We will be having Grant MacEwan students joining us next week in the classrooms for their week of observation. They will be coming back to join us on March.24 for a four week block. Please welcome and introduce yourself to the students! There has been two more cases of bronchitis 🙁 We are hoping this is…
It was another busy week in Jasper classroom as the children started to discover “deep sea divers”. The children’s interest on reptiles has taken a turn and moved into the earths waters. The learning about some reptiles such as frogs and crocodiles has lead to the wondering about “whose else lives in the water?” and…
This week we have been exploring our new classroom! A new classroom that is full of exploration and learning! With a new classroom, comes classroom rules. We have revisited our scissor rules, and explored different materials that we can cut. Some materials were hard, some were easy. We have also explored science concepts of snow…
This week in Quartz classroom we started exploring our interest of animals. We took a strong liking to the farm animals. This brought out many fun songs like Old MacDonald. We even made our own classroom farm out of clay equipped with a change table and diapers for the animals. The children were very focused…
This week in Shale Classroom we were excited to welcome a new teacher into our room! Danyella will be with us and she is already brining so many new ideas into our room! Her first shale classroom experience was slimy playdoh! She placed playdoh into the water table with some extra water, turning playdoh into…
This week we have continued our inquiry into Cold Blooded Animals. In the gym we played Leap Frog and Turtle tag to get our bodies moving in unique ways. During morning meeting we discussed food sources. The kids identified that small lizards and frogs enjoy things such as insects, fruit, veggies, and collared greens and…
This week we were full of exploration. It all started with an outdoor adventure while it was snowing. We caught the snowflakes on our noses and on our gloves. We were still focused on birds, one way we extended our learning was by painting with feathers. This encouraged fine motor development and beautiful masterpieces. Our…
This week in Shale classroom we continued to explore our body. Our hands are very interesting things, we started to pop bubble wrap and even blew bubbles! It made a very loud sound. We also had the opportunity to arrange our classroom this week. This allowed us to focus more on the children interest and…
This week we have expanded our exploration on creatures who live in the water through discussion of animals who live in rivers, lakes, and ponds as well as the ocean. We are learning that there is more than just fish who live in the water! We made drawing of fish for our aquarium, which we…
This week in quartz classroom we have topped our interest charts this week with birds, feathers, and flying. While we go on outdoors explorations we have been bird watching. We just recently started looking at all the different kinds of birds that live in Edmonton. On the more creative side we have been exploring our…