This week in Jasper Room, we embraced our Canadian roots by going outside in this snowy weather. We worked together to shovel a large pile of snow and took turns jumping in it! We also sparked our interest in space, by reading “How to Catch a Star” by Oliver Jeffers. We made footprints on the…
Cookie dough order pick up on Tuesday, November.25/2014! Anyone who is wanting to come help out – let us know! Picky Eaters workshop at Fulton Place – November.27/2014! 5:30 – 7:00. December.3/2014 – Parents Group at Ottewell Community League !!! Don’t miss out on a great parent workshop on Mighty Learners!!! DECEMBER.9/2014 – Mingle and Jingle at…
Lots of exciting changes in Jasper Room this week, we have two new teachers joining the Jasper Family! Welcome Alix and Kaitlin to the room, we are looking forward to getting to know everyone! Also a Happy National Child Day to everyone, we had so much fun celebrating with the children on Thursday, we hope you all…
This week in Sandstone, we experienced some changes in the room. We were very sad to say goodbye to Kaitlin who is now a teacher in Jasper room. But we are excited to welcome Sue into Sandstone as a full time teacher! Yesterday we celebrated National Child Day! We were so excited to…
Well, another week has passed! And it’s been busy! We are furthering our exploration of cause and effect through building and stacking. The children have become really engaged in building towers and watching them fall over. A few children in particular have become little construction workers! They seem to know which blocks to use and…
BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS…… This week we continued to look at buildings. We looked at how we can use the “outdoors” to build. We brought snow in from the yard and created snow buildings. We added colour and they looked amazing. We are also in the process of freezing blocks so we can build ice houses.…
Jasper Room was so excited to continue on our exploration of the human body this week. We used the hand and feet prints and glued them to our body tracings then we cut out pictures of our faces to add to our heads. In the water table we used scissors to practice our fine motor…
Brrrr! Its been a chilly week. Due to the cold weather we have stayed inside a fair bit, which has given us a chance to explore some new idea and interests. We have been trying out experiences that promote fine motor skills through activities such as painting with cotton balls and clothes pins, we explored…
Don’t forget we will be closed on Tuesday, November.11/2014 for Remembrance day. Have a good off !!! Grant MacEwan students will be joining us on November.12/2014 for a four week block! Please welcome them to the center! We will also be having a new teacher in Jasper room joining us on November.12, Morgan! Please welcome her…