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What a fun filled week we have had this week for our holiday program. We have had to have some inside time due to the rain but we didn't let that stop us from having fun and once it was sunny we were outside enjoying the fresh air and warmth.

Monday was Storytelling Day. Coming into the nursery/preschool room after the new year break, our day was quite mixed up weather-wise, cold and a little drizzly. However, our Isla came in dressed as Old MacDonald's Farm and brought her farm book along with her. As everyone else arrived, we had classic puzzles on the table of The Three Little Pigs, Billy Goats Gruff and Little Red Riding Hood.

Tuesday, we had Water/Beach Day. For our classroom provocation we had four water trays with sea creatures in them. We had decorated your own beach towel in our art area. We got outside to do some water play and to play in the sandpit. We put out impression tiles for our tamariki to enjoy we were at the beach with an ice cream to end our day with.

Wednesday was Fruit Day. We had three different kai times where we were able to educate our tamariki of the fruits they had in their lunch boxes. Our provocation for the day was fruit sorting with tongs on trays, we had our own ice cream pictures, coloured by different coloured dye and towards our afternoon tea, we cut up mandarins, banana and apples to share.

Thursday was Wheels Day. We decided to surprise our tamariki with a mini excursion to our carpark to ride around in with their favourite mode of transportation. This gave our children the opportunity to ride in an area that they would see their own whanau bringing them to preschool.

What a blast wheels day was! The tamariki did some great sharing of their bikes with each other and we got to have a little adventure and ride the bikes somewhere a little new.

And lastly, Friday was Nature Day. We set up our nature trays with sand, leaves, pinecones and shells. On the other provocation table, we had puzzles that highlighted the different seasons. It was a great Holiday Programme week.