Physical Literacy

We have been having a blast with our after school Fit Kids, Healthy Kids visitor. Our joint effort with Sport Manitoba is to educate both the children and the staff on the importance of a physically active lifestyle so our first step was to have a teaching night with the staff.

Take a look at fun we had learning just how easy and cost effective it is find ways to keep the kids active. 

After the staff had a chance to learn a few techniques, it was time to put them into practice. Working alongside our Fit Kids instructor, we have been trying out all kinds of new gym activities with the children. 

Even after our 8 week program ends, we are excited to now have all of the tools to ensure that our kids are fit, healthy and active.

Lucky Charms

Our Peer Planning group organized a very successful Inservice Day last Friday. With St. Patrick's Day falling over the weekend, they thought it would be a great idea to plan a St. Patty's themed day of fun. 

We had gym games, shamrocks, rainbows and finished off the day with pancake art for snack.
Take a look!

 What a great way to end the week! 

Thanks to Brynn, Deanna, Momo, Denver and Darshan for our activity ideas. 

 

Where to begin!

Boy oh boy, we have been up to so much with the Before and After school program. Here is an update of a few activities that we've done lately.

We put out a few frames, popsicle sticks, buttons and other loose parts for the children to create their own pictures with, here are a couple of the creations.

The After school children planned a scavenger hunt as one of the activities which included popping balloons, going through a maze, doing the cup song and putting together riddles.

We noticed the Before school children had a interest in fidget spinners, instead of using play sticks and cubes we tried making spinners out of CD's and marbles. 

Does your boat float? The children tried making boats from many things such as, popsicle sticks, wax paper, tinfoil, and skewers. We tested our boats by putting them in a bin of water and creating waves. 

Another loose parts activity we did was use yarn and thumbtacks to create whatever the children wanted, it is harder than it looks!

Lego maze was a huge success with these boys! We put out lego and marbles and they made their own mazes. 

Dandelion flowers were the perfect sensory activity for the children by being able to dip their fingers into the paint. They turned out really good, and the children had a blast.

We have been keeping busy, and can't wait to continue. Be sure to keep checking our blog to stay updated!

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Our PM Kinders made a new friend this week. Ms. Daniela noticed that there was a spider hanging in mid air from the ceiling and showed the children. Instead of screaming and running away (like I would have done) they watched as it slowly made it's way to the shelf and touched down. 

"Can we keep it?" they asked. So we found her a nice home and the children decided to call her Sarah. 

Over the next few days the children watched as Sarah spun a web inside her new home and we set out a few provocations to help them explore and learn all about spiders. 

After their observations of Sarah, one of the children noticed that she only had 7 legs. So many of the children chose to give thier playdough spiders 7 legs instead of 8. 

We talked about what spiders eat and some children thought that spiders eat grass.

 "But there's snow on the ground, we can't get grass." 

"I know, we can use spinach, that's like a leaf."

"Lettuce is leaves too."

We told them that spiders also eat other bugs so we played a game of "bugs" getting caught in a spider web. 

We had such a great learning experience and I can only imagine what other types of creepy crawlies we'll learn about when Spring arrives.