Poppy's special father's night visitor from England

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Fathers' Night 2011

What a wonderful evening with sixty two of our Dad's at kindergarten with their children. How proud the children were to have you all to themselves and to show you around kindergarten.

Making banana smoothies

With lots of fruit left over from our fruit kebabs there was just one thing to do ... make banana smoothies.

Our vegie garden is looking good

Celebrating Mickey's birthday

The Mole who knew it was none of His Business

If you haven't read this book you just do not know what you are missing. It is one of our children's favourite books ... and we quite like to present it as a puppet show. On this day Matthew was the puppeteer. He had such a strong clear voice as he asked, "did you do this on my head?" There were times when he had trouble getting the words out as he was laughing so much! The children couldn't believe their eyes! There was lots of paki paki for Matthew as he took a bow.

On Friday we swapped kindergartens with Mangere Bridge Kindergarten

Simon's wire creation

This morning we were working with wire and beads. Simon zeroed in right away and spent an hour and a half concentrating, bending and threading. Without any help at all he created this work of art. We thought it was awesome. Mahi pai Simon.

Melissa, the creator

And still the ghostbusters packs emerge

Every day we are blown away by the Ghostbusters backpacks that the children make. We need a constant supply of boxes and long straws ... and the children do all the rest. Then it is off in search of Ghosts and Marshmallow Men.

A family evening at McDonalds

It is often debated whether we should be promoting such a fundraising event ... however we think it is great. The children socialise with their friends and teachers outside their regular setting and this really helps to build relationships back at kindergarten. What a great evening.

Who sank the boat?

That was the question that was asked in the book? It is always a question that evokes different responses in the children as they develop their working theories. We are always careful not to give the children the answer as this does not encourage them to explore the theories further. As we had an abundance of balloons left after our Halloween celebrations yesterday we decided to pop the balloons under the upturned table then see how many children could stand on the upturned table before the balloons popped. I wonder how many children there are on the table?