This week we have been continuing our exploration on cause and effect. We have explored sensory experiences with bubble wrap (pop pop pop!), tissue paper and glue, lots of painting to see how the colours mix together to make new colours, as well as colouring on different textured papers to see how the crayons move…
This week in Sandstone, we continued to focus on buildings. We talked about our houses and buildings that we see and then worked very hard on creating our own houses. We used plaster and popsicle sticks to build our towers. The children were able to use their imaginations as well as materials from around the…
Jasper Room began our exploration of the human body this week! Monday morning we discovered a doctors office in the room complete with (pretend) medicine, stethoscopes, tubes, tensor wraps, band-aids and a doctors kit! We really loved imagining we were doctors, nurses and surgeons as we fixed all of our patients problems. In morning meeting…
This week in Sandstone we continued to look at buildings and do the MONSTER MARCH! This is a great opportunity for the children to follow instructions, be creative and become monsters! We also received our book order and got a NEW PETE THE CAT book. It talks about him getting a new pet goldfish! The…
HALLOWEEN! Lots of our week was spent looking at different Halloween pictures, talking about costumes and really becoming festive while we looked at pumpkins and skeletons. This was a fun and creative week! Our favorite thing was being able to practice the monster march over and over again! We have wrapped up our studies of…
This week we have continued our exploration of cause and effect through science experiences! Examples include shakers with oil and water, sequins and water, and many other materials that either sink or float in water. This enables the children to question why the materials sink/ float. We have also been exploring ways to strengthen our…
Hey Parents, There has been an increase of vehicles running while dropping your child off. We are concerned that your car may get broken into because of the community news – just beware! Also please have all your cookie dough orders ready for November.4th! There is a purple folder in the office if someone is…
Lots of exciting changes in Sandstone this week, we have rearranged the room! We decided to make more defined spaces within the room and since then, we have noticed the children have been utilizing the materials in the room a lot differently. They seem to be more interested in the house corner area and the…
Jasper Room have been Knights of the round table this week! Early in the week we looked at pictures of how kings and queens dressed hundreds of years ago. We were surprised to see that Kings wore leggings and huge long cloaks. Or as most of the children revered to them, capes. We learned that back…