Although Friday was the national day of action for kindergartens, teacher Katrina Heyneman said the centre took its action on Thursday to coincide with morning and afternoon sessions.
The large hand-printed pieces of paper would be taken to Clutha-Southland MP Bill English, Labour candidate Tat Loo and a Maori Party representative at a public meeting probably being held next month.
Ms Heyneman said it would be a chance for teachers to talk about issues in education - the major concern was a Government target of 80% trained teachers, meaning 20% of early childhood teachers would be without formal training.
"Under New Zealand Kindergartens [Inc], they are all committed to keeping 100% qualified teachers.
"We are keeping that target, but the Government are saying 'it's OK to have 80%'.
"Would you like only 80% of pilots qualified to fly a plane?
"Or would you want somebody untrained performing surgery on you?
"If you think about it in other professions [it would be unacceptable]."
Another major concern was budget cutting in the sector, Ms Heyneman said.
"Basically, for our association it means an increase in fees for parents.
"It's so expensive to live here for a lot of families and both parents are needing to work, but they can't both work because it costs more to send your child to a form of care than working.
"It was $2.50 [per hour] and it's gone up to $4.50.
"We used to offer five extra free hours over and above the 20 free hours, but we now [charge] $3 per hour.
"We're trying to still help parents in that sense.
"For each of [the New Zealand kindergartens], it's around $40,000 a year we've lost.
"That affects the children - you can't get the resources and things you need for them."
While it was hard to explain to the children, they were told it meant the kindergarten could not buy them any new toys - upsetting news for the 3 and 4-year-olds.
