Secret Garden:

Room: Preschoolers
Teacher: Jenni

  We have been painting large bugs for our driveway fence this week.  

  It has been a special project, because it has required real paint and
  real tools for an activity with a real purpose.
                                   

  We have been encouraging our children to become actively involved in creating, and caring for, our childcare environment.  

  This fosters a strong sense of belonging for the children within our childcare community. 
  Placing these pieces of art on our driveway fence also allows us to share our work with the wider community.
Each bug was created by a team of children working together which provided many opportunities to practice social skills, such as
- negotiation,
- communication, and
 - turn-taking, 
as the children designed and then decorated their bug.

We also had to practice patience, and perseverance as we had to wait for the paint to dry between coats.

We are very excited with the success of this project – we think the bugs look spectacular on our fence!  

The children are very proud of their art, and have been inspired to wonder what else they can do. Watch this space...

Room: Preschoolers
Teacher: Jenni

Today we found the first snow pea growing in our garden!  Isabelle and Romy found it while looking at the flowers in the butterfly garden.

We decided to eat it right then and there!  When we opened the pod, we found three peas inside, so the girls took one each, and offered the third one to Ryan.  They then decided to taste the pod as well, so that was carefully broken into three too.

The verdict was ‘delicious’!  Fortunately we have lots more pea plants growing in our tyre gardens, so we will be able to share lots more peas with our friends soon.  We can’t wait to sample our other vegetables now...