Literacy sound detectives

Following on from yesterdays outdoor literacy experience, we played a new letter game called letter sound detectives.  This is a game where you choose a letter of the alphabet, say the sound and then go around the playground looking for the things that begin with that sound.

"This is letter K"  We found Kitchen after much hunting.  We had letter h and found hammer.

We had letter S.  Lots of things started with S.... Swing, Sandpit, Sun and Summer.

What great letter sound defectives you all were today. 

Literacy is developed when children have opportunities to be involved with the playful use of sounds, words, rhyme, and rhythm of language.  Recognising letters and their sounds gives children confidence to engage in the beginning stages of reading.

Literacy whiz kids

A Literacy provocation that is inviting to children.  Early childhood is about following children's interests and when you have groups of children who generally choose to engage in the outside environment, how do you engage them in literacy?  No need to worry just take the literacy to them.  Have a look at some of these photos to see what the children did today.

E Minaka Ana

This week is Te wiki o Te Reo - Maori Language Week.

Here at Bream Bay Kindergarten we are excited to learn this new waiata, once you hear you won't stop singing it!

Click here to listen to E Minaka Ana

Join with us to learn this waiata!!

Welcome back to Term 3!!
We were excited to welcome all our whanau and tamariki back to kindergarten after the two week break.
We were super excited to welcome our manihuri (visitors) into our kindergarten with a mihi whakatau this morning and the tamariki were fantastic. 

This term the teaching team has some new kupu you may hear - join with us in learning:

Ka pai te awhina                 - Good helping
He aha tenei                         - What is this?
Haere kite wharepaku       - Go to the toilet
Hikoi te waewae                 - Walking feet
Kia to ra whakatata          - Have a good weekend

Welcome back!

Matariki book

During Matariki we read the book of Matariki at mat time to the children and then left the book available to the children to use and read if they wanted to.  I captured these photos of one of the Tamariki engaged with the Matariki book.

Matariki Breakfast

Wow what an awesome turn out this morning for our Matariki Breakfast.  The morning started at 8.15 am with our Karakia at 8.30 am which was conducted by one of our whanau.  The Karakia was interactive with the children saying "tihei mauri ora".  Breakfast was under way and everyone was hungry.

The atmosphere of the breakfast was calm and relaxing.  It was just lovely.  Everyone had a great time and our tummies got full.

Peoples comments

"It's beautiful it looks like a wedding set up."

"Oh my gosh, it's amazing you guys have done an awesome job."

"This is awesome teachers, thank you you guys have worked hard, it's just amazing."

Thank you so much to everyone who attended and supported the breakfast.

Kumara Soup and bread rolls for Matariki.

Today 1st July 2014 we made Kumara soup and bread rolls as part of our Matariki celebrations.  This was enjoyed by all most of the children were coming back for seconds and we all loved the bread rolls.  We are so lucky at our Kindergarten yummy hot soup on a cold winters day.