Jump Rope for Heart Day

On Jump Rope for Heart Day at KIDSPACE we wore red, skipped, hopped, visited Bardowie, danced, hula hooped, jumped, played bean bag games, created heart shaped and coloured art and had face paint. For the Heart Foundation we raised $13.50 thank you to all whaanau and teachers we got involved on this healthy heart day.

Jessie

Learning our names in playdough

Extending upon the children's interest at the moment of writing their own names, I set up an activity at the playdough table, where I wrote out the children's names on pieces of paper. The idea of this activity is for the children to roll out the playdough and trace over the letters of their name with the playdough. Netana, Jorja, and Donnagh really enjoyed this activity where they were learning basic literacy skills in relation to the letter shapes within the spelling of their own names. Communication.

Ann

Live to tell the tale

Live to tell the tale

Napier Civil Defence Open Day

Saturday 16 October 10am - 2pm

War Memorial Conference Centre, Marine Parade

Get Ready Get Thru
How to get through in an emergency

HB Magpies, Giveaways, Prizes

Our friends at Bardowie

On Tuesday Monica and Ann with children Caelyn, Emily, Max, Isabella, Lyrique, Noah, Libby and Jorja paid a visit to Bardowie Rest home along Kennedy Road.

As per visit the residents were thrilled to see us and took their seats waiting for us to perform.

All the children sang beautifully and remembered all the words to our 'We are the Kids of KIDSPACE' song.

Max took over as master of ceremonies, taking responsibility for the order in which we sang our chosen line up, and he also made a fantastic job of presenting two pots of broad beans to Peter, one of the Bardowie residents.

Peter then demonstrated his talent at yodeling before showing us his wonderful vegetable garden that he tends to.

A fun time was had by all and very soon we will be practicing our Christmas line up to perform once again.

The children are developing an awareness of connections between events and experiences within and beyond the early childhood setting.

Monica

Happy Birthday Rochelle

Painting with Fly Swats

For a new painting experience I brought out fly swats for the children to paint with. Luke was one of the first children to have a go, he chose his fly swat, dipped it into the paint and then went splat onto the paper he really enjoyed this part and did it over and over again. Luke is gaining control of his motor skills through his confidence in experimenting with materials that enable him to play around with ideas and to explore actively with all the senses. Exploration

Ann

Weaving with Wood

To extend upon Irene's natural weaving with the children, a couple of weeks ago, I introduced Jorja, Caelyn, Emily and Mania to weaving at the wood carpentry table. I demonstrated how we can use wool and material wrapped around nails, to create three-dimensional woven pictures. The girls were eager to have a go, and enjoyed creating their own three-dimensional woven pictures.

The girls are learning basic mathmatics and numeracy, in which they are able to order, group and compare different objects and materials, through the patterns within their weaving.

Ann