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Wednesday, 14 March 2012
St. Patrick's Day
This Saturday 17/3 is St. Patrick's Day.
In anticipation of this day, we will be doing some 'green themed' activities at KIDSPACE this Friday 16/3.
The teachers will be dressed in their wackiest green so children, don your green gear and join in the fun!
Josh's fishing tale
Josh went fishing with his Dad and Brayden and Oliver on the weekend.
This is Josh's description of his fish;
"There was a sharp thing up on hims head and it had a purple tummy and it was too splashy and it had black eyes"
Josh told me that he caught his fish with his fishing rod and the fish was really big. "This big" he demonstrates holding his arms wide. "It was a Rory" (A Parore - Black Snapper).
I asked Josh where he caught his fish and he told me;
"At this one where sand is and I just caught it. It was strong as. There were lots of boats".
Josh's Dad, Andy, showed me a photo on his phone of the fish Josh caught and it was big. Andy said that it was big enough to eat but Josh told him the fish was too splashy and to put it back.
Josh has a real interest in fishing and often looks through the fishing magazines we have at KIDSPACE pointing out the different fish, rods and fish hooks. He is off to try his luck again this weekend at the Fishing and Game Open Day.
Good Luck Josh
Rie
This is Josh's description of his fish;
"There was a sharp thing up on hims head and it had a purple tummy and it was too splashy and it had black eyes"
Josh told me that he caught his fish with his fishing rod and the fish was really big. "This big" he demonstrates holding his arms wide. "It was a Rory" (A Parore - Black Snapper).
I asked Josh where he caught his fish and he told me;
"At this one where sand is and I just caught it. It was strong as. There were lots of boats".
Josh's Dad, Andy, showed me a photo on his phone of the fish Josh caught and it was big. Andy said that it was big enough to eat but Josh told him the fish was too splashy and to put it back.
Josh has a real interest in fishing and often looks through the fishing magazines we have at KIDSPACE pointing out the different fish, rods and fish hooks. He is off to try his luck again this weekend at the Fishing and Game Open Day.
Good Luck Josh
Rie
Monday, 12 March 2012
Musical chairs
Musical chairs has been a popular game for the children lately. This game is fun and provides children with numerous learning experiences. The children learn about spatial awareness and how to control their body so that they don't hurt or bump other children.
We also used our maths skills to count the number of children and number of chairs as we took each chair away.
Some of the younger children understandably had difficulty comprehending that they were out when they had no chair to sit on when the music ended but I overcame this by setting up chairs in a different place so that they could keep going. This worked well.
Noah ended up our overall champion closely followed by Anika.
Rie
Happy Birthday Paige
Today was a very special day at KIDSPACE. We were able to share Paige's 4th Birthday.
Paige brought in a birthday cake to share with all the children and teachers for morning tea. It was so delicious and looked great too.
We hope you had a great day yesterday and that you have lots of fun on your new scooter!!
RochelleBaby Photo Guessing Game.
Today Tamara put together a little guessing game for the children to guess whose baby photo's belonged to who.
It was very interesting to see the children try to guess who each of the baby photos belonged to. Poesy's name came up often, even though there was only one photo of her. However because Poesy is one of our youngest and many of the children have seen her as a small baby they assumed it must be her.
The following is a narration from Lexi as to what she remembered happened earlier today.
"What is that baby"? Tamara asked
"It's Poesy we told her, but it was other children"
"Her (Tamara) write children's names on the piece of paper so we remember names"
"Noah had blonde hair, it's not real hair. We should show Gemma"
"What is that photo of Tamara said lots"
"Paigy, we all knowed it"
This was a great activity for the children to see the differences and similarities between the baby photos and what each of the children look like now. This activity encouraged the children to look closely, to discuss their thoughts with one another, and to have a laugh and fun in a safe environment which fosters their interests and learning.
We did this activity as a part of national "Children's Day" with the theme "Treasure our Children".
Thank you to all of those who brought a picture of your beautiful child.
Photos chosen by Lexi
Narration By Lexi
Rochelle
A big welcome Seth and Whanau
Nau mai ki te tamaiti hou me nga whanau.
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Seth and his whanau who, have joined us at KIDSPACE.
Seth has settled in really well and as these photos show, is enjoying exploring his new environment.
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