Rainy day fun!

Inside this week the children have experienced lots of different activities to keep them engaged, using curiosity, problem solving and managing our impulsivity. 

All week we have been lucky enough to have a trough full of sand inside kindergarten which was bought in on Monday when it was to wet to play in the outside sandpit.  The children have been building race tracks with small road cones and jumps out of sand. Working together they practiced racing their cars around the track, trying not to crash. It wasn't long before one of the children decided they would try out a ramp, jumping the cars off the ramp into a strategically placed box. There was a lot of trial and error involved with how fast the car needed to be pushed off the ramp, what angle and direction it needed to fly was also explored. This is very creative ,he tino auaha tēnei.

Another activity that involved us managing our impulsivity and Mahi Tahi, working together was some baking. We had so much fruit in our fruit bowl, we decided to make a banana cake and some fruit smoothies to share together. The children accurately measured out the flour, milk and other ingredients for the banana cake, taking turns to mix the cake together, finally it was time to cook, and boy did it make kindergarten smell yummy! The next day we iced the cake and began making the smoothies, the children helped put the ingredients into the blender until we had made enough for everyone to share. Finally it was time to drink some fruit smoothy and share some banana cake. 

These activities provide children with opportunities to try new things and using knowledge they may already have from home to share with us here at kindergarten. Ka nui ake to matauranga, Your knowledge increases.