We decided to start up the worm farm in support of our sustainability practices that we follow here...
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We have Cath from Bike Taupo who comes to us once a month who supports our tamariki with riding a bi...
The children in the Pūkeko room have been interested in puzzles and manipulative play which stimulat...
Wew've been putting our new playground to the test and the consensus is… a HUGE THUMBS UP
What a fun filled day we had at Shelly Bay Road. We celebrated being all together once again after C...
We love celebrating different cultural events at Maui as it fits in with our vision of See Me, Know...
This day is particularly meaningful to us here because we are part of our local kids greening Taupo...
Meet our pet Frog's Merlin and Archimedes.
Messy Play is an important part of learning, as children get to experience various textures and how...
We have had a lovely hot summer, so our children have enjoyed cooling down with water play!
We celebrate what makes each child unique and learning about tamariki and their whanau is important...
What an amazing day we have had at BestStart Dixon Heights!
Loose parts provide our children with endless opportunities to investigate and build on their play.
Our older tamariki supported our younger one to achive his goal
Our Chinese New Year celebration this year was such an ideal one. The sun shone brightly, the...
During February 2022 at Best-Start Onehunga, kaiako (teachers) have been noticing the curiosity of t...
We celebrated our annual Chinese New Year event here at BestStart Dannemora this month.
We have been enjoying some new mindfulness rituals; with yoga and meditation.
Heuristic play encourages independence and creativity
Today the tamariki had a splashing good time exploring the water and mirror pebbles
Arts and crafts are always so fun with so many possibilities. The tamariki at Beststart Ascot have b...
With the wonderful warm kiwi Summer we have enjoyed so far, we have also been enjoying a lot of alfr...
From a "Super Soaker Day" to supporting our Tongan Community with a food drive, this month has been...
Kia Ora, I’m Butter. Pipiwai Kindys favorite (and only) rabbit. The team at BestStart Pipiwai Kindy...
The sports event was a great success with most of our tamariki participating and performing their be...
In February we celebrated Anti-Bullying Day by wearing pink shirts and other pink clothing items
oday we celebrated Holi, the Indian festival of colours. This is one of our favourite celebrations h...
This month in the kawakawa room we have been focusing on three skills: friendship building , self re...
February has been another fun filled busy month here at BestStart Havelock North.
We had lots of conversations as the children shared their thoughts and ideas
We've been learning about different way we can move and control our bodies
We are so proud to announce that we've been awarded the Healthy Heart Gold Award!
Today the tamariki harvested the last of our vegetables in our garden
We created a nature hunt inside
We learnt about the importance of the Kawakawa plant and all the children worked together to prepare...
Our babies in the under 2’s room are learning many skills, such as stacking blocks and pushing wheel...
We've been demonstrating a great amount of creativity throughout our sensory/messy play
We've been exploring messy play while introducing early science
There's been lot's happening here this month!
This month we've been celebrating Summer!
We have been role modeling to our tamariki how a certain behaviour or activity is done
The Children's House has kicked off the year with our curriculum area focus of arts, music and skil...
We've been discovering ways to create giant bubbles!
Check out our video to find out what's been happening this week
Our front garden has two small rock lined sandpits tucked in between the trees
Our tamariki enjoyed a game of roller bowling
There are many skills our tamariki are demonstrating and learning while participating, such as turn...
We have great relationships with our local schools and the new entrant teachers come into the centre...
We had beach themed messy play, sandpit, water, tents, fishing, role playing with our ice cream shop...
Our kaiako (teachers) in the Tiaki and Mana Rooms have been looking at the meaning of ‘manaakitanga...
Tamariki created a collage lantern with red and yellow crepe paper; developing their fine motor skil...
We value spontaneous learning opportunities and work to build upon the working theories our children...
At BestStart Girven Road we are keen learners!
Taking calculated risks are vital for tamariki to learn their limits and boundaries, recognising and...
This experience links to our current group planning of exploration using our senses.
Caring for our environment is an important part of our Montessori curriculum
We've been busy celebrating so many special events and learning so much about lots of different cult...
For the past three weeks we have been celebrating the Chinese New year, the year of the tiger and ou...
We invited all the children to bring in their own instrument for a group jam session
We have been celebrating the end and the beginning of a new journeys for 5 of our ataahua tāmāriki
Some of the sensory activities we have explored are coloured salt, frozen fairy dust, sand, water, p...
As part of 'Frozen Friday' at BestStart Hillcrest, we had lots of things for the children to explore...
We had so much fun at our Carnival Day where our tamariki took part in a range of games and activiti...
Big Heart Day creates awareness about keeping our hearts healthy and raises funds for life saving he...
What better way to cool down on these hot summer days than exploring ice. Ice World is a sensor...
Physical play is as important for brain development and it is for health and wellbeing.
We've been loving this warmer weather and getting outside to explore
Our Waitangi Day celebrations were about supporting the children's developing familiarity with the l...
These are some of the fun experiences we've being doing so far this year
From Egg to Butterfly
Nga pepe in our Nursery have been doing lots of mahi to get ready to celebrate Waitangi Day and Chin...
A key learning focus for all our amazing tamariki is that they have opportunities to learn about the...
Here at BestStart Flatbush School Road, we keep our Centre vision alive "We Celebrate What Matters"...
These priorities work side by side and kaiako demonstrate these daily and are at the core of everyth...
We've been doing lots of messy play and different experiments such as magic fizzing chalk and magic...
The number of learning activities we use ice for is mind boggling!
Our tamariki were so excited to bring their special cuddly friends in from home.
The nursery tamariki spent time learning more about Te Tiriti o Waitangi
We are a nurturing and supportive team and understand the importance of settling our tamariki
Playing with puppets is one of the most educational activities you can expose your kids to.
Gardening is a wonderful way for the children at Montessori Taradale to connect with nature and nurt...
Here at BestStart Parton Road we have been learning about how 2022 is the Year of Tiger.
Gong Hey Fat Choy or San Nin Nai Lok from the Kiwi Room!
We’ve had another fun start to the month with our Tiriti o Waitangi Day celebrations
Today is the lunar Chinese New Year
We have a dedicated infant space for our youngest tamariki and a separate space for our active toddl...
During this celebration every family in China would hang the word upside down, believing that doing...
For the past couple of weeks, our tamariki (children) have been exploring natural resources (taonga)...
Recently our centre celebrated Chinese New Year
With sunny weather comes lots of fun water play explorations!
We created an amazing sensory footpath and a water feature
We acknowledged Lunar New Year 2022 by creating pieces of artwork that represent fireworks
What a fun day we had!
This summer at BestStart Tory Street, we had so much fun!
Alfresco dining is always magical under our giant feijoa tree, this is just one of our rituals that...
We all welcomed the year of the Tiger on 1st February 2022. This is the most significant day in the...