This week in Quartz Classroom

This week in Quartz Room you may have noticed there is a new face in the room, our grant MacEwan student Sarrah (sar-rah) has returned. Welcome back! She has already created so many exciting activities for us to explore, such as tissue paper art and spray bottle painting. We can’t wait to see what else…

This week in Shale Classroom

That time when things didn’t go as planned. As every parent understands with children their day sometimes doesn’t go according to plan and change is required to make it work. For families in childcare when an Educator says an event or experience didn’t go as planned or there were a few adjustments in the day,…

Annual General Meeting

Hello Families Please join us on Wednesday April 26th for our Annual General Meeting at 5:15pm Childcare will be provided by our Educators, a light dinner/snacks will be available and a look at the past year and upcoming year will be discussed. We hope you all can make it! Have a great weekend!!!

This week in Jasper Classroom

This past week, our Jasper friends have been immersed in role playing through different scenarios, everywhere you look, diverse dramatizations are taking place. Dramatic play can be defined as a type of play where children accept and assign roles, and then act them out. It is a time when they break through the walls of…

This week in Jasper Classroom

As Jasper Room educators who are inspired by the constructivist approach to learning, we have always been co-learners, always following the natural curiosities of the children. Through observation, we have noticed the children’s interest in role-playing and building, which will be our current focus. Our children are always encouraged to interact with their natural environment…

This week in Quartz Classroom

As most of you know we are currently exploring the big idea of Cause and Effect, more recently we have taken on the sub category of exploring cause and effect through scientific experiments. These experiment have included provocations such as; making Play dough, trying out new recipes for slime, making Ooblick, exploring baking soda and…

This week in Shale Classroom

As we have been collecting materials and exploring different ways of collecting we’ve discovered how much our Shale friends also enjoy exploring sensory play. We have meshed collecting with sensory experiences, combining milk jugs cut in half with water beads, opening up our tuna cans in our dramatic area and making tuna sandwiches, or collecting…

This week in Shale Classroom

Recycled Goods and Shale: Creating a new perspective of play Shale Blog – March 10, 2017 As we observe how our new dramatic play area is expanding into a full on grocery store, we are now realizing that yes we love the empty food packages but we really enjoy the shapes and sizes of recycled…