Welcome to Laugh, Learn, Play — your go-to spot for all things fun, educational, and exciting at Building Blocks. We celebrate the joy of childhood with tips, activities, and stories that inspire and delight. Whether you're a parent, caregiver, or just love the magic of childhood, explore the latest adventures in our world of childcare!
The outdoor environment provides wonderful opportunities for tamariki to grow and learn. Using the outdoors as a third teacher allows tamariki to be curious and explore, strengthen their bodies, take risks, build their self-confidence, and develop their social skills. The large range of benefits that outdoor play provide tamariki is a great reason why this should be part of their daily lives.
Here are a range of messy play activities to inspire your tamariki to explore, investigate, engage, and create! Optional side quests included.
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori for 2026 is from September 14th to 21st. This year’s theme is to make te reo Māori more visible across Aotearoa. Have fun giving it a go!
Providing tamariki with plenty of rich opportunities to engage their creativity and imagination helps support their development, identity and ideas about the world around them. Art is a fantastic way to support this. Here are a range of art experiences you can provide to engage young minds and encourage their natural curiosity.