Families, we are still working out the automatic withdrawal, its almost there but not quiet set up yet. Please bring in cheques for payment for the month of April. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to talk with the office. Reminder, We are CLOSED Friday (tomorrow) for Good Friday but WILL be…
It has been an exciting week in Jasper Room, we started the week off by creating a tent-like structure in our book corner… The fabrics were of different textures which led to the discussion of what kind of playscape the children want to have in our room. Our student teacher Larissa had a lengthy discussion…
Quartz Room Grocery Store is open for business! We have changed our dramatic play area into our very own grocery store! We have brought in boxes, cans, milk jugs, shopping bags and cash registers! We have been filling up our baskets with our groceries, paying for them at the till and then taking them home…
What happened this week is sandstone you ask? We have been very busy exploring different sensory play and going outside as often as we can. This week we explored clay with jewels and sticks, the children found it difficult to work with at first until they had worked it enough and it became easier to…
It’s a short week with our friends in Shale and we are excited for the Easter long weekend! This week we had a great time with our sensory play! We washed colourful balls and messy farm animals in soapy water in our water table. We loved the foamy bubbles the sponges made! Our sandbox was…
Hey Everyone, We just want to remind everyone that we are looking for silent auction items for April.9/2015! We also are wanting all our parents and friends to put the date in the calendar so that we can have a parent night out! We will get to raise money, get to know each other more, and…
This week in sandstone we have been busy exploring sensory play and building and creating with Alice, our practicum student. We started the week off by adding in dinosaurs to our green coloured sand. We continued on this play by incorporating some plants and rocks to create a dinosaur habits and then added brushes to…
Another great week in Shale has come to an end and there have been even more exciting changes! We are super pleased to welcome Cassi into our Shale Family! Your creativity and enthusiasm are a welcome additions to the room! We also are welcoming Sam for another 3 weeks while she gets to know all…
Change is constant, but that does not always make it easy. There has been a lot of change in the Quartz room this week; from Cassi moving to Shale room, welcoming and saying good bye to Roberta as she moved to Sandstone, and welcoming Kerry into Quartz. Also having Kara, a grant MacEwan student join…
We started the week off by welcoming our MacEwan student Larissa, she will be joining us for the next 3 weeks to learn all about our friends and about our day to day activities in our room. This week our focus remained on the concepts of carrying and lifting as well as incorporating more gross motor…