by Claire | May 5, 2021 | Art and Creativity, Environment, Learning Stories
When Mackenzie arrived today he had a plan to build a helicopter. After waving to Mum we went straight to the Tinkering Shed to get started. Mackenzie told me that the helicopter would need a place for the man to sit and blades that turned around. This was going to be... by Claire | May 5, 2021 | Art and Creativity, Learning Stories, Tracking Learning
Your expertise came in really handy today as I struggled over the pronunciation of one of the Dinosaurs that Max was drawing and wanted me to write the name of it down. by Claire | May 5, 2021 | Art and Creativity, Learning Stories
Ceara, I’ve watched your great ideas come to life before and it seemed to me today that your creative spirit was in full flight. As your experimentation unfolded, I could see these ideas take shape. In Te Whare Aotūroa you gathered up a spare piece of newsprint and... by Claire | Apr 4, 2021 | Art and Creativity, Environment, Learning Stories
These days, spent with nature, nurture the process of wondering, asking questions, where children and teachers invest all their senses to gather information. Nothing is black and white, there is no definite answer (yet!) but the all consuming desire to find out, to... by Claire | Apr 4, 2021 | Art and Creativity, Dispositions, Learning Stories
Beau yesterday your mum came to pick you up from Kindy in a big storm, it had been so windy a tree had fallen over on your drive way. The next day at Kindy you couldn’t wait to tell us about what you had seen. by Claire | Mar 31, 2021 | Art and Creativity, Learning Stories
This morning as you arrived at Kindergarten your good friend Emma was busy taking photos. After she took your photo I asked if you would like to take some photos too and you smiled and responded positively to this suggestion.