TALK. Ideas for the school holidays
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
To give the holiday the best start, plan all of your activities
and outings together with your tamariki. Ask them what they are
interested in doing, make your own suggestions and add new
interests that you have noticed. Then together decide when you all
want to do which activity. Once the holiday plan is finished create
a spread sheet with all pictures and keep it visible so you and
your tamariki know what you can look forward to. While creating
this plan a good idea is to allow the first few days to be quiet
days. That way everybody has more energy for the rest of the
holiday.
Here are few ideas that you can do with your tamariki in the
school holidays:
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Check out the Au Pair Link events and your relevant Au Pair Link
Facebook pages to see what events are planned that you could
attend.
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You could organise a picnic in a playground or a park close by
your home. Prepare the food with your tamariki and let them choose
the blanket and so on, that way your tamariki are more involved and
will have more fun.
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You could organise a group activity with other au pairs and
there tamariki. You can do so much that is more fun with more
children.
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You could borrow new board games from the library to play. That
way you are all learning new games and they can be swapped
regularly.
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You can do many different Arts and Craft activities, create gift
cards or decorate shirts or pillow cases with fabric markers/
paint, create a photo book for you family or you could share your
craft traditions from home with your tamariki.
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You could cook or bake with your tamariki and then serve your
creations to your host parents in the evening or the next day with
the tamariki.
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You could discover the surrounding nature with your tamariki. Go
for a local bush walk, collect natural resources and invent new
games to play with them. You could make a treasure hunt for you
tamariki. Treasure hunts can easily be tailored to your tamariki
and their learning!
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You could spice up your day trips, by using public transport to
get to the destination and/or meet up with playdates. That would
make the journey there and back exciting for the tamariki too.
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You could support your tamariki to create a show that they can
perform for their parents. Show like this need planning,
preparation and practice. Create everything from the show, the
setting, to the tickets, money and snacks needed.
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Include your language and own traditions in activities with your
tamariki. You could sing songs you know from your childhood or easy
games that you think your tamariki could enjoy.
Check out what type of day trips you can do in your area. Some
ideas could be:
Here are a few Links you can check out for ideas:
www.kidzgo.co.nz
www.kiwifamilies.co.nz
www.newzealand.com
