Koalas worked hard to adapt to the new routine this month. We focused on our hygiene. They opened their backpacks and took out their towels and cups first. We washed our hands clean for 2 minutes. Then we gargled 3 times thoroughly. […]
Every day during our morning Circle Time, we talk about the day. We sing our days of the week song and the children copy the teacher’s gestures. Little by little the children are starting to copy the movements, and here they are coping the “W” gesture for “Wednesday”. We made Mother’s Day cards […]
The tigers had a fun time making Easter related craft as well as creating posters about themselves. Here we spent some time making Easter baskets for hunting Easter eggs. Cutting the paper plates was a bit tricky, but in the end the final product came out beautifully. Here we made a giant Easter […]
To help the Bears take ownership and responsibility for their classroom and make it their own space, we set aside a 30 minute block for cleaning every Friday. Here the Bears are wiping the floor as a team. We are trying to have them wipe in a straight line, but it can be difficult to […]
To celebrate Easter and spring, we made some colorful Easter baskets. The Penguins painted a big piece of paper however they liked. It was the first painting activity we did with the Penguins and it was interesting to see what marks they made. We gave the Penguins a big box of costumes to […]
The children celebrated Easter by making these giant Easter eggs. They were free to decorate them any way they wished. You can see everybody has their own unique style. These eggs are on the wall in the hallway for all staff, children and visitors to see. The children recycled these old milk cartons and […]
The Bees began a new school year full of excitement for spring and all the newness that comes with it, such as our new class the bees! We also learned about Easter and did some Easter crafts. We colored Easter Eggs with crayons learning how to hold a crayon, and how to write with them. […]
The Ducks love moving their bodies in gym class. We try to play cooperative games to get to know our friends and learn teamwork. This day, we were doing a balance ball team relay race! For writing, we used shaving cream to practice making lines. We loved feeling the fluffy texture and getting […]
The students worked hard to decorate the sticks for their baskets. Once we finished decorating, we started gluing our pieces to a paper cup. The finished products are now drying. (Sylvette and Justin)
We made Easter Baskets to use for the Egg Hunt in the Easter Event coming up! We are using our sharp cutting skills to cut out some eggs and grass to decorate our beautiful Easter Baskets with. Everyone did an amazing job at cutting, even the tricky grass that called for some pretty advanced cutting […]