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From Voices 22 September 2014

Are you a parent and new to the country? Do your toddlers speak only Punjabi? For some new migrants, this crèche is a godsend. Lynda Chanwai-Earle is in Auckland joining playtime with the children of the first Sikh Early Childhood Centre in the country.

Everyone's superhero at the Sikh Early Childhood Centre

Helping clean up

Karakia time includes a prayer in Punjabi

Learning letters of the alphabet

Learning several languages

Learning the alphabet

Learning together

Morning tea with Raj Uncle, Manager of the Sikh temple, Rajvinder Singh

Multilingual prayers

Nanaksar Education Phulwari 5th anniversary

Nanaksar means a bed of flowers

Playdough is universal

Ravinda Singh and his daughters Manroop Kaur (3) and Dashmnoor Kaur (4)

Rest time for older children

Sikh boys will have long hair tied up

Singing together

Transition to school

Two Sikh boys consider their lunch

Wearing chunni at the Sikh temple

What is this letter?

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