Posts Tagged ‘The Kids Club’
Exciting News!
We are in the running for the Service Excellence Category at the 2018 Westpac Waikato Business Excellence Awards. Today the judges will come to visit us! What would you tell them about The Kids Club Kindergartens? Why should we win?
Read MoreMissing Tails & Magic – Learning about pets & vets
We are learning about our community and the people who help us. We have already visited the fire station, had the ambulance drive in and a police officer came and told us all about his work. In this context we’ve also looked at books and videos about veterinarians. We learnt how they care for the animals…
Read MorePlanning for our littlest learners – an example of recent learning with our under two year old children
Planning for our littlest learners – an example of recent learning with our under two year old children For the past two weeks at Little Learners we have been learning about different kinds of birds and the characteristics that define them. We thought it would be nice to share with you all how we came…
Read MoreEducational Eddie – Written by our Kids Club 2 children
Educational Eddie – Written by our Kids Club 2 children Eddie loves learning! He especially likes learning about letters and numbers, and he does a lot of ‘good thinking’. Eddie also likes learning about the world around him and finding out about things that are new to him. Eddie likes using computers and ipads to…
Read MoreStructured Stevie – Written by our Kids Club 2 Children
Structured Stevie – Written by our Kids Club 2 Children Stevie likes routines and rules. He knows that there are rules so that everything is fair, everyone is safe, the things we love playing with are looked after and that everyone can learn. He always puts his toys away when he finishes playing with them.…
Read MoreCaring Casey – Written by our Kids Club 2 Children
Caring Casey – Written by our Kids Club 2 Children Caring Casey really likes to look after people at kindy and really likes helping her mum and dad, her younger brother and sister. Casey looks after the family pets, a rabbit, a cat and a dog. Casey also cares a lot about her friends. She…
Read MoreEarly Literacy – it’s more than just the ABC
Did you know that preschoolers who experience a language rich environment, hear stories and sing songs tend to develop larger vocabularies, become better readers and preform better in school? Did you know that reading proficiently by the end of year 2 at school is considered a “make it or break it” benchmark? Or that 83…
Read MoreThoughts About Mat Time
The only times during our Kindergarten day that we expect all the children to convene together besides meal times is at mat times. In length according to their ages it is the time during which we come together and practice being in a group, raising our voices together, engaging in discussion, making decisions, telling stories.…
Read More5 Insights Every Parent Needs in 2017
Parenting often feels like a fifty-sided Rubik’s cube, deceivingly simple before you really get into it, but then seemingly impossible to figure out when you’re in the thick of things. Instead of contending with multi-colored cubes, parents find themselves sorting out variables such as their own upbringing, the expectations of others and navigating through the…
Read MoreEncouraging Speech and Language Development
Birth to 2 Years Encourage your baby to make vowel-like and consonant-vowel sounds such as “ma,” “da,” and “ba.” Reinforce attempts by maintaining eye contact, responding with speech, and imitating vocalizations using different patterns and emphasis. For example, raise the pitch of your voice to indicate a question. Imitate your baby’s laughter and facial expressions.
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