In celebration of Maria Montessori's 153rd birthday, we created a timeline of her life in recogniti...
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In the enchanting world of a toddler's room in Beststart Hanley's farm, love and learning converge o...
Taniwha Whāngaimokopuna Our Preschool room planning is around oral language so this tied in nicely w...
We do our best to participate in all cultural celebrations that make up our centre!
This was a fun event that brought parents, kids, and teachers together, highlighting the importance...
In the Kauri room we are making connections to the people, places and things within our wider world...
Our youngest tamariki have settled into their newly renovated space, here at BestStart Raumati. Our...
This month, our tamariki have been really focused on helping their friends and playing their part in...
At BestStart Leeds Street, we love connecting with our community. One way we have fostered this visi...
Nga tamariki are very excited to show you the Tui that regularly visit our nectar feeder. We made/ p...
In South Africa, they have the most beautiful public holiday known as Heritage Day.
We take responsibility for promoting children’s hauora by offering suitable healthy (and development...
Its been a full-on week with excursions and pacific language week celebrations
Tamariki have been showing a great interest in our living world lately, we wanted to grasp this inte...
BestStart has started a set-for-school program where our focus is to support the children and prepar...
At BestStart Leeds Street, we have a wonderful little Bunny named Coco. Coco has been a part of the...
Fijian language week celebrations!
Meet the wonderful Nursery teachers here at BestStart Dey Street
At BestStart Parkside, we understand that sensory stimulation provides a holistic learning opportuni...
Now that the weather is starting to warm up, we are setting up more waterplay experiences outside fo...
Our little learners have been enjoying exploring their natural environment through learning about th...
Group times are a huge interest for our Nīkau tamariki. Whenever they see one of the Kaiako go and g...
We went on a big adventure to the grass area by the water tower. We are very lucky to have this spa...
It is that time of year to celebrate Te wiki o te reo Maori 2023. Here at BesStart Sunset, we uphold...
As today was a shiny, sunny day, our preschoolers enjoyed planting some seeds! Since we had some ca...
This morning the weather was so nice, so we all went outside to have some fun. Our pēpi enjoyed expl...
Insects in the Kaitiaki This month the tamariki in the kaitiaki room have been really interested in...
We engaged tamariki in learning about Māori culture and creating Piupiu (Māori skirt) recently in Mo...
Philippine national language week was organized at kindy in collaboration with our whanau and Tamari...
The preschool tamariki walked to the Pioneer Village to explore our local history. While learning ab...
At Best Start Naenae we have a strong focus on Language, culture and identity not only are we learni...
Today the tamariki were interested in participating in a music time. We decided to get out the poi a...
Here in the Matai room we love to dance, and earlier this week Drew bought the speaker outside...
Recently our tamariki have shown a huge interest in animals, to support tamariki in their interest a...
Plant life - Caring for and understanding plants is a big step toward compassion and kindness! Garde...
Over the last few weeks we have followed the tamariki (children’s) interest that was sparked by cele...
Our tamariki have been very interested in playing ice cream shop over the last few weeks. Kaiako Jas...
Tēna koutou, We would love to take this opportunity to introduce our wonderful centre cook Nana. Nan...
Our nursery room children have been really interested in animals especially sea animals. The teacher...
Our lovely community police officer Meg came in-centre today to support learning for our Ihutai tama...
Inquiry based learning is at the core of what we do at Kapiti Rd. Inquiry-based learning is a teachi...
Off to the supermarket: This week at BestStart Kaikorai Valley Road we are celebrating our Grandpare...
This term we have been extending our children's knowledge about the world of science, providing exci...
At BestStart Te Awamutu we been discovering more about our local culture through story-telling. One...
The other day, the teachers in our two year old room set up a science experience with bath bombs. Th...
To celebrate Māori Language Week, Kaiako in the Kea room extended our daily activities to tie into t...
Playdoh is an amazing resource for Tamariki of all ages to explore as it enhances both our fine and...
Is our Centre currently under construction, you may ask? No, we are busy at work, participating in o...
Kaitiakitanga – Guardianship Toitū te whenua whatungarongaro he tangata
We're thrilled to announce that our BestStart Coast Boulevard Center has been honored with the pres...
Read about our Matariki Celebration and Cook Island language week at BestStart Evergalde Preschool.
On 20th September, we hosted whānau kaiako korēro evening at BestStart Flat Bush.
Feet painting for children under 2 years old can offer several valuable learning opportunities rela...
BestStart Katikati ran a holiday programme at the end of term 3. All the tamariki were very excited...
Our local curriculum at BestStart Dilworth Ave provides weekly learning experiences from outside pr...
In our Kakano room here at BestStart Roydvale, our 0-2 year old infants and toddlers are provided a...
Tamariki had an exciting time visiting Rototuna Primary school. They got the opportunity to get fami...
Our tamariki at Primrose Street were buzzing with excitement as they recently embraced the arrival o...
We are super lucky to have an amazing resource close by to BestStart Petone. We have begun regular e...
We believe in forming strong connections and fostering whanaungatanga/relationships from day one. We...
From the preschool rooms last group focus of maths Kaiako noticed many emerging interests for nga ta...
Kia Ora and welcome to our brand new South Road!!! We are excited to be back over at South Road and...
BestStart Parkside's Vision states, "Our Fun Happy Place", which then fosters better learning outcom...
Special Person's Day - September 2023! As part of our holiday programme we held a special person's d...
Here at Best Start Paraparaumu we truly value the importance of Tuakana-Teina relationships. This is...
This month to support our learning and development, for both Kaiako (teachers) and nga tamariki (Chi...
We really value the connections that we have with our whanau and today we were so lucky that George...
The kapa haka festival run by our local iwi is an event where school and early childhood groups come...
Each day in our Makamaka classroom our four year tamariki spend time together preparing for their tr...
In Montessori Rongotai, the theme of spring revolves around exploring nature's renewal and growth. I...
Nga Tamariki have been super busy learning by exploring and through hands-on learning. Hands-on lea...
We have recently had our playground revamped and it's finally finished - and we are absolutely lovi...
In the Pepi Taonga room we value our little pepi and their whanau as unique individual and the cultu...
Here at BestStart Wigram, we are very fortunate to have plenty of opportunities to get out and explo...
We have had so much fun planning and carrying out a School Holiday Program! We asked the Tamariki wh...
A big part of our centre philosophy is about connection with our wider community and discovering "w...
Throughout the past few months, here at BestStart Vivian Street, we have been going on a bug and ins...
Here in the Kiwi room, we enjoy baking with the children. Baking offers Tamariki lots of benefits be...
Currently in the Kea room, Babies, Dolls and Family role play are a combined interest with a large g...
What an awesome Te wiki o te reo we had. We started the week with creating individual pepeha to be d...
September Fun Here are some photos of what our tamariki have been up to this month in the Pīwakwaka...
Last week we ran a stay and play event where people could come into the centre for one hour with the...
Today we went for a hikoi and here are some of the photos taken! We're happy the weather cleared up...
Kia ora e te hapori whānui, This week at Beststart Silverstream we have been having lots of fun with...
This term, our infant room, Te Rūma Kākano, has been going on excursions to our local library where...
Tuesday 19th of September was international "Talk Like a Pirate Day" so we had a best-dressed compe...
The tamariki have been exploring how to be a great kaitiakitanga of the outdoor learning environment...
11th-17th Hepetema (September) 2023 is a very special week in Aotearoa New Zealand as we celebrate a...
One of our whaanau bought their pet lambs to daycare recently. The tamariki were so excited when the...
At BestStart this September, the Te Tipu room (0–2-year-olds) had a trip to Marshall’s Animal Park f...
The children have loved exploring with all their senses recently and experimenting with texture, sme...
Greg from Little Ballers has been coming into our centre this month to plan activities for tamariki...
At BestStart Whangaparaoa we have recently been focusing on ways to ‘Delight and Inspire’ our Paren...
At BestStart Wattle Downs, we celebrated the Filipino language and learned some phrases to celebrate...
Physical play is really important at BestStart Dannemora! Read about the physical activities the chi...
Read about our exciting visit to one of our new local cafes run by one of our preschool children's M...
Read about our exciting school holiday program filled with fun activities where children worked besi...
At BestStart Taradale, we believe in the use of the environment as the third teacher to evoke imagin...
This week, we took the Piwakawaka room to Inflatable World during the school holidays!
From the moment our little ones pick up a paintbrush or squish their fingers into clay, they embark...
During the month of July, we celebrated Matariki at BestStart Papakura with Tamariki having fun whi...
Matariki is not only a time for celebration, but also a great learning opportunity to explore the va...
Meet the BestStart Tauranga Central team and read what they love about being part of the centre.
At BestStart Pipiwai Road we felt like there was something missing from our transition process when...
At BestStart Dixon Heights, one of our centre priorities is "Culture and Identity". We have been loo...
At BestStart Birkdale, we've been reflecting on our centre vision and have incorporated nurturing ch...
Sensory play encourages learning through exploration, curiosity, problem-solving, and creativity. O...