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 exploration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exploration. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Portable Water Play

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Water play is usually a big hit around here, with bath time being a favourite. Last year I actually brought the water table from the backya...
Saturday, March 3, 2012

Red Sand on the Light Table

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We purchased some very neat decorative red sand and put it on the light table this week. It was beautiful! The children were very eager to...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Exploring Shadows

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We enjoyed some of the rare moments of sun by heading outside to try and find shadows. The children discovered themselves on the pavement an...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Marker Experiment

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What happens when you put markers in cups of water? We asked our children what they thought and then experimented with markers and water on ...
Saturday, October 22, 2011

Goop!

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Mrs. Bombardier put out one of our favourite messy activities...GOOP!  Goop is cornstarch and water mixed together with some food colouring....
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Eensy Weensy Spider Retell

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The amazing thing about inquiry-based, child-centred learning is that you never know what you might discover along with the children! We...
Monday, October 3, 2011

Adding Levels to the Tactile Play Table

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One of our families donated some large boxes to the classroom.  We decided to add different layers to the tactile table for the children to ...
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