Week 4: Number recognition.
Counting out the correct amount of pompoms to match the number given.
Working together and helping each other out.
Week 4: Mercy is happy to have a photo and a flower design henna.
Naming what type of henna they would like. Kyloh wants a butterfly.
Carrick would like a spider for halloween.
Vaibhav thinks for a moment; A dinosaur please.
Week 5: Painting is so therapeutic for tamariki.
Vanila chooses to. paint the fairy. Giving children choices helps them the sense of agency. They practice and strengthen their decision making skills which is important for them to grow into independent adults.
Group activities help tamariki learn alongside others who have different perspectives and experiences to add to the conversation.
Week 5: Magnetic blocks. Working together to create.
Using different shapes to construct a building.
I am making a castle.
Week 6: Utariki really enjoys building with the magnetic minecraft blocks.
Utariki shares his building with Daniel and they work together.
Kyloh enters the group and they all build together.
Week 6: Enter new duplo lego toys!
New favs for the boys.
Week 6: Blocks and dinosaurs. Building an enclosure for the dinosaurs.
Boys and their toys. Carrick and Vaibhav talk about the types of dinosaurs there are.