What wonderful weather we’ve been having! That being said, we have been working on our group walking We enjoyed a walk almost every day this week; listening to the birds, watching for cars, and enjoying great conversation. As well, we have been practicing fine motor skills with tongs and tweezers, picking up small items such…
What a week we have had! It has been filled with more liqiud substance exploration; we have continued to experiment with moving water. We set up a ramp with open tubes and watched the water rush down. When we poured more water, the bigger the splash was at the end! We also experimented with paint…
With this wonderful weather Quartz room has been spending as much time as possible outside! From sliding on the ice, to going to the park on Friday, Quartz room as been exploring nature as much as possible. Within our classroom we have strung twinkle lights across the classroom, furthering our interest in lights and shadows.…
Hello Families Next Thursday (4th) is our last Financial Seminar Series until the fall. This session is about Wills & Estates…Do you have one yet? 5:30pm-7:30pm with dinner and childcare if needed. Please see Whitney to sign up!!!
This week we explored how movement affects paint. We used many different mediums to move and transport these liquids. Spoons, eye droppers, dump trunks, and spray bottles were some of the materials we used to create art and explore how paint can move across a surface. We also added water pumps, eye droppers, and water…
The last week of January was especially exciting in Shale Room! We are continuing to expand on our main concept of In and Out. This week we had another chance to explore with the projector provocation in the Rec Room! We had fun learning about the different species of fish, singing fishy songs, and making…
It’s been a fun filled week in Jasper room, our friends have continued to explore the concept of movement. We have started to add technology into our everyday routine in terms of using a projector to explore concepts such as swimming in the ocean, flying over Canada and lastly to move our bodies to…
This week in Quartz room, we continued exploring our new building, table top, and manipulative materials; our favorites have been the magnetic blocks. We are beginning to explore our blossoming interest in light. We will be starting with the ideas of natural sources of light, like the sun and aurora borealis. We are also very interested…
This week we were enveloped in the story of Stone Soup written by Jon J. Muth. Bennet had read it last week and encouraged us to make our own batch of stone soup. On Monday, we started our day by reading the story together. The story is about three monks traveling a mountain and come…
This week was a busy one in Shale Room! We are continuing our inquiry of In and Out. It was too cold to go outside early in the week, so we brought the outside indoors by playing with coloured ice cubes! The children had a blast using their senses to explore; picking up the slippery…