New friendships

It has been such a delight to watch the friendship between Milan and Liam develop! Liam you have come such a long way and are now very confident and settled in our kindergarten environment. I was especially surprised to see a whole new side of you today when you choose to bust out with the drums. You obviously really enjoy music and were having a great time with Milan exploring our various instruments. It seems that the High School Musical music you were playing to is familiar to both of you as Milan asked which High School Musical CD it was and you shared that you had watched the movie Liam. Now that I have discovered the shared interest you boys have, I wonder if you would enjoy trying out a programme called garage band that we have on our apple computers, it's lots of fun and all about creating your own music. Perhaps we'll have ago with this in the next few days.

Caelan, the drummer

Caelan, for ages, I have been trying to load this awesome video of you drumming onto the blog.  Very early on in your time with us we noticed that you liked to drum ... on anything.  We searched our storeroom and were able to put together this stunning drum kit.  What a competent drummer you are.

Bubble Trouble

A number of the morning children enjoyed exploring with various bubble wands today. This had been a popular activity last week in the afternoon session and proved to be a hit with the morning children also. It was Stefanie's first day at morning kindy and she decided this activity was so much fun that she spent most of the session blowing bubbles and practicing how to catch them. I have fond memories of blowing and catching bubbles from my kindy days, they just seem to be so mystical! Raelene

Developing theories

Ryan, I noticed that you discovered one of the magnets this week. You found the magnet on the carpentry table, then proceeded to experiment with the magnetism as you tested it with the hammers, the wood and the nails. I wonder what else you might find that is attracted to the magnet?

There is nothing like having a friend

There is nothing like having a friend is there? This is especially true when it comes to the swings. Lily, thank you for being a kind friend and pushing Holly.

Now hereʻs a question ....

What do you do when you grow out of your favourite shirt? You ask your Mum to cut the sleeves out so the you can still wear it. Good problem solving Oliver.

Pink Ears

On Friday Kate arrived at kindergarten with her favourite toy ʻPink Earsʻ. Pink Ears was having such fun at kindergarten that we decided to write a story about him. This is Kateʻs story and photos that she took herself ...
This is my rabbit and his name is Pink Ears. He lives with me in Auckland. She sleeps in my bed. Sheʻs a girl. I cuddle her at night. She eats rabbit food. My Mum knows what she eats but I donʻt. When I am at kindy Pink Ears plays with my toys upstairs. She likes Cuddly best. She came to kindy today. She was in my bag and I took her out to show to a person. She sitted on my lap when I was eating. one day, when I am five, she is going to Australia with me cause I want to bring her to Australia. Iʻm going to take another toy too, a cuddly and a brown bear.
A little bit about the author, photographer and publisher, Kate.
Kate is four. Her favourite colour is pink. She likes to eat strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. She likes to watch Sponge Bob, Dora the Explorer and Little Bear on television. When she grows up she is going to go to a park with her kids.