November - Letters

N is for November!!!

In November, we worked on letters every day.

 With playdough, the children traced the letter on the playdough to learn how to write the letters.

Loose parts materials helped the children to explore a variety of texture. The children were not only learning the letters but also practicing fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, language and vocabulary building. 

I have observed that the children were still so interested in transportation.

So, we learned "C" is for cars, "S" is for scooters and "T" is for trains.

Some children already started to spell their names. We helped the children to spell their names on the paper and they traced their names with dot stickers and glue.

Dots in the letter!!!

The children loved to use the dot markers so we had some different sizes of letters on a big piece of paper and the children got to trace the letters with the dot markers. 

So many letters we learned in November!!!

In December, we will be working on numbers!

3, 2, 1...you'll have to wait and see!

What's all the buzz about?

Ms. Daniela's group learned a new song last week called Baby Bumblebee and their interest quickly turned to all things bee related. Here's how the week started: 

On Tuesday we focused on dramatic play as the children worked on bee crowns with antenna

And what is a bee without wings?

On Wednesday we focused on sensory play with honey playdough

On Thursday we had a visual representation art activity that turned honeycomb cereal into bee hives

The kids had so many questions about bees!
Do all bees have wings? -Sophia
Do bees stay out during the winter? -Mya
How do bees make their houses? -Rylan
Do bees have babies? - Sofia
How do bees make honey? -Maja

By Friday we were able to arrange for a visitor to educate the children about bees and how they make honey thanks to our friend Marg from Marg's Honey in Lorette. 

After Marg's presentation, the children were able to explore all things bee like photos, hives, beeswax, they even got to taste test honey from around the world! 

We've been continuing on with our bee discussion this week so stay tuned for what's next!

October - Colors

Can't believe October is over now!!!

In October, our nursery children were busy working on colors. 

There are so many activities we did with colors. Let's check them out!!!

Rainbow Ice Cube, Painting with Corn, Exploring color with bubbles and Mixing colors help the children to learn different colors by mixing them together, experienced different texture of materials, practiced fine motor skills as well as social skills.

Nobody can say no to bubbles!!!

"I made the orange color paint with yellow and red paint".

I have observed that the children were interested in shapes and transportation. So, we set up some shapes light table, painting with cars and rescue car provocation activities for the children to expand their interests.

Rainbow Shapes on the Light Table gives the children a chance to learn color and shapes. 

Car Rescue

Since it's still good weather outside, the children always ask to have some fun on the play structure so we take the children outside before they leave for home.

These are some sensory activities we did with the nursery children.

Sensory play helps children to learn vitally important sensory attributes (hot, cold, )

Hey, look what's inside of a pumpkin!!!

It smells very good.

Exploring Rainbow Rice in the sensory table. 

What a fun month exploring colors!!!

In November, we will be working on Alphabets. 

So many more fun activities are coming soon.

Before and After School

Our peer planning group is up and running and our Grade 5 and 6 leaders have been busy organizing and implementating activities for our younger children. 

We have covered everything from art and science to physical activity and social studies. Our children are having a blast leading and learning together.