Trip to Onekawa New World and the Veggie shop

After a bit of planning and observing the children's interest Sarah noticed that Maia, Sarah and Taylah have an interest in shopping. So to extend on this Sarah thought the girls might like to go to the supermarket. The girls produced a shopping list which is also encouraging early literacy skills and they decided what fruit they were going to purchase to make fruit kebabs. Mania, Rionagh, Teihana and I came on this walk also.

First we went to the fruit and veggie shop. The children had their own shopping list and they ticked off the fruit they had found to put into our basket. After we had purchased the fruit we went down to the supermarket and got some cheese and the most exciting item on the list for the children - marshmallows!

Well the children had such a great time and it was great getting out into the community and making links between home and centre. As soon as the girls went past the Onekawa pools Mania said, "I go swimming there", then Sarah said, "that's where I do my swimming lessons". When we were in the supermarket Taylah saw someone she knew then shared that she saw her friend with the checkout operator. Also, the girls were learning about road safety and being courteous towards others, for instance an older lady was on her mobility scooter and we all stood to the side of the footpath so she could get past because she was a lot faster then us, she kindly said, "oh you didn't need to do that".

Tamara