The Axolotl Eggs

Make a Smilebox slideshow

The other morning we arrived at kindergarten to discover the Axolotl tank full of axolotl eggs.
Our two axolotls had been very busy! An axolotl can lay anywhere from 300 to 1100 eggs in one spawning! They are coated in a gelatinous coat which sticks to the surfaces inside the tank, and is absolutely revolting to touch! However the children were very intrigued. We had to clean the tank out because they were everywhere. Hatching and growing baby axolotls requires time and attention and is not suitable at this time of year because we are heading towards the christmas holiday break, it is something we will consider in the new year. In the mean time we have taken away their light in order to keep the water tempurature down to reduce the chance they will try again!

We had them muddled up too! Our female is the dark one and our male is the light/white one.

Our Fish

The children have been very active this week using the kindergarten camera's around our enviornment and at home. This is a photo Cameron took of our blackmore fish at kindy this morning. It was such a great shot i had to share it with you all.

Abby.

Aragorn's Kitten Shreke

,

On Tuesday afternoon we were lucky enough to have Aragorn and his mum bring in Aragorn's cat Shreke. She was beautiful, the children had an opportunity to pat her while Aragorn's mum explained where she came from, how she likes to be held, and how much she loves children.
The Tamariki really enjoyed meeting her. Thank you so much to Aragorn's mum, Aragorn and Shreke for coming to visit us at kindergarten and sharing your family pet.

Renee's animal family

Renee was very excited to share her photos this morning on bring your pet to kindergarten day!

Great phots that she shared with the children at mat time of Kiwi her grey cat,Joe the dog who went hunting with her and Larry her white cat. Renee even documented her own photograhy of the photos to share on the blog with everyone (on the Right)"I'll take my own photos". Sally our reliever had seen Renee's blog with her nana who works at another kindergarten very cool!!!!! Thanks for bringing them in to share Renee.

Tyne's Cool Cat and Gelayahs Octopus

Tyne created a cat for bring a pet to kindergarten day. It was awesome.

Mum helped me make it. I painted the face on it and helped ti stick its face on.

We loved the fur on Tynes cat it felt so soft just like our zebra blanket! Thanks for making the effort guys we appreciate it.

Gelayah aslo contributed by making an octopus at home with her family and sharing it with the tamariki at mat time today awesome work Gelayah.

Hannah's Cat

Make your own pet and bring it to kindergarten Day.

Today Hannah shared her pet at mat time to the children. She described the butterflies as the cats ears - butterfly ears! The whiskers and tail were the same materials.

My mummy put some spots on it and my dad put the ears in , the whiskers in and the legs in and my daddy put the tail in too. He put all the hard things in for me.

I painted it. There was two eyes, a nose and a mouth. I got the box from my gagarge for my mail and my cat to rest in.

Hannah made a beautiful picture on paper of two cats sealed in an envelope for us to open.

Great working together as a family to achieve a special sharing momnet for Hannah. Thanks guys!!!

The picture at the top was taken by Jahrome a friend of Hannah's exploring the camera and its uses LOL

Rhode Street School Visit

Here are just a few photo's from our visit to Rhode Street School on wednesday. We had a great time exploring Miss Ryan's classroom and all the fun things she had for us to do, along with playing on the school playground. We visited the new library and Miss Ryan read us a story. We made it back to kindergarten just in time to beat the weather!

Make a Smilebox slideshow