Activities | Annabel's Educare

What will your preschooler be doing while at an Annabel's Educare?

We ensure your preschooler's development with a wide range of educational learning activities.

Preschool Construction Area: Develops children’s imagination, mathematical concepts, manipulative, construction and design skills, as well as social competence and problem solving skills.

Preschool Literacy: Children develop the skill to listen, concentrate, remember and interpret. They extend their language, communication and literacy skills (reading and writing).

Preschool Visual Arts: When expressing themselves creatively, in their own way children develop fine motor skills, aesthetics, co-ordination, and creativity. They learn concepts such as; line, shape, colour, design, pattern, space and texture.

Preschool Dramatic Play: Children learn to use their imagination, gain confidence, explore their feelings, learn social competence skills and extend their play through the use of a wide variety props

Preschool Mat-Time/Hui: Opportunities to develop children’s language, understandings, knowledge, thinking and reasoning skills. To gain confidence and experience at expressing themselves and making valuable contributions to group discussions.

Preschool Technology: Children gain experience using 21st century ICT and communication technologies, to research, explore their world, problem solve, be innovative, creative thinkers and visionaries.

Preschool Math: Children experience and develop an understanding of practical concepts of numbers, counting, numerical symbols and applications of number as mathematical problem solving skills and strategies.

Music & Movement For Preschoolers: Children learn and appreciate that music and dance can amuse, delight, comfort, illuminate and excite.

Preschool Outside Areas: Develops gross motor skills, co-ordination, balance, agility and flexibility, hand-eye co-ordination, ball skills, game skills and social competence skills.

Preschool Trips, Outings & Visitors: Children develop a greater awareness of and sense of respect for the world around them through outdoor learning environments & guests.

Kids playing with playdough at Annabels Educare

Preschool Play Dough Time: Develops children’s language, fine motor skills, hand - eye co-ordination, creative and imaginative skills, as they use it to make symbolic and representational sculptures.

Preschool Puzzle Areas: Children learn about shapes, colours and size. They develop fine motor and hand-eye co-ordination skills, concentration, task persistence and problem solving skills.

Preschool Routines: Routines are opportunities to extend language skills, foster manaakitanga (sharing, respect, caring, support, aroha) independence, promote health and safety awareness.

Preschool Sand & Water Play: Children discover early scientific and mathematical concepts, they experiment, problem solve, work as a team, use their imagination and question for understanding.

Preschool Science: Children develop working theories of the natural, physical and material worlds using active thinking, reasoning and exploration skills.

Sensory Exploration: Develops children’s hand-eye co-ordination, tactile sense, exploration, language, and social competence skills, encourages problem solving skills and aids concentration.

Carpentry: Develops children’s creative expression, cognitive learning, manipulation, co-ordination and design skills.

The best way to prepare preschoolers for the future is to meet children's needs and focus on their strengths in the present.

Our Teaching Philosophy

We believe in providing quality Early Childhood Education and care for families / whanau in the community at our Christchurch preschool.

Our commitment to quality means:

respecting, valuing and supporting each child as an individual.
providing a safe secure, nurturing, creative and challenging environment that builds on the child’s strengths, interests and meets their holistic needs.
fostering an atmosphere in which parents are supported in their role and feel confident, welcome and are able to contribute to the life of the Christchurch preschool centres.
teaching staff are professional, sensitive, responsive, committed practitioners who deliver a high-quality learning programme in a nurturing, caring environment.
providing a quality adult-to-child ratio that ensures all children have opportunities for positive, constructive individual interactions with teachers.
providing a comprehensive curriculum that encompasses the Principles, Strands, and Goals of Te - Whariki, the Early Childhood Curriculum.
all children are given the opportunity to develop a knowledge and understanding of their own culture and the cultural heritage of both partners of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Our programming begins and ends with consideration of the individuality of each child

The Early Childhood Curriculum Te - Whariki and supporting documents form the basis of our Christchurch preschool centres' programme planning, evaluation and assessments for children. It is based around each of their own individual strengths, knowledge, dispositions and interests. Systems are in place to regularly observe, assess and identify learning goals for individual children.

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The centres' well-resourced core curriculum considers all aspects of children’s learning and development. The indoor and outdoor preschool areas include cognitive, physical, social, emotional and spiritual aspects. A holistic approach to daycare enables spontaneous, meaningful play.

The organisation promotes safe and healthy environments. These help develop and foster a child's strategy for self-protection, personal safety, and risk management. Because of this, children can confidently attempt challenges without fear of harm at our Christchurch preschool centres.