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We Heart Animals

14 August 2019

Animals have been a top priority for the children and teachers at Learning Adventures Rosedale lately.

Not only did they recently participate in SPCA cupcake day, but they’ve been saving all their food scraps for the local pigs - and now they have started up a collection box to help animals in need.

Says animal lover and centre manager Elsje Van Heerden, “Thankyou to those that have made the first donations. Follow us…we cannot wait for the day to take all these lovely donations to the SPCA.”

Initiatives such as these bring a plethora of benefits. As well as helping the animals themselves, children learn about giving back to the community, helping others and developing compassion.

Lollipops Auckland Central was awash with colour as staff, children and families celebrated Diwali, the much-loved festival of lights.

Nails, hammers and protective head gear are par for the course on a building site, but now at Learning Adventures Levin, you can find all this and more.

Young children are learning their place in the world every single day in multiple ways. The ideas that they form from observing the world around them will often show up when children are engaging in family and dramatic play, but what exactly is family and dramatic play and what are the benefits of your child engaging in it?

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