Literacy at Northland Kindergarten

One question families often ask us is how literacy learning is deliberately planned for - for each and every child in an everyday kindergarten setting. The answer to this is we weave it throughout the learning environment so we are challenging them to use it while having fun, and use it for purposes important to them. We use their interests to add literacy challenge to their investigations and support them to feel successful and satisfied as they use the tools of communication. Here is a clip ( thanks James' family for letting us use it yet again) that we have been asked for to look at this topic... it's on the association website an was used for the Festival of Education sponsored by the Ministry earlier. It's aimed at teachers, so sorry for lots of words... but you'll get the idea of how we take a talent and keep on throwing new opportunities for it to develop in a lot of different curriculum areas......

Kindergarten today.

Here's some info about Kindergarten in the 21st century... filmed before we moved from 'Wellington Kindergarten' association to the larger 'Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens". Kindergartens have come a long way in the over 100 years that they have been the flagship for quality, affordable and accessible early childhood education in the area........

Quality learning.....

What is learning in the 20th Century?