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Glenavon School 'Festival of Colour'

25 September 2019

A trip to the recent Glenavon School 'Festival of Colour' was visual feast for tamariki at Active Explorers Blockhouse Bay.

Says centre manager Anjana Andrews; "It was a very enriching experience for our children as it gave them exposure to many different types of art work. It was truly inspirational!"

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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?

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.

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?

Glenavon School 'Festival of Colour'

Sharing your Culture

Music and Movement

Family and Dramatic Play