Gladstone Park Early Childhood Centre

Our under 2s had so much fun exploring messy paint play. Through painting they are developing their creativity, sensory awareness, fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and confidence to explore the world around them. 🌈

Sometimes the messiest moments create the richest learning! 🎨🖌️

Even on a rainy day, our tamariki enjoy sensory play throughout the day. Exploring wet sand and soft feathers under the veranda sparked curiosity, creativity, and hands-on learning as children discovered different textures and engaged their senses.

Our Over 2s had a wonderful time exploring a sensory flour tray during outdoor play this morning. Sensory experiences like these encourage creativity, problem-solving, and lots of fun learning through play.

Our babies had so much fun today as they lined up and transformed into a train! Holding onto one another, they proudly marched around the playground, using their imaginations and working together as a team.

Through this playful adventure, our pēpi were developing their balance, coordination, listening skills, and sense of belonging as they followed the “train conductor” on an exciting journey. What a wonderful way to learn through play while sharing lots of smiles and laughter along the way!

Sensory play is always a favourite at Gladstone Park!

This morning, our tamariki enjoyed exploring a coffee sensory experience, mixing up their own “coffees” while discovering the rich aroma, texture, and changes that happened when water was added. Through hands-on exploration, children engaged their senses, sparked their curiosity, and had lots of fun learning through play.

Yesterday our tamariki explored the wonders of the ocean, learning about the different creatures that call it home.

Our over 2’s tamariki explored using tongs to pick up and move pom poms from place to place with a sticky obstacle in between.
This fun learning experience supported their fine motor development, hand-eye coordination and concentration while encouraging learning through play ❤️

Today the children in the Over 2’s explored the autumn season by adding autumn leaves onto our tree. As they created, we talked about the changes we see during autumn, the colours of the leaves, and how the seasons change around us.

A lovely hands-on learning experience that encouraged creativity, conversations, and curiosity about the world around us 🍁