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
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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
Please welcome our newest classmate, Flat Stanley! As the children in our classroom continued to learn about the Nunavut culture and community, we were thrilled when a co worker of ours, the lovely Martha, reached out to her niece Michelle. She asked if we could send her a little friend to learn more about communities… Continue reading Flat Stanley
We needed a plan if we wanted to send our little Flat boy in a Pirate Ship. We needed a boat! Together the children gathered on the carpet to talk about what our Pirate Ship would look like. Here is what our two pirate experts and their friends created; Now it was time to get… Continue reading Flat Stanley and the Pirates Continued..
As a blast of winter hits southern Ontario, the children discover a snowy wonderland of fun and possibilities before them! Children never seem to get tired of building, climbing, digging and playing in the snow. Everyday we observe as they find new ways to create and explore. After freezing rain poured throughout the night, the… Continue reading The Beauty of Winter
Through our exploration into space and planets we discovered that some scientists think that one day people may be able to live on Mars. Little Miss Z had a great idea - Let's build a Lego Land on Mars! So what would we need to bring? What would we need to build and create to… Continue reading Lego Land on Mars
When we had all finished painting our rocket ship it looked fabulous! The ship became a big draw during playtime. As the children began to role play in the rocket ship, we asked them what their wonderings were about space. We recorded our questions and musings on mural paper and began to look for answers.… Continue reading Blasting Off into Space
Over the past 4 years teaching in Full Day Kindergarten, we have had many opportunities to engage and expand the children's imagination by simply adding a box. We have been so fortunate to have had such wonderful community support and we appreciate all those who have contributed to our program today and in the past.… Continue reading It’s Not A Box….It’s A Rocket Ship!
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