Developing and strengthening gross motor skills.
16 March 2021
Over the past few weeks tamariki of Te Awa room have been challenging themselves with different physical experiences. They are developing and strengthening their gross motor skills, coordination, balance and agility while taking risks to discover what their bodies can do through a variety of experiences. It is great to see our Tamariki tuākana (older children) of Te Maunga room supporting our tamariki nohinohi (younger children).
Sharing your Culture
If you have a child in an early learning centre, you may have been invited to share your family’s culture within this centre. There are many ways that you can share your culture with your child’s early learning centre but what exactly does this mean and how can this practice benefit your child as well as others?
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Music and Movement
Is there anything more fantastic than seeing an infant, toddler or young child fully rocking to a beat with their own artistic movements, not a care in the world as they create, move and groove to music that sometimes only they can hear?! There are, of course many learning benefits for children when they engage in music and movement, these are just a few of them as well as some ways that you can bring music and movement to life for your child.
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Family and Dramatic Play
Young children are learning their place in the world every single day in multiple ways. The ideas that they form from observing the world around them will often show up when children are engaging in family and dramatic play, but what exactly is family and dramatic play and what are the benefits of your child engaging in it?
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