Wednesday 4 February 2015

Mahi tahi - Team Work!

We now have two diggers at kindergarten and this week one has been placed on the stones with trucks. Children have taken a huge interest in moving stones from one spot to another in the back of trucks. 

But today Baxter, Murphey and Tom had a different idea! They had gathered some spades to use with the digger and began to dig. As they continued digging together it was decided that they wanted to see how deep they could get. A lot of team work was required as each of the boys took turns to dig in the hole all working toward the same goal. It was interesting to watch as Tom had a turn on the digger, that is bigger than our other one. So he had to think flexibly about the way he was using it, and eventually decided the best way was to stand while using the leavers to coltrol the bucket! Ke tahi te whakaaro pai - thats a good idea.
We will ensure that a digger is out on the stones for children to use as they explore and find out about the different ways they can be played with. 

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