and how to express them appropriately by watching others. Show your child how you’re feeling about different situations and how you deal with those feelings.

Encourage with praise - Praise your child when they talk about their feelings or express them in an appropriate way. Not only does it show that feelings are normal and it’s ok to talk about them, it reinforces the behaviour so they are likely to repeat it.

Listen to your child’s feelings - Stay present and resist the urge to make your child’s bad feelings go away. Support your child to identify and express their feelings so they are heard. When feelings are minimised or dismissed, they will often be expressed in unhealthy ways.

Sometimes kids don’t have the words to express how they feel and may act out these feelings in ways that are problematic
Your child might hit or throw toys when angry or frustrated. They might have a hard time settling down after an exciting day. Use this as a learning opportunity to teach your child to express their feeling in a positive way. Teach your child to act on feelings by:

Taking some deep breaths

Asking for help or support

Walking away and taking time out

Finding a different way to do things

Taking time to relax before trying again

Trying to solve the problem with words

Saying what they feel instead of acting it out

Talking with a grown-up about what is happening

Spending time with a loved one or asking for a hug or cuddle

Describing what they are feeling or reactions in their body

Doing some "preschooler yoga" particularly exercises that allow actions that have midline crossing

If your child needs some extra support talking about and expressing their feelings, we’re here to help! Talk to one of our kaiako today 🦋

Emotions drive behaviour. A child’s behaviour is them trying to communicate with you. Look for ways to change your child’s environment, instead of trying to change the child. 💜💜💜

02/05/2022

As we continue to review a variety of aspects of our local curriculum including policies and procedures what become apparent in discussions was the request of a "centre pet".

From fish to cats and even a dinosaur, we've been loving your ideas so we thought we'd ask our community to vote 🙌?!

In our foyer there's a yes or no voting container , and of a visual diary for your comments and ideas to be placed on 🐠🐱🐕. We look forward to hearing your ideas :)

22/04/2022

Rā Whānau Ki a Koe Ella-Rose ❤

Happy Birthday Ella-Rose, who turned 2 years old today. It seems like only yesterday your big brother (Jack)was telling us about your arrival. 💕. We're looking forward to seeing you Tuesday and singing you Happy Birthday & Rā Whānau then. 💕

Arohanui,

Your centre whānau here at W.E.L.C 🎉

21/04/2022

ANZAC Day is approaching fast. We will be closed Monday the 25th of April 2022.

The tamariki have been provided with a variety of provocations and experiences to extend on their knowledge of the ANZACsnand create new learning. This supports our group exploration of the goals and learning outcomes of curriculum strand Belonging / Mana Whenua. 💕

❤ If you're whānau has any memorabilia from family members who have served our country or alongside our country that your whānau would like to share, please feel free to bring them to a teacher when your child next attends. ❤

This can include photos and/or items of clothes etc.