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Pete the Cat – I Love my White Shoes experience

Pete the Cat – I Love my White Shoes experience

Description:

Read the Pete the Cat story, ‘I love my White Shoes’ by James Dean with your child. There is an online version of the story available on YouTubeTM which you can access using the URL.

Set up trays with paint for each colour shown in the story – red, blue, brown – and a tray with water.

Encourage your child to use recycled materials to onto a piece of paper to show what happened to Pete the Cat’s shoes.

If children don’t wish to engage in print making, offer a different method of painting to retell the story such as using a paintbrush or roller to create a picture.

Promote learning by:

While reading the story, encourage your child to name the objects and/or the colours they see in the story (e.g. strawberries, red, blueberries, blue, mud, brown).

While setting up the painting experience, encourage your child to put the trays in the order Pete the Cat stepped in them, looking back through the story if required.

After listening to the story a few times, encourage your child to predict what Pete the Cat will step in before turning the page to find out.

Additional learning:

Discuss Pete the Cat’s emotions (e.g. Was Pete the Cat happy/sad? Why do you think he was happy/sad?)

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Hi Georgina,

Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the recruitment of Centre Directors and Educators to join the expanding Nido family.

With so many open roles in the sector at the moment, I think we should be talking about the differences that really sets Nido apart. From my own experience, they are not always obvious from the outside, but when you get to meet the Nido family you really feel it.

Leaving my previous employer, who I was with for over 10 years, was not an easy decision. I had interviews with a few different companies, before finding my home at Nido.

I remember walking out of that initial interview, literally with tears in my eyes, I knew I had finally found what I had been looking for.

As you mentioned, honesty and integrity are critical and a given, our Services, resources and environments speak for themselves, and candidates merely need to look at our website to understand how engaging and wonderful they are.

We really need to focus more on what a Centre Director and an Educator will experience at Nido;

Authenticity; At Nido they will get honesty with heart
Trust and understanding; At Nido you are treated from day one, as competent and capable
We have the opportunity to inspire Educators and children to reach their full potential and change their worlds for the better, this still delights me everyday
At Nido you can make your mark in the world and are given the respect and autonomy to do what you love and truly make a difference
Collaboration – we are one team, far and wide we inspire and challenge each other
Nido is a family, for me, I have the overwhelming sense of belonging at Nido, my people and my home, this is what drew me to Nido in the first place

I am continually driven by our purpose;

To provide our Educators with the training, environment, motivation, and empowerment to deliver exceeding quality education to children, partnering with families, and giving children a voice and the opportunity to lead wonderful fulfilling lives.

I love that we seek to make quality early education available to everyone, regardless of their economic position. That we focus more on suburban children and advocate for their rights, Nido is truly a movement and not one to join without knowing you will need to put your heart on the line every single day.

Mary Oliver asked “What will you do with your one wild and precious life”, I cannot think of anything more fulfilling than what I get to do every day at Nido.

Kind regards,
Danika x