This week in sandstone we continued to explore movement in liquids. We created a two tiered water table and added different layers of buckets. This was huge excitement for the children! We brought spray bottles outside and created art on the snow with the coloured water. We also went to the manor to spend time with the…
Welcome back Jasper friends, we hope you all had a wonderful long weekend. This week we welcomed Kerry to our room due to Teacher Sarah being sick all week long. We wish her a speedy recovery and are excited to see her on Monday. This week in Jasper room, we continued our focus on the…
Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed your Family Day! This week in Shale was short, but sweet! We continued our ongoing exploration of In and Out in brand new ways! We practiced our hand-eye coordination by scooping and pouring using small and large spoons, as well as weaving straws through the holes of a colander.…
To All Parents, Have a wonderful long weekend and a happy family day. We will be closed on Monday, February.15th! See you all on Tuesday! 🙂
It was the week of the big sledding trip and man, were we excited! To begin the week we welcomed a student from McEwan University’s Early Childhood program. Larissa joined us this week and will be back in a few weeks to continue her field placement for four weeks. While she was here, she took…
This week in Shale Room we embraced multiculturalism as we celebrated Lunar New Year together! We all dressed up in red clothing and participated in various themed activities throughout the day, including the sparkler presentation! It was very exciting! At the end, we all received a shiny 2015 loonie! This is particularly special in our…
This week in Sandstone we have been enjoying the out doors. We took a treck to the park, we had a blast in the fresh snow and ventured on walks in the community. We took a bit of a break from our exploration of liquid movement to dive deeper into our other interests. We built…
What an incredible week we have had in Quartz room! We have welcomed our student Kara from Grant MacEwan on Monday and she will be returning for four weeks in March! To further enhance our interest in the sink/water we attached one end of a flexible hose to the tap and placed the other end in the…
This week in shale: We have continued on with our exploration with in and out. We explored in and out of boxes with different loose materials hiding in them. From puppets, to sheets to watching balloons float in our net, we were excited and filled with wonder. This week we were able to spend lots of…
Our main focus this week was to begin construction on our milk jug igloo. The kids have been so excited to begin this part of the project and have had many questions regarding how we put it together and make it strong. We began by gathering our cardboard floor and piecing it together to make…