A marble rolls down a ramp, and children cheer as it reaches the target they have adjusted numerous times. After a small-group reading of “Fill a Bucket” by Carol McCloud and Katherine Martin, children gather in a community of inquiry to discuss the nature of filling each other’s buckets by being selfless and helpful to…
How is it December already, time has flown by and the year has almost come to an end. Teaching children to think about their thinking, or metacognition, is essential. When children as learners become conscious of their thinking, they can become aware of their strengths and the strategies that are useful to their own learning.…
Our minds are being redeveloped and gaining new knowledge by our daily interactions in Jasper room. We are taking our previous weeks work and renovating it to make it a bigger idea. The Lego is being manipulated to create large and complex creations and involving blocks in this process. Our fine motor skills are being…
“Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count, childhood is a small window of time to learn and develop at the pace which is right for each individual child.” This quote is central to our philosophy in Jasper room, we have been developing the ideals behind allowing…
This past week in Jasper, our inquisitive room full of creative thinkers and mighty learners have been busy all throughout the week on a number of different projects. First of all we have been exploring the connections between real-life scenarios and those that coincide in our room. We have been sectioning off into small groups…
Goodbye October and Hello to November! On Monday, Jasper was taken over by superheroes, animals, a dinosaur, a minion and a pirate! Halloween was an exciting, fun filled day. The children started the day with a costume parade with all the seniors at the 3 buildings. Jasper lead the parade that was filled with cheers and laughs…
UP, UP and AWAY!!! From driving through a vast variety of terrains to voyaging into outer space, this week our friends dove into the world of exploration whether it be on land, in water or out of this world inside deep space. Our focus has remained on the construction and expansion of our world views…
Where did the week go? It was Monday then we blinked and it’s Friday. What a fun week we had in Jasper. Emily encouraged us use our sense of smell to explore lemon scented play dough, it made the room smell so good every time we created something new. The smell of lemon inspired us…
In spite of the short week, we had a week full of busy fun activities. The week started with a new student teacher coming into the room. Jayme from McEwan University’s Early Learning and Child Care program started week 1 of her placement. Jayme was with us all week learning from Emily and Neha about…
BBBRRRRRRR!! The start of October has been a chilly one! In Jasper we have noticed the cooler mornings and have been dressing warm with hats and gloves anytime we go outside to play and explore but when inside we are keeping warm by running around doing interesting experiences and lots of yoga. We started off…