Last Saturday was the ringing in of the Lunar New Year. This gave Quartz room the opportunity to celebrate some Chinese customs. First, we decorated a bit of our outdoor space and our room and with red lanterns. There was also a big bouquet of red carnations in the room. We used our hands to splash…
Over these past few weeks we, the educators in Sandstone, have been analyzing the children’s group play in varicose areas of the room. We have observed the children when they are democratically making decisions in matters that affect them. An example of this would be when a disagreement happens during play. We had a new…
This week we recognized that sometimes we do not have all the answers to all the questions asked, but that does not mean we leave a child with an “I don’t know” and end the conversation. But instead reply back with “I don’t know but let’s go find the answer”. The invitation to learn more…
Look, Listen, Touch, and Feel; these are the words used to describe the young toddlers play in Shale room. We have been observing our Shale children over the past few weeks to find out what they are interested in, this brought us to our new big idea of “Collecting”. By providing a variety of sensory…