Value of play

We have been very busy playing this week!

 Matching with the ice block sticks to the bears

 A group of girls working together to make towers. Lots of laughter as the towers fall on the ground, and they go back again to build and to see who can make the tallest towers.

Interests emerged from his  exploration. Then we looked at making origami snowflakes using his techniques. You can see his excitement as he opens the origami paper. 

The play dough table with some materials such as moving eyes, bottle lids, shells, and stones was a place to explore creativity.  Many children shared with  me their wonderful creations with eyes. They later found out that if you put the eyes inside the ball of play dough it makes a noise like a shaker. Wonderful storytellers emerged from this activity. 

Our children are able to work cooperatively, listening to each other's ideas, and sharing those ideas to construct something together.

These two children had such an awesome time on a rainy day spending a long period of time on this art together. They explored the texture, colours, the use of various tools, and this ended up with a hand printing session! They really enjoyed each other's company with so much laughter and they were able to manage themselves at this space. They observe their hands to see what they look like after printing their hands on the paper. They placed their hands up and down, moving across the paper using all their senses.

 Some children are interested in learning another language. These two children are learning to write their name in Japanese.

 We welcomed two new children into our classroom!!! Nau mai, haere mai!

Through learning about planets, some children are very interested in having a go at finding Google Earth and learning how to use this programme. The first thing that they often want to see is the school and where they live. They get very excited when they can find our school!!!