Teachers
Miracle Toys are used as learning games and activities in schools and early childcare education centres throughout New Zealand:
- toy libraries
- Plunket
- Playcentres and SPACE programme
- Parent centres
- Kohangas
- Coffee groups
- Daycares and Childcare centres
- Preschools and Kindergartens
- Special education schools
- Home schooling
- ESOL teaching
- Children’s occupational and speech language therapy
Cathy Baine runs a literacy enrichment and extension programme at Hamilton East School. Cathy uses Miracle Toys’ magnetic puzzles in her learning programme. “Our children live in a visual world. I think that’s why the Miracle Toys magnets work so well,” she says. “The children find them colourful, bright, fun and easy-to-use.”
Miracle Toys’ educational resources are designed around the five strands of New Zealand’s early childhood curriculum Te Whaariki:
Well-being – The health and well-being of the child are protected and nurtured.
Belonging – Children and their families feel a sense of belonging.
Contribution – Opportunities for learning are equitable and each child’s contribution is valued.
Communication – The languages and symbols of their own and other cultures are promoted and protected.
Exploration – The child learns through active exploration of the environment.
