Our whānau teina tamariki have been focusing on the natural world around them. They made some beautiful bird feeders for the fence line, encouraging birds to come a visit. They also got out into our local community this morning exploring, spoting bugs, flowers and birds #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #EarlyEducation #LearningLinks #ECE #Preschool #LearningLinksChildcare #EarlyChildhood #EarlyLearning #LearningTogether #Sustainability #Toddlers #Infant #NZkids #KiwiKids #Horowhenua #Levin

As part of our group planning, the interests of bugs have emerged. After many discussions of how to discover and look at bugs without harming or removing them from their natural habitat, Whaea and the tamariki have created this bug house/ whare pāpapa. #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #EarlyEducation #LearningLinks #ECE #Preschool #LearningLinksChildcare #EarlyChildhood #EarlyLearning #LearningTogether #Sustainability #Toddlers #Infant #NZkids #KiwiKids #Horowhenua #Levin #Bug #BugHouse

Our tamariki love to explore music and the sounds they can create. #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #EarlyEducation #LearningLinks #ECE #Preschool #LearningLinksChildcare #EarlyChildhood #EarlyLearning #LearningTogether #Sustainability #Toddlers #Infant #NZkids #KiwiKids #Horowhenua #Levin #kidsmusic #kidsplaymusic

We welcomed Levin School back as part of our reading programme we have been continuing for the past year. It's a great opportunity to build relationships within our school community and for our tamariki to experience a small snippet of school life. #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #EarlyEducation #LearningLinks #ECE #Preschool #LearningLinksChildcare #EarlyChildhood #EarlyLearning #LearningTogether #Sustainability #Toddlers #Infant #NZkids #KiwiKids #Horowhenua #Levin

We have been working on our group planning of sustainability within our centre. We are reusing and repurposing everyday items and giving them a new lease of life. Check out our new strawberry and flower plants 🍓🌺😍 #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #EarlyEducation #LearningLinks #ECE #Preschool #LearningLinksChildcare #EarlyChildhood #EarlyLearning #LearningThroughPlay #Sustainability #Toddlers #Infant #NZkids #KiwiKids #Horowhenua #Levin #BackyardGarden #Gardening #Plants #Flowers

What yummy pizza we made! All part of our sustainability focus within our centre and understanding of #GardenToPlate concepts. Silverbeet and herbs were harvested from our garden that the tamariki have been carefully growing from seed and then used on our pizza. #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyEducation #LearningLinks #ECE #LearningLinksChildcare #EarlyChildhood #EarlyLearning #LearningThroughPlay #Pizza #Sustainability #Toddlers #Infant #NZkids #KiwiKids #Horowhenua…

We have been exploring temperatures today as the day started off with the playground covered in ice from our morning frost. The children made discoveries about ice and using their hand temperatures to melt the ice back down to water. #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyEducation #EarlyChildhoodEducation #EarlyLearningCentre #LearningLinks #ECE #LearningLinksChildcare #EarlyChildhood #EarlyLearning #LearningThroughPlay #IcePlay #Ice

What a fantastic yellow day we have had! Filled with fun yellow activities and an amazing collection towards our local cancer society, thank you everyone involved.. #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyEducation #EarlyChildhoodEducation #EarlyLearningCentre #LearningLinks #LearningLinksChildcare #ECE #DaffodilDay #Daffodil

We went exploring at the pirate park and found some amazing treasures. We love to get out into our local community.. #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyEducation #EarlyChildhoodEducation #EarlyLearningCentre #LearningLinks #LearningLinksChildcare

We were invited to a Matariki performance at Te Takere, live streamed from another local early childhood centre. We joined in, listening to their waiata they sung, reading our favourite Matariki book and learning about all the different types of kites. Along the way we also spotted some familiar looking artwork displayed right in the middle of the Library. #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyEducation #EarlyChildhoodEducation #LearningLinks #LearningLinksChildcare

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness We still love to get outside, even in the coldest of weather! Jackets, gloves, hats, gumboots (for puddle splashing), slippers for when we go back indoors and all the winter warmers are welcome to be bought daily in backpacks to ensure the children stay cozy and warm.l #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyEducation #EarlyChildhoodEducation #EarlyLearningCentre #LearningLinks…

Today with Whaea Cynthia some of the tamariki started to create amazing kites prompted by the story "The 7 kites of Matariki" we have been reading. The tamariki and kaiako alike, have been enjoying learning about Matariki, the legends and roles the stars play in planning for the new year ahead. #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyEducation #EarlyChildhoodEducation #EarlyLearningCentre #ChildcareCentre #DaycareCenter #LearningLinks #LearningLinksChildcare

We loved playing with the gloop this morning exploring the pretend mud with our dinosaurs. Sensory play again, has many learning outcomes in ECE including developing early scientific knowledge, understanding their own senses smell, touch, taste and helps to build fine motor skills with scooping, pinching and squeezing hand movements. #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyEducation #EarlyChildhoodEducation #EarlyLearning #LearningLinks #LearningLinkChildcare

Today our tamariki explored at the carpentry table. The tamariki had so much fun creating with the hammer and nails. Carpentry is full of many benefits in Ece, including hand eye coordination and manipulative skills. Developing understandings of mathematics concepts such as length, size, balance and force. #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyEducation #EarlyChildhoodEducation #EarlyLearning #LearningLinks #LearningLinkChildcare

We have started to learn our brand new shape song, Porowhita, Tapawh, Tapatoru, Manawa. Incorporating these mathematical and literacy concepts in extending our new waiata in a fun game of hot lava. I wonder if you have heard your tamariki singing their favourite new waiata?? #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyEducation #EarlyChildhoodEducation #EarlyLearningCentre #ChildcareCentre #DaycareCenter #LearningLinks #LearningLinksChildcare #Mathematics #Shape

Our tamariki have settled right back into our environment like a breeze. Our kaiako have been amazed by how settled and happy the children have been to come back to our centre. This is testament to the strength in the relationships that we have built within our learning community, creating a safe, happy and secure environment for everyone. #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyEducation #EarlyLearning #ChildcareCentre #DaycareCenter #LearningLinks #LearningLinksChildcare