Kia Ora friends,
Finn and I wanted to share one of his favourite play activities he's interested in at the moment. He’s loving block play/poro rākau, and it´s open-ended play opportunities. Blocks are valuable manipulative and creative resources for children and adults.
Read MoreWhat are the world's best toys?
They are not gadgets or ‘fancy toys’ but your everyday materials called loose parts.
Loose parts can include natural materials altered or, stacked, carried, moved or altered. Loose parts can include natural materials like sticks, stones, sand, leaves and water or recycled materials like cardboard boxes, rope, fabric, milk crates and lengths of pipes.
Read MoreVisiting The Nest at any Gems and you will see Heuristic Play and Treasure Baskets either in use or set up ready to be explored. This type of play is present for the majority of our day in The Nest and I wanted to share with you some ideas as to how you can offer opportunities for this at home for your child…
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These urges are building blocks for the human brain; they require repetition, sometimes lots and lots of repetition; and they usually need to happen right now, which explains why our little people are so determined to do these things. A huge part of learning happens through experiential play, so for a child to work out what will happen if they add their glass of water to their dinner, they need to do just that.
Read MoreSensory play can be an early, but important step in the development process …
Read MoreBeing a toddler is hard at the best of times. They thrive on the predictability of routines and ritual, of being close to their ‘people"‘ …
Read MoreThe Nest Lake Hayes Estate Head Teacher Marianne Beer heads up a teaching team who are passionate about creating the best environment for children in their care to explore and flourish in.
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