This week in Jasper room….

This week we continued our exploration into the idea of transformations. We began a process of changing and building our dramatic play space into a more home-like atmosphere; real (yet safe) appliances, dishes, authentic food – the sky is the limit for us!  The children are very much enjoying this transformation, and we look forward…

This week in Sandstone room…..

This week in Sandstone we welcomed Paulette back from her vacation in Jamaica and she brought many different things back for us to explore. We began the week trying some new foods including Guniep which is a Jamaican fruit and we also tried some sugar cane. The children all enjoyed tasting these new foods, many asking for…

This week in Quartz room…..

“Children learn to express, represent, and interpret their feelings, ideas, and questions through speaking, listening, reading, writing, dancing, singing, drawing, moving, and constructing. They learn these wide ranging liberate practices through their interactions with others and within particular social and cultural contexts.”- PPP. Pg. 104 Over these last couple of weeks, we have been observing…

This week in Shale room….

Enjoying the Last Bit of Summer Crazy to think we are already done the second week of August and summer is coming to an end, but in Shale we are still staying very busy with fun activities. Even though this week was a short one, we had a blast and shared lots of laughs which…