At Honeybees Preschool we are totally passionate about not exposing our little ones to toxic chemicals and one product we always seem to struggle with is the nappy change mat! Everything available in NZ seems to be made with vinyl and polyurethane foam, two of the worst offenders in terms of the harmful fumes they emit. Last time we shipped in a Naturepedic organic changing pad from the USA, but would love to know if anyone else has also done this research, and has any other ideas? Find out more here #natural #healthykids #kidsdeserveit 

Honey Bees Preschool was both inspired and humbled by the work of Adam Braun and his organisation Pencils Of Promise when we saw him speaking at a conference last year. We are so lucky to live in New Zealand which has one of the highest standards of education in the world, and its easy to forget that so many children would love the chance simply to go to school. Pencils of Promise has so far built 353 schools in developing countries, and we are so happy to support them. Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world. :-)
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ts reassuring to know that at Honeybees we have the philosophy that simpler is always better when it comes to food - all our meals are healthy and natural, unprocessed and cooked with love! :-)
The really interesting thing about this study is that the more food touches plastic and other processing equipment, the more harmful carcinogenic chemicals it accrues, that then build up in our bodies.
At Honeybees we only cook with stainless steel pots and pans, eat off bamboo and crockery, and store food in glass not plastic - one less thing to worry about for your little one!
You can read more here: http://www.honeybees.co.nz/enviro.html

This major study in the UK confirms what we believe here at Honeybees - children who attend high quality preschools go on to achieve significantly better academic results at school and even earn more during their working lives!    :-)

www.independent.co.uk

Last day of the Baby Show for Honeybees and we were taking our chance to lark around on the Wheely Bug bees before we draw our lucky winners next week!!    :-)
We met so many lovely parents and little ones, and we really hope to see you soon for a visit and a play at Honeybees! Don't forget if you saw us at the show and enrol in the next 2 months you'll get your first month free too!

Day 2 of the Baby Show and this dapper little guy loved our Honeybees balloons! Feel like we may have gotten a little too carried away with them today hahaha - If you can't find us tomorrow we'll be the ones with just our heads poking out the top of the giant pile of yellow balloons!! Actually that sounds super fun.....  :-)

Honeybees had so much fun at the first day of the Baby Show today!! We loved meeting some of our Facebook Friends, and giving away balloons, stickers and lemon chia seed muffins to lots of new little friends    :-)

Come and see us Sat or Sun at stand L17 if you're out and about......!

We currently have a job opening for a Qualified Teacher listed on Seek and Trademe, so if you are interested, or know someone who might be - please check it out!