LWT Nature Programme
15 March 2023
Nature Programme
Throughout the summer months, a huge focus area of our centre has been our sustainability and environmental programme. Over this time, we have been linking with Anita from Growing Kiwi Gardeners, TOCK Earth, and the local Te Ana Maori Rock Art Programme.
We have been learning about waste – why it is important to recycle as much as we can. And we have been using some of the waste products on site where possible, like using vegetable waste to feed our Tiger Worms.
The children have loved being a part of our garden programme, helping to plant and tend for our new seedlings, and being hands-on when it comes to feeding our worms. We have learnt all about tiger worms, how to spot the differences between adults and young worms, and even how they breathe.
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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