Last year our kindergarten playground was renovated, since then our tamariki have been interested in building and creating things. To extend their interest the team ordered giant polydron blocks selected by the children to extend their learning interest, we were amazed by the results. The children used their imagination to create things.

The picture shows the boys building a monstrous Dump Truck. Palavi the driver of the truck gave directions to the boys. This interest began by children watching our local dump truck. It was great to see the children linking what they see and observe in their environment and enacting this through their play. Such great role models we have. The boys then filled up their dump truck with rubbish and drove it around their imaginary town collecting rubbish. Palavi’s pictures are an example of him extending his learning. He initiated the building of the dump truck and the next day he made a long bus with wheels and drove it around the kindergarten.

The children’s imagination has no end and it’s wonderful to be a part of their world.