Tena koutou katoa!

Kia ora whanau, this is just one way that we achieve foundation skills with our tamariki. Foundation skills are crucial to the more formal learning they will experience at the new entrance level. The earlier we can instill these types of skills the better it will be for your child when they make the transition to school. In this video I'm working on their short term memory, by saying a few numbers~letters~names or colours and getting the tamariki to repeat them. The best thing about this activity is that it's all about having fun but learning an important skill at the same time. When children eventually head off to school. the teacher will more then likely give tamariki 2-3 tasks to do at once and children will need to commit these to short term memory. Therefore, for us as facilitators, to instill these types of skills at this level is significant. If they can't do this by the time they enter school then it maybe very frustrating for the teacher and more importantly for the tamaiti. Have a fun week everyone.