We had a great afternoon fun day participating in organized games outdoors! What a great way to end the year and start the summer.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Friday, June 20, 2014
Special Visitors
We were so fortunate to have Constable Chapman and Constable Chapman in today to share with us the role of a police officer and help us learn tips for staying safe and healthy.
...and even got to try on Constable Chapman's hat!
What a great experience! Thank you for sharing your expertise with us! If you are a parent or family member of one of our children with a unique job or talent, we'd love to have you in! Your knowledge will enhance our program!
We learned about an officer's special equipment...
...and even got to try on Constable Chapman's hat!
We had a chance to go outside and see the cruiser! We were able to sit in it and call out over the loud speaker!
What a great experience! Thank you for sharing your expertise with us! If you are a parent or family member of one of our children with a unique job or talent, we'd love to have you in! Your knowledge will enhance our program!
Thursday, June 19, 2014
The Story of our Painted Lady Butterflies
At the end of the month of May we received our Painted Lady Caterpillars. The children were so excited and engrossed in the experience of raising these caterpillars. At this time we were also experimenting with using iMovie as a method of sharing our documentation in a digital format. We think it's important to expose children to a variety of technologies and implement them in ways that are meaningful and enhance our inquiries.
In this video you will see the story of our butterfly experience, told with words from the children themselves. We created a class book describing our experience which will be housed in our science centre for future reference by children when they want to reflect upon this experience or use the information to support another inquiry. The book was created by the children - they wrote the words and drew the illustrations. A QR code will be attached so they can scan and find this video online if needed. For the purposes of this iMovie we digitalized the photos and separated them by inserting other relevant artifacts of learning (e.g., photos, videos, art samples) in order to tell the complete story of our experience.
It is our intent that this iMovie will help others see the amazing experience the children had raising the caterpillars to butterflies, and the joy they felt when finally seeing that journey to completion and releasing the butterflies into the world. We hope you enjoy the movie as much as we did making it!
In this video you will see the story of our butterfly experience, told with words from the children themselves. We created a class book describing our experience which will be housed in our science centre for future reference by children when they want to reflect upon this experience or use the information to support another inquiry. The book was created by the children - they wrote the words and drew the illustrations. A QR code will be attached so they can scan and find this video online if needed. For the purposes of this iMovie we digitalized the photos and separated them by inserting other relevant artifacts of learning (e.g., photos, videos, art samples) in order to tell the complete story of our experience.
It is our intent that this iMovie will help others see the amazing experience the children had raising the caterpillars to butterflies, and the joy they felt when finally seeing that journey to completion and releasing the butterflies into the world. We hope you enjoy the movie as much as we did making it!
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Monday, June 16, 2014
Paper Sculptures
We read the book "Lines" at circle time.
This book explores how lines can be different - curvy, straight, zigzag - and how artists use different lines in their work.
We thought it would be fun to put various strips of paper at the art center and see what the children created.
Children explain their sculptures!
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