Parenting

One of the most common questions teachers are asked of our new parents, families/whānau when children enrol at our centres is ‘how long will it take my child to settle in?’. The answer to that [...]

I will start by acknowledging how upsetting, stressful and confusing that this behaviour can be for all involved (kaiako, whanau, tamariki) when these incidents take place before I venture into some [...]

We all want our children to succeed in life. Your idea of what success looks like might be a happy child, someone else might think success is a child that is learning to their full potential and [...]

Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the way we are currently living our day to day lives. Our ‘lack of control’ over the current situation and uncertainty about the future has caused many of us to [...]

We all want our children to succeed in life. Your idea of what success looks like might be a happy child, someone else might think success is a child that is learning to their full potential and [...]

Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the way we are currently living our day to day lives. Our ‘lack of control’ over the current situation and uncertainty about the future has caused many of us to [...]

When parents think of school readiness, subject skills such as the ability to write their name, count up to 20 or recite the alphabet are often the usual things that come to mind.

When I show new parents around our mixed-age early childhood centre I often see the same expression. It’s a look of slight concern or worry. Usually once they feel comfortable in our space they [...]