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Welcome to Mie
We have a new helper at kinder sometimes. Her name is Mie and she is from Japan. Today she told us a little bit about Japan. She also showed us how to make some animals by folding paper. We used big...
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At last, our carrots
We have been looking after our carrots for months, it was exciting to finally be able to pull them up and enjoy them! We ate carrot sticks and dip (also celery sticks but they were not as popular.)...
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Sushi
T We have a new helper for a few weeks, Mie. She is sharing some of her Japanese culture with us. This week we made sushi. The seaweed paper, as the children called it, was a new ingredient for our...
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Hot days at kinder
Hot days invite water play, but with a group that is very much into social and role play, water play can have an original twist. On this day,the girls had set up a foot shop, where feet were bathed,...
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Water music
Australian readers of this blog may have seen the art installation at the Victorian Art Gallery of lots of metal balls floating around a pool and gently tinkling against each other. Continuing very hot...
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Mrs WishyWashy
Lexi said, ” this is my favourite story” when we read it and played with it at the storytable this week. Why is Mrs WishyWashy so successful with kinder children? The book has clear, engaging...
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Spinning colors
Thankyou to the person who first applied paint to paper inside a salad spinner! This is an art activity made for preschoolers! We have 2 different spinners, which take real motor planning to operate....
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Bookmobile visit
We make a visit to the bookmobile each year in first term; it’s parked just over the road from our kinder, and a short walk to practise our road safety. The children respond with interest, even...
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The African violet
There has been a lot of activity in parts other than the art area lately, and we wondered what we could do to spark some fresh exploration and interest at the easels? So Louise put some cutout paper...
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A child’s rights
I have come back to this blog after a long break. And I looked at the header image for this blog. This detailed drawing with nothing to accompany it. No story. It’s intriguing! I loved it as an...
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