This week we continued our exploration into the idea of transformations. We began a process of changing and building our dramatic play space into a more home-like atmosphere; real (yet safe) appliances, dishes, authentic food – the sky is the limit for us! The children are very much enjoying this transformation, and we look forward…
This week in Sandstone we welcomed Paulette back from her vacation in Jamaica and she brought many different things back for us to explore. We began the week trying some new foods including Guniep which is a Jamaican fruit and we also tried some sugar cane. The children all enjoyed tasting these new foods, many asking for…
“Children learn to express, represent, and interpret their feelings, ideas, and questions through speaking, listening, reading, writing, dancing, singing, drawing, moving, and constructing. They learn these wide ranging liberate practices through their interactions with others and within particular social and cultural contexts.”- PPP. Pg. 104 Over these last couple of weeks, we have been observing…
Enjoying the Last Bit of Summer Crazy to think we are already done the second week of August and summer is coming to an end, but in Shale we are still staying very busy with fun activities. Even though this week was a short one, we had a blast and shared lots of laughs which…
Just a quick little reminder to all our families that we will be closed on Monday, August 7th, 2017. We hope you all have a great long weekend. See you all on Tuesday.
The children have been especially interested in camping this week! They have been talking about exploring inside a tent, and have been immersed in collecting wooden sticks. Yesterday, it was amazing to see the children all explore the big blue tent that was set up in our outdoor play space. They were lying down, and seemed to enjoy this relaxing part…
Last week, the educators made a blue, golden glittery conditioner dough that smelled like root beer. The children mashed, cut and shaped the dough, turning it into cotton candy, pizza, erasers; it was awesome! The experience led to a discussion about what colours are “supposed” to smell like. Curious children that we are, we started…
This week in shale we started leaning more and more towards the play idea of “Water”. We are and will be exploring different ways water maneuvers, different colors we can make by mixing water and mixing things within the water, such as bubbles and goop. We set up ramps with different types of balls, bells…
This week we explored the pathways paint takes when we use different materials to move it. We started off with exploring simple brush strokes, we have done this in the past but I sat with the children and we talked about the different lines we could make with the paint. We noticed how we could…
Transformation has played a key role in our Jasper community in the past week. We were able to once again move back to our room after our little visit in the rec room. Along with the move back came a brand new room. We have transformed our space with the help of the children, making…