Dramatic Play

Over the past 2 weeks our children have been exploring dramatic play, creativity and re-telling stories. We have been working in small groups to act out many different stories, like the Three Billy Goats Gruff. The children have also found that props can help tell and story too. Here we are using head bands with ears to help decide who is the big Billy Goat, The Middle and the smallest Billy Goat. Can you tell?

Visiting the Fire Station

Early this term the children saw a house on fire up on the hill above the Kindergarten, and then the Fire Engine came to put out the fire. This cause a huge discussion at mat time, the children had lots of questions, answers, and ideas about fires. A trip to the fire station was one of the suggestion that came from them, so that is what we did!
The bus arrived early and took us to the Dunedin Fire Station to meet the brave people that fight fires for a job. It was a great day and we learnt many new things about fire and keeping ourselves safe all the time. Here is Lukin exploring the inside of a fire engine.It was a busy morning and we had lots of tired children on the bus home, but is was worth the trip!

Alex discovers

Wow!! Alex you spent a long time at the table today, using the pens to write many different letters. It was great to see you making your own discoveries of letters and colours. With the special pens you could write over the top of the letters that made up your name. You could tell me that 'ALEX' is your name.