Whether you call it role play, dramatic play or imaginative play that act of using your entire body to bring a role or idea to life empowers children to learn their own strengths and skills through play. Play and playfulness as stated in the Alberta Child Care Framework allows children to express and experience open…
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…
With the weather warming up, this past week has been filled with expanding our creative ventures into the outdoors. Creativity is a process that involves the discovery of new ideas. It is fuelled by a conscious or unconscious insight. We must consider pedagogical delivery methods and learning environments that not only engage children in new…
As you have probably noticed, if you’ve been in Sandstone this week, we have had a bug taking its toll on a lot of our friends, and even a few educators. This has shown us how much our friends really care about each other, we see their dispositions of caring come to life at a…
This week in Quartz Room we have started to expand further on our big idea of cause and effect. We are now focusing on “How we explore cause and effect through natural and scientific experiences.” A provocation we have used to introduce this idea was to bake carrot muffins with a small group of six…
Another wonderful week in Shale and it flew by, you know what they say “time flies when your having fun!” Our shale friends are really into music, singing, dancing and playing with instruments. We have listened to a lot of movement songs and explored many different ways of moving and dancing to the rhythm of…
Happy Friday Families Just wanted to inform all of you that Lana did slip and fall on the ice on Tuesday morning. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital where she got x-rays done. Lana has fractured her right leg. The fibula and Tibia bones. Lana is all set up in her room at…