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 recycle. Show all posts

Showing posts with label recycle. Show all posts

Monday, August 28, 2023

Vintage Treasures in the Classroom

"The objects surrounding the child should look solid and attractive to him, and the house of the child should be lovely and pleasant ...

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Treasures in the Classroom

"To a young child, the world is full of materials to touch, discover, and explore. To find, collect, sort, and use materials...

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Sorting our Beautiful Stuff

Families, thank you so much for your very generous donations of 'beautiful' found and recycled stuff from your house! We spent time ...

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Paper Tube Painting

We used recycled paper tubes and various colours of paint to create some beautiful artwork that focused on colour mixing. Children drizzled...

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Sewing Dots

Developing fine motor skills is important for young children. Activities that strengthen the small muscles of the body can help chil...

Monday, December 8, 2014

Stamped Wrapping Paper

The children are stamping holiday paintings and hoping you might consider recycling these as holiday wrapping paper.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Environmentally Friendly Puzzles

We put out puzzles today made from the fronts of cut up cardboard food boxes. The children enjoyed the challenge of putting together puzzles...

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