“Wow, what is that?” many voices questioned us as we began our walk to the park on Tuesday morning. The children were pointing to the wheel chair lift that the bus driver was operating as he picked up seniors from their residence. We stopped and watched as the bus driver was putting the lift away…
It’s finally here, it’s finally here! Spring has finally sprung! Our Sandstone friends were so elated to go outside without their heavy winter jackets, and on Thursday it was so warm, we didn’t even wear our sweaters! FINALLY! We had been exploring our playspace and found many ladybugs, which kept the children very engaged as…
It was a very exciting week in Sandstone, as three of our friends turned three! A very happy birthday to Petra, Estella, and Isla! Not only have we been celebrating birthdays, but we have also been celebrating the signs of spring! On our neighbourhood walk, we noticed the buds growing on trees and the rabbits’…
“What a mess!” is what runs through our minds on a daily basis in Sandstone room but we know that the children are exploring, engaging, and learning. Our dirty clothes and our messy hair is evidence of that. Children learn many different things while exploring paint, making mud pies, jumping in puddles, feeling shaving cream,…
Zooooooom goes Sandstone friends as they race around the classroom with their hockey sticks shouting “Go Oilers Go” then Jacob joins in shouting “Go Flames Go!” You can see and hear the excitement of the soundstone crowd that the Oilers and Flames are in the playoffs! We enjoy sports in Sandstone. We’ve been exploring with…
Hello Sandstone families! This week in our classroom we have been discovering more about the season of spring! We have welcomed spring in Sandstone with our senses wide open. We have been seeing sunshine, dirt, mud, grass, and bugs. We have been hearing birds chirping, and more children playing. We have been smelling the fresh…
What an exiting time spring brings! It is a time for change and we have started to see it outside in our play space. The melting snow mixed with our sparse grass makes for a great substance, MUD! We love to go and jump in the mud puddles, use spoons and pots to make mud…
As you’ve walked into Sandstone room through this past week you may have noticed some changes. We have been working hard to meet the needs of the children and meet their intertests by how the room is set up. We simply re arrange the furniture to make it more open for more space to build…
Unfortunately the weather has been on the FREEZING side this week, however we have spent a lot of time engrossed in pretend play because we have had lots of uninterrupted time for free play indoors. As the children have developed in their types of play over the years they are now, at three years old,…
Wow! Can you believe that March is here already? We can’t! It’s been an exciting and fun week in Sandstone with our interest drifting away from story telling and moving more towards transporting materials and even our bodies. We’ve been exploring the water and sand tables non stop the past few week. We like to…