October 21, 2014 We are so excited to share with you an anti bullying campaign our school embraced on Monday October 20th. The inspiration behind this idea was a story of a teenage girl from Alberta who took a stand against bullying by celebrating everyone using “…tiny uplifting messages”. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zLteIn7IS0) What began with a story… Continue reading Positive Post It Day!
Team- Administrator, Parents, ECE and Teacher http://www.journeytogetherfdk.com/team/ A quote from Charles Pascal (Parent of the Full Day Kindergarten Program) shares for a quote for our website that beautifully highlights the team vision "...the kind of teamwork expected of the ECE/Teacher partnership. Founded on mutual respect for the equal and complementary gifts that each of you… Continue reading Embracing a New Team!
September 2010, I was blessed to walk into a classroom and meet an Administrator and co-Educator that would change my life forever! As I entered the school I would be directed to classroom on the second floor. St. Mary was an older building, over 50 years old, with a Church on the premises, trees and… Continue reading Team is the Key!
One Educators perspective… Divorce in FDK is REAL!!! For many of us, being the nature of the school system, at some point we must feel the affects of FDK divorce! Divorce by definition; - To cut off; separate or disunite: - A separation between things which were or ought to be connected: - any complete… Continue reading Divorce in Full Day Kindergarten is REAL!!!
CLASSROOM RESOURCES Every Full Day Kindergarten Program is different, and should reflect the children and both educators in the classroom. The room should feel like an extension of home for children and educators (this mind set will help you to choose colours you may want to paint on bulletin boards etc.). Each September should begin… Continue reading Classroom Resources
We had been playing outside first thing in the morning and the children were noticing their shadows – against the wall their shadows were shorter than themselves, on the ground they were long… They were trying to step on each other’s shadows… When we came inside, we talked about this interest and wanted to see… Continue reading An Inquiry into Shadows
Networking is key! It is amazing how much we can learn from each other. Over the years, we have had the opportunity to meet so many Educators embracing the Full Day Kindergarten Program. These encounters leave us feeling rejuvenated, eager, and excited to try new things. We love sharing, communicating our successes, goals, struggles and… Continue reading Networking Is Key!
An interest in finding out about where the Inuit lived, where Flat Stanley was heading, and of course finding the buried treasures that our classroom pirates were burying, spurred a map drawing frenzy in our classroom. Child-drawn maps were everywhere! But there was something missing - landmarks or directionality. This did not bother the children… Continue reading Map Makers
Twitter- Journey Together FDK Follow all the learning and play on twitter!
Recently, we had the opportunity to participate in a CAPE webinar with our school Early Years Team (FDK - Grade 2), our administrators, and Parenting Family Literacy Director. Through conversation, we explored the distinction between Intellectual and Academic Goals and how traditional practice has often over emphasized academic goals in early learning and has devalued… Continue reading Lilian Katz Video
Journey Together FDK 