My Science Playroom is an amazing interactive science museum with a focus for young children, babies and toddlers. Curious parents, teachers and young children can explore creative and innovative ‘hands on’ activities with an underlying science, technology, engineering, arts and science focus.
My Garden Area
Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers explore the natural world around our homes and gardens. Free play and exploration is focused on encouraging children to be curious and peek through holes, pull and turn knobs, put on dress ups, ask questions and become involved in sustained interactive play with others. Play may include adults who can guide, support and inform children though play whatever they are interested in with ‘talking points’ around the room near different and relevant play as a reminder to share a little about the object of their and their children’s interests. The focus is on using many different senses while the play and explore.
Young Child’s Science Play Room Area
In this area the focus is on various aspects of science, technology, engineering, art and maths (STEAM) including activities that enhance understanding of forces, motion, energy, air, magnetism, electricity, thermodynamics and many more. It is based on playful, hands on actions and includes dramatic play with a rocket ship and space station plus a submarine area for dramatic play. Many exciting activities with air, light, sound and reflections will delight and excite.
Teachers are able to make links to Te Whaariki and NZ Curriculum outcomes.