Joyful Learning in the Early Years

I am a Reggio Emilia inspired Full Day Kindergarten teacher and mother to three young children. This blog is meant as a communication tool for the families of our children and as a learning tool for the many educators who follow us. Please feel free to comment on posts and participate in our collective understanding of emergent curriculum.

Showing posts with label bulbs. Show all posts

Showing posts with label bulbs. Show all posts

Monday, March 7, 2016

Exploring Spring Bulbs

We recycled the potted spring flowers from our still life art into an exploration of bulbs and root systems today. Children were invited to ...

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Hyacinth Still Life Painting

The hyacinth bulb we have been watching has finally started to bloom! We placed it on the art table with watercolours and invited the childr...

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Investigating the Hyacinth Bulbs

We've been exploring the hyacinth bulb in our classroom. The children were very interested in observing what the bulbs looked like. Afte...

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Dissecting the Hyacinth Bulb

Now that our hyacinths have bloomed we thought it would be interesting to put the bulbs out for exploration. We provided tweezers and safety...

Friday, January 10, 2014

Planting Bulbs

Monday, December 10, 2012

Meaningful Use of our Calendar

Ever since reading the article Calendar Time for Young Children: Good Intentions Gone Awry I have not used traditional calendar activitie...

Saturday, February 4, 2012

The Paper Whites Bloomed!

On the first day back from Winter Holidays we planted paper white bulbs with our children. Each day they came to school, we had a number of ...

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