Autumn in Fiordland

Autumn in the park.  21st April 2010

Today was our first Nature Discovery  day after the holidays and we discovered that many of the trees had changed colour.  The leaves were yellow, brown, orange and red.  

"We found lots of toadstools, they were red with white spots.   They were really round and  looked nice and pretty.  We didn't touch them because they are poisonous and can make us sick." said Sid.

We jumped and rolled in the leaves.  It was fun.  The leaves were colourful, they were yellow, red and colourful." said Liam 

Wednesday 24th March

Today was our first real test of Nature Discovery in cooler temperatures and steady rain.  Unfortunately after we took our one and only picture the camera batteries went flat.  The children had lots of fun sliding down mudslides and splashing in puddles and ended up covered in mud from head to toe.  They looked like they were in camo for duck shooting time.  During lunch all children said it was their favourite activity today.

3rd February - More fun at Nature Discovery

Today, we found some big rocks to climb and pretended that we were Dinosaurs.  We were really scary and made lots of noise.

We also added more branches to our hut in the trees next to the climbing trees that we love to climb.  It was nice and shady in our hut and a great place to have some quiet time if we wanted to.  Another fun filled day!!!

Bear Hunt at Nature Discovery

We're going on a bear hunt. Uh oh long grass! We can't go over it, we can't go under it, we'll have to go through it.  We even found a rabbit hole.  Watch your step.

Castles and Rivers at Nature Discovery

December 16 2009

What a fun morning we had.  Working together and guided by Summer we made two castles that were connected by a river.  The river had bushes on the edge and we used flowers for fish.  Summer worked very hard designing the bedrooms inside the castle.  She used flowers and grass for the beds and floor.  I think the castles and the river are amazing!  

It rained on Fiordland Kindergarten Nature Discovery

December 09 2009

Today was a test of our new TOI wet weather gear

It was the first day we have had rain - it well and truly kept us dry.

We tried to catch the rain drops in our hands - but didn't have much luck.  We made shelters with bark and sticks and used our tarpaulins too.

We were still able to all the things we love to do even though it was raining.

Here we are on the climbing rocks - a little bit slippery in the rain but still lots of fun - we just had to be more careful!

December 2 2009

Today on Fiordland Kindergarten Nature Discovery we pretended that we were a train going through a tunnel of trees.   It was dark like a tunnel.

We all found 10 sticks each and built things with them.  Some of us built buildings by twisting the sticks into the ground. Others made train tracks and rivers across the grass.   They all looked awesome and each one was different.  Some of us joined together so that we would have more sticks to work with and make our creations bigger.  Great teamwork.