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Auckland Kindergarten Association Blog
1w ago
The tamariki at Howick Kindergarten have recently developed a vibrant interest in dinosaurs, prompting our kaiako to create a range of engaging experiences to further explore this fascination. From cooking dinosaur soup and hatching baby dinosaurs from eggs to digging up fossils, practicing dinosaur yoga, and creating various arts and crafts. Yesterday, our adventure ..read more
Auckland Kindergarten Association Blog
3w ago
At Howick Kindergarten, we love to honour our grandparents through special events like Grandparents Day, sharing Māori legends that feature grandparents, as well as through songs, art activities, and news sharing. This year, we celebrated the grandparents in our lives by inviting them to spend some time at kindergarten with us. The children absolutely ..read more
Auckland Kindergarten Association Blog
1M ago
Tamarki at Howick Kindergarten have real fascination for bugs and animals so with this in mind, we organised an exciting trip to Butterfly Creek. It was an incredible day! The tamariki thoroughly enjoyed riding the bus, and their enthusiasm was contagious. Once at Butterfly Creek, we marvelled at the various dinosaurs and delighted in ..read more
Auckland Kindergarten Association Blog
1M ago
Matariki is more than stars for our tamariki at Waitākere Kindergarten! Matariki for us was a journey full of reflection, community, empowerment, togetherness and belonging. From our Pohutakawa tree where the tamariki were able to place their loved ones that had passed to the Hiwa-i-te-rangi star where the tamariki spend time setting their own ..read more
Auckland Kindergarten Association Blog
1M ago
Being a part of the 1 Billion Trees Project has been an amazing experience Glenfield Kindergarten wanted to share with our local community. Through this project the New Zealand government set a goal to plant 1 billion trees by 2028, and we were lucky enough to be involved and gifted an assortment of Native ..read more
Auckland Kindergarten Association Blog
1M ago
Orakei Kindergarten is part of the Rōpū Pourewa Kāhui Ako and this year they held a learning showcase at Ōrākei Bay Village, as part of our Matariki Rich Learning Opportunity week. We were invited to create and share something as an opportunity for our ākonga to share their learning with the wider community and ..read more
Auckland Kindergarten Association Blog
1M ago
As part of our Matariki learning, a small group from Green Bay Kindergarten were invited to participate in a special Matariki event organised by Auckland Council and the Light Library. It was a walk through our park next door, La Rosa Gardens hosted by Emma Hinton, a local story teller. We gathered in a ..read more
Auckland Kindergarten Association Blog
1M ago
We had an exciting week at Hillsborough Kindergarten celebrating Father’s Day with a special afternoon tea. Dads were gifted with special ties made by their tamariki. Dads, Uncles and Brothers all came to share kai and have a play outside in the garden and playground as we were blessed with a lovely sunny afternoon.  ..read more
Auckland Kindergarten Association Blog
1M ago
Ellerslie Kindergarten honoured our dads and special male figures of our Kindergarten by hosting the Ellerslie Olympic Games. Our children dedicated the week to drawing portraits of their dads, focusing on their creativity and personal perceptions of these important men in their lives. We displayed their portraits up high and as their fathers arrived ..read more
Auckland Kindergarten Association Blog
2M ago
Our Anchorage Park parent/whānau group created a wonderful evening for our kindergarten to find a new way to come together as a community after so many changes within our local area. This has been due to many new housing projects and families moving into our area as well as the challenges of Auckland Transport ..read more