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Planned and Spontaneous Play
Intentional teaching involves Educators being thoughtful, purposeful and deliberate in their decisions and actions. Educators invite children to...
Korikori Wai - Water Play
Water play can provide a fun and exciting, or a relaxing and soothing, sensory experience for tamariki. Children can engage individually or as part...
Loose Parts for Play
At Nurtured at Home, we love that Educators can go foraging with children in care to see what they might collect to create their own baskets of...
Exploring Nature
There are so many benefits for tamariki’s mental, emotional and physical health and well-being when they get into and explore our natural...
Waitangi Day 2021
The purpose of a mihi is to greet people and introduce yourself. This Waitangi Day, Nurtured at Home is taking part in Te Wiki o te Reo...
Establishing Consistent Routines
At Nurtured at Home, small ratios enable us to provide a safe and predictable setting within a homebased setting so that tamariki can feel confident...
Using Puppets in Play
Puppets are a great way for children to express themselves emotionally, develop hand-eye co-ordination, experiment with a range of verbal and...
Developing Physical Skills
Physical skills are linked to the development of cognition. Catching, throwing and kicking are skills necessary for sports skills but also necessary...
