Blog: February 2016

Numeracy skills are life skills. Children need numeracy skills in their everyday lives - to learn to access and interpret information, solve problems, understand patterns and to help them make informed decisions by evaluating different options. But learning doesn’t have to be restricted to the classroom. There are plenty of opportunities to help your children with their numeracy skills and these can be explored and practised at an early age through everyday play and activities. The following ide

Physical play isn't the only kind of play - it's really important that we encourage kids to use their imagination too. Using our imagination is a critical cognitive skill that will help us throughout life. At Rotorua Home Based Childcare, when we encourage kids to pretend play, we're creating opportunities for developing their language, social skills creative thinking. Language Research has shown that participation in pretend games is great for young kid's communication skills, particularly an i