Morena! Welcome to My Treehut.
First, I need to sign in. I then head through the half-door, pop my slippers on and put my bag in my cubby.
I sit up at the kitchen island to see what we have for today’s baking. Yum, blueberry bran muffins – my favourite!
I look around, I see all my friends busy, playing with cars, building with blocks, cutting and gluing, painting, playing dress-ups and reading books.
I decide to go outside. I love being outside here – there’s lots of space to run, trees to climb, rope swings, a bike track and the coolest Treehut ever.
I climb up to see what my friends are up to in the Treehut. They are pretending to be on a pirate ship – look out for that whale!
Every day is different but today we come together to sing a song and talk about what makes a rainbow. After this mat time I run outside to try and make my own rainbow in our stream!
Our teacher comes and tells us ‘kai time’ – yum! Time for morning tea. I race inside, wash my hands and sit down at the kai table.
Our teachers here are really neat. They play and learn with us, listen, watch and then help us out – sometimes we even have to Skype an expert.
Everyday we do lots of learning – we sing songs, read stories, learn sharing, how to be a good friend, and do lots of thinking. I am learning my numbers, and I can write my name.
Time for lunch – delicious! I go and help out by setting the table. We try lots of new foods and I am really good at eating with my fork now.
After lunch I go into the Ruapehu Room to build a fort! My friends help, and we stay and play inside for ages.
We decide to go out onto the art deck. Some other friends want to play in our fort, so we let them have a turn. In the art area I choose some collage materials – we found a really big spider in the magic garden this morning and I want to make one to show Dad how big it was. We found a book about spiders and learnt all about it.
Now afternoon tea – it is usually some yummy freshly made sandwiches, or crackers and cheese, some more delicious fruit too – and baking (if there is any left from morning tea!).
Some children have gone home now, but my little sister and I get to stay a bit longer – this is a special time as there are only a few of us so we get to help out and do special activities! We do things like special jobs in the vege patch, puzzles and lots of other neat things.
I’ve got to go – here comes Mum, thanks for spending the day with me at My Treehut – I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Every day is different so you’ll have to come again!
