Childcare options in Tauranga Central

Welcome To Kidz Kindy Tauranga

At Kidz Kindy Tauranga we provide an exciting, well balanced educational programme for children. Our groups range from:

Nursery - Kahurangi 0-18 months,
Toddlers - Paua 18 months - 3 years
Pre school - Pukekeo 3-5/6 years.

We understand that each child develops at their own pace, therefore our teachers plan the work carefully to incorporate all the different levels and abilities into the programme.

Activities include:

• Focus activity – based on children’s interests, includes cutting skills, writing skills, stories, completing an activity
• Art activities – painting, screen-printing, collage, finger painting, messy play, cutting, sticking, glass painting
• Manipulative activities – playdough, clay
• Individual, large/small group activities
• Baking
• Mat times – stories, finger rhymes., counting, numbers, movement, music, instruments, listening skills
• Fine motor skill activities – constructing, sorting, forming symbols, art creative activities, writing etc.
• Gross motor skill activities – climbing, pedaling trikes, ball skills etc
• Imaginative play
• Water play, sand pit
• Early literacy skills – nursery rhymes, singing, retelling stories, identifying and writing their name, forming symbols
• Early mathematical skills – nursery rhymes, counting in sequence, counting at mat time, shapes and colours, understanding mathematical concepts
• Reading and listening to stories and enjoying stories