Getting your child ready for kura is a combined effort by your home-based educator and yourselves. Home-based childcare provides your babies with a home-like environment that fosters strong emotional ties between child and caregiver when they arguably need it most. Coming into pre-school years, even home-base educators start working on a more structured learning approach…
With a little bit of imagination, our homebased educators have been turning ordinary things around their home into engaging learning activities for children. We spoke to some of our creative homebased educators around Auckland on what their favourite activities are with children in their care. 1. Infant playmat fun. Watch this video https://www.home2grow.co.nz/apps/uploads/2023/07/homebased-childcare-auckland-3.mp4 and see…
What are some of the routine activities in at an in-home childcare? Even simple routines have extraordinary benefits for children. They learn skills such as self-help skills, independence, sequencing and how to act appropriately in a group by taking part in routines. Meal, sleep and rest times, nappy changing and toileting, managing personal hygiene and…
Building a blanket hut doesn’t take long and provides hours of fun. Our childcare experts talk about the learnings from this popular children’s activity. Creating secret forts, caves, hideouts, dens and playhouses isn’t just any random kind of play. It is one of the most common games for children around the world, at their homes,…
