Little Feet Little Faces

Mirror mirror on the wall

2012-03-01T10:02:00.000-08:00

The children have been reading Snow White and were very interested by the mirror the evil step mother had in her house. The children decided to create this mirror and began with painting and decorating the border, they then spent some one on one time with Ms Lauren to look in the mirror and draw their face using observational drawing skills.

Monopoly!

2012-02-29T09:55:00.000-08:00

To finish off our current unit of work this week the children learnt a new game today. We learnt how to play a simplified version of monopoly. The children each took turns throwing the dice and counting how many dots were on it. They then moved their counter that many spaces. When they landed on the ATM icon they got to put their bankcard into the ATM machine and it automatically spat out their money. They then used this money to buy houses to put on the monopoly board. We had a great time playing this game and learning about money!

Snow White

2012-02-27T09:58:00.001-08:00

This month the children are learning about fairytales. When we started talking about fairytales and what we know about them and love about them the children were very interested in Snow White. Melanie told her friends how the mean witch gave Snow White a poisoned apply to eat. The children decided to recreate this poison apple. They painted it red then added poison sparkles. We are all very excited for this unit of work!

Counting

2012-02-16T10:02:00.000-08:00

The children have been very interested in counting their money in the dramatic play shop area. We decided since it’s tricky to remember what the numerals on the notes are that we would practice recognising our numbers. The children took turns reading the numbers out on their blocks then we made it extra tricky by adding an addition sign! To finish off our lesson the children made some block towers then counted how many blocks were in their tower.

Happy Valentines Day!

2012-02-14T09:53:00.000-08:00

This morning for Valentines Day we were very busy!

We finished our special Valentines Presents and

cards for our secret Valentines. Then we made a

circle and each hand delivered our valentines to

our friends. The children were very excited to

read the names they wrote on their cards and

hand out their special treasures!

Piggy Banks!

2012-02-07T10:17:00.000-08:00

With all the excitement we have had learning about money and currency, the children have been discussing why and how to save money. We talked about piggy banks and why they are useful. The children then followed this through by suggesting they write what they would like to save all their money for. Our piggy banks are made from paper mached containers which the children then painted and decorated. They have assured us they are going to save lots of money in their piggy banks J

Shopping!

2012-02-02T11:37:00.000-08:00

The children have a lot of questions about money and why we need it, where does it come from and what do you do with it. We started learning about money by learning how people used to trade / bater before money was a form of currency. We practiced trading our magic stones for different items then examined our Canadian currency once again. The children decided they liked the old way better and would rather swap a sheep for a cow than pay with coins! Then we created a shop and the children chose their items, paid with their money and were even issued a receipt. We had a great time J

Money, money, money!

2012-01-31T10:26:00.000-08:00

This month the children will be learning all about money. When we discussed what we knew about money the children knew a lot about needing money to buy things and going into shops. Based on this knowledge we decided to make cash registers to put our money in. The children discussed what numbers and buttons we should put on the registers then painted them fun colours. After this we looked at some real money and then coloured in our own paper money.

2012-01-27T10:01:00.000-08:00

With all the snow and rain in the last

few days the children decided it would be

a great idea to come to school in our pjs!

we all came dressed in our favourite pjs

with a pillow and a snuggly toy. We played

pj dance, pillow races and even ate a special

snack of cookies and cupcakes! We all had
a great time enjoying our pj day J

Pizza Chefs!

2012-01-27T06:55:00.000-08:00

Extending on the children’s interests of making pizzas this week

we decided as a class to make our own pizza. The children

decided on what kinds of toppings they wanted and we all took
turns to spoon our toppings onto the pizza dough. After a few

minutes in the oven our pizzas were ready. They were delicious!

Happy Chinese New Year!

2012-01-25T11:48:00.000-08:00

The children were very excited to learn about Chinese New Year this week. We read books about dragons and why there is lots of use of the colour red and learnt what an important celebration it is. Look at our dragons we made to celebrate Chinese New Year 2012.

Happy Birthday Melanie!

2012-01-20T09:46:00.000-08:00

Today we celebrated our friend Melanie's 3rd Birthday. We shared yummy cup cakes then played special birthday games. We played musical chairs, dance freeze and even musical books! Happy Birthday Melanie from all your friends at Little Feet Little Faces.

Pizza Store!

2012-01-18T08:11:00.000-08:00

With the children's interests in pizza shops getting even more momentum this week we decided they needed special chef hats for when they cook their pizzas. The children painted their chef hats then we attached a top to it. The children all agree that their pizzas taste extra yummy when they make them wearing their special hats!

Making pizzas!

2012-01-17T06:43:00.000-08:00

January

The children found some fliers with pizza coupons on it and decided to open their own pizza store! They wrote menus with pictures, made pretend pizzas with lots of delicious toppings and even found some pizza boxes to deliver the pizzas in. While engaged in this experience the children used their prior knowledge to draw on, thought about what kind of pizza they would like and strengthened their fine motor skills and control.

How do we paint fireworks?

2012-01-11T06:42:00.000-08:00

The children have been very excited to explore New Years Eve and the kinds of celebrations that they experienced. We have talked a lot about fireworks and the children decided they wanted to paint some. We used the wax crayons to colour different patterns of colours onto plain paper then painted over the top with black paint. The children then used their fingers to scratch on top of the paint and create fireworks. The beautiful colours they had drawn earlier came through the paint. Their pictures look amazing!

Fireworks!

2012-01-09T10:05:00.000-08:00

This month we are learning all about celebrations. We began our week back at school discussing New Year Celebrations. The children had some great stories to tell that included seeing fireworks, eating yummy dinners with family and friends and even playing special games! The children decided they wanted to write and draw about fireworks. Together we sounded out the word fireworks then labelled our drawing.
Everyone did a wonderful job!

Special Guest - Yoga!

2011-12-20T10:11:00.000-08:00

This week we had a very special guest join us. Ms Lauren's sister, Ms Rienna came all the way from Australia to teach us some special yoga poses. We did downward dog, warrior, cobra, crocodile, bear and even forward folds. Ms Rienna played a game with us where she let us choose 2 of our favourite yoga poses to link together and then we got to show our friends. We had so much fun! Thanks Ms Rienna :)

Goodbye Sophia!

2011-12-14T12:04:00.000-08:00

One of our friends Sophia is leaving us to move to England! We had a lovely party for her and all her friends. Sophia bought yummy nut free cupcakes for everyone to share. We played musical chairs and even read a special story for her. Bye Sophia we will miss you xo

Concert Rehearsal

2011-12-12T11:39:00.000-08:00

The children were very excited to have their dress rehearsal for the Winter Concert. They rehearsed each song and practiced changing into their costumes. They also ran through the play, Stick Man. The children’s energies were amazing and the preschool was buzzing with adrenalin. We can’t wait until the concert!

Hanukkah

2011-12-05T09:50:00.000-08:00

The children have been learning about celebrations around the world. We learnt about Christmas and Santa and discussed our own family traditions. We also explored what Hanukkah is. The children read a story about Hanukkah lights and we made a star of David. Some of our children who celebrate Hanukkah taught us about a dreidel.

Winter Concert!

2011-12-01T09:53:00.000-08:00

With our Winter Concert less than a week and a half away we have transformed our classroom into a stage. The children have been busy rehearsing their ballet and hip hop routines. We have been working on our Stick Man play as well. The children have learnt their lines and are now in the process of creating their own props for the play. They have made additional characters and are now painting Stick Mans house. We are all working together as a team to complete this big task. We can't wait to see you at our concert!

Decorating our Tree!

2011-11-29T10:10:00.000-08:00

The children have been working very hard the last few weeks to create many decorations for our tree. We have made snowmen, bells, baubles, stars and even candles. Ms Ingrid bought us some decorations from the store so we added those to our tree. Doesn't our tree look great!

Christmas Tree Surprise!

2011-11-23T09:52:00.000-08:00

Ms Ingrid surprised us this week with a very special Christmas tree! As a class we discussed how we decorate our Christmas Trees at home and what ideas everyone had to decorate our tree at Little Feet Little Faces. The children decided they wanted to create baubles, mini Christmas trees, bells, stars, snowmen and candles. It will be a very big project and the children are going to complete some decorations every week until Christmas time.

Special Guest Mr John

2011-11-16T09:53:00.001-08:00

On Tuesday we had a special guest come visit us! Mr John has been a long anticipated special guest from the Summer. We are very grateful he could find some spare time to come play guitar with us! Mr John sang Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star with us, as well as Old McDonald and Mr Sun. The children had a great time listening and singing along with him. Mr John also showed us how to pluck the strings on the guitar and taught us why it has a whole in it and why you have to use just your fingers to pluck the strings. The children were all very excited to get to use a guitar, for some it was the first time they had ever seen the instrument! Thanks Mr John for a fantastic lesson!

Stick Man

2011-11-10T10:02:00.000-08:00

The children have been very excited to rewrite Julia Donaldson’s Stick Man. We have been using everyone’s ideas to create an adapted version that fits the children’s visions of Stick Man’s adventures. The children also wanted to create a Stick Man and a Stick Lady Love, so we used as many art materials as we could find. The children did an amazing job and through this experience were able to bring their ideas to life! We focused on drawing using observational techniques and then developing our fine motor skills to colour and glue materials onto our Stick Man and Stick Lady Love.

Winter Concert rehearsals!

2011-11-07T10:01:00.000-08:00

The concert is coming up soon! The children are very busy learning their new routines and rehearsing their play. We will be performing an adaptation of Stick Man by Julia Donaldson. The children are helping to write and adapt the text with some very creative ideas! Our preschoolers will be performing a ballet and hip hop routine each as well as the play. Our specialised dance class will be performing a classic ballet piece and a funky African hip hop! We can't wait to see you all there!

Spooky cookies!

2011-10-31T09:56:00.000-07:00

For our spooky Halloween party the children decided that they wanted to make a spooky treat. Ms Ingrid found us some very special Halloween cookies for us to decorate. As a team we sorted out the coloured icing and sprinkles. We discussed different patterns we could make using different coloured sprinkles. The children made some very spooky cookies!

Halloween Pumpkin!

2011-10-28T09:45:00.000-07:00

When discussing what the children knew about Halloween some of them mentioned carving a pumpkin. We decided to buy a big pumpkin and carve a spooky face. The children practised what kind of spooky faces they wanted to make by drawing them on paper. We watched Ms Ingrid cut the top off the pumpkin, then we worked together as a team to scoop out the middle and seeds. We all put gloves on to keep the pumpkin seeds clean so we could use them later on for a baking experiment. The children had a great time getting the pumpkin ready. On Friday we carved a spooky face into the pumpkin with Ms Anieka. Happy Halloween!

Specialised Class - Dance

2011-10-25T10:03:00.000-07:00

Ballet

The children in our specialised dance class have been working very hard on their ballet routine for the winter concert. We have been following the RAD syllabus and focusing on our arm and feet positions as well as learning sautees, jetes and spring points. As we learn our choreography the children are learning to point and flex their toes, extend their arms and legs to create beautiful long lines and also to bring expression and imagination into their dance.Here is a sneak preview of our ballet class.

Fall Fun!

2011-10-24T09:49:00.000-07:00

The children have noticed that there have been a lot of fallen leaves collecting in our playground. Since we have been learning about Fall the children knew why the leaves were falling off the trees. We decided to have some fun and we raked all of the leaves into a big pile then jumped in them! We practiced how high we could jump in the leaves and even threw them as high as we could so we could dance under them as they fell to the ground.

Field Trip to see Thumbelina

2011-10-19T09:58:00.000-07:00

On Friday the 14^th of October we went on a field trip to see a play called Thumbelina. It was a fantatsic opportunity for the children to see how the dramatic concepts they learn about at school are put into practice. The children had a wonderful time watching the play with their friends and their parents. Look at how much fun we had!

Let's learn Literacy!

2011-10-17T10:13:00.000-07:00

The children have been working very hard on their language books. We have been using our flash cards to practice our phonics as well as exploring concrete materials such a magnetic letters to further our understanding. In our literacy workbooks the children practice printing their letters and we focus on the directions of the lines used to make the letters. We also link the sound to the letter and try to think of words that start with that sound to lead into initial consonants. We use a lot of positive encouragement to encourage all levels of learners in the class. Emergent writing skills range from meaningful strokes of a pencil all the way to word recognition and letter representation.

Paper Mache Turkey!

2011-10-17T10:11:00.000-07:00

For Thanksgiving the children decided to create a 3Dimensional Turkey. We all brainstormed together what the best way to create our turkey would be and the children decided on paper mache. We used a recipe and discussed how a recipe is a specific text genre and followed the instructions to make our paper mache. We then painted our turkey and added feather suing our handprints. Throughout this visual arts experience the children discussed what they like about Thanksgiving and their plans with their families.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2011-10-07T10:08:00.000-07:00

This week we are learning about Thanksgiving. The children are very interested to know how people used to find food before there were grocery stores. We did some research together and learnt about cornucopias. The children made their own cornucopias and chose what produce to make out of playdough. We made strawberries, oranges, bananas, grapes, mushrooms and even a potato!

Families are...

2011-10-04T10:06:00.000-07:00

This month we are learning about families. The children had a discussion about what a family is, who is in their family and what is special about their family. Together we wrote some sentences about our family. The children then labelled their drawings using familiar sight words such as Mom and Dad. We also focused on our symbolic drawing by drawing our family members slowly. We drew their faces, eyes, mouths, bodies and some children even drew their clothes!

Construction!

2011-10-04T10:01:00.000-07:00

In their creative play time the children have been very interested in constructing the marble run. They work together in either small groups or as one large group and create outstanding pieces of work! As they are constructing these towers they are learning many things. For example: Negotiation skills with peers, conversation skills, problem solving skills, learning about balance and counter balance and many more exciting skills!

Stained Glass

2011-09-29T09:47:00.000-07:00

Today we discussed fall and special things that happen in fall time. The children wanted to make more fall leaves so we decided to make stained glass leaves. The children exercised their small finger muscles by tearing the tissue paper and sticking it to the contact. We then decided to also make pumpkins since the children had such great fun making the leaves. They repeated the process but this time for the pumpkin and we focused on creating shapes with the pieces of paper.

Computers!

2011-09-27T10:07:00.000-07:00

The children have been very interested in learning about the computer this week. We decided to spend a lesson exploring how the computer turns on and all the different names of the parts. We then learnt as a class how to play our cat in the hat phonics game. We listen carefully to the sounds and then use the mouse to click on the correct letter that makes that sound. If we get it right we even get to colour the picture in using paints and crayons on the computer. These lessons were used to reinforce the children’s literacy learning skills and introduce them to the computer.

Happy Birthday Ms Lauren J

2011-09-21T09:52:00.000-07:00

Today the children helped to celebrate Ms Lauren J's Birthday. They made her some beautiful flowers by tracing around their hands and cutting them out then rolling the ends to create tulips. The children also wanted to make Ms Lauren J a card. Together we sounded out the words Happy Birthday and we wrote Ms Lauren J a very special message inside the card. We hope she had a great day :)

Ballet

2011-09-19T09:58:00.000-07:00

This month in Ballet we are focusing on our arm positions. The children have been using repetition and silly rhymes to remember how our arms look in the positions and how they move throughout the positions. We have learnt from bra ba through 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th. The children also helped to choreograph these movements though a new dance they are learning. Within these dance classes the children are not only learning choreography but they are learning about levels (high, low) tempo (fast, slow) counting in beats (1–- 8) and developing their loco motor skills (skipping, jumping, running).

Science

2011-09-15T09:41:00.000-07:00

This week the children have been exploring textures. We have conducted some science experiments where we wanted to find out the difference between textures. The children found a collection of materials and together we sorted them into bumpy and smooth materials. We discussed how to use our different senses to determine whether our materials were bumpy or smooth. We used touch and sight mostly. Everyone did a great job sorting all the materials!

Friendship!

2011-09-13T10:02:00.000-07:00

In these first few weeks of school all of the children are learning about friends. They are learning:

· How to be a good friend

· What being a friend means

· How we can be friends with everyone at school

· How to choose nice words to say to our friends

· Looking out for our friends and making sure they feel ok

These are all integral lessons for our children to learn for both their schooling and personal lives. The children have put their learning into practice by using nice words to enter group play situation games and be using negotiating language to share toys and materials. What a wonderful group of friends they have all made!

These are pictures of the children making their friendship flowers and friendship letters.

Happy Birthday Ms Ingrid!

2011-09-09T11:08:00.000-07:00

Today we celebrated Ms Ingrid’s Birthday! The children made a special birthday cake and all took turns icing it. The children were very excited to make Ms Ingrid’s Birthday cards. Together we sounded out Happy Birthday and the children all wrote their own special message to Ms Ingrid. We gave Ms Ingrid a present and said, “Surprise!” We hope Ms Ingrid had a great day!

First day of School!

2011-09-06T10:14:00.000-07:00

Today was our first day back at School! We played some getting to know you games with all of our friends. We shared what our favourite colour is, what we like to eat and our favourite thing to do at school. We had circle time where we practiced our phonics and then had a treasure hunt with the phonic cards! The children did a great job demonstrating their phonetic awareness!

We were very lucky it didn’t rain today so to make the most out of it we went outside in the playground. We played small group games like Captain Ball and Ring around the rosy. This allowed the children to engage their gross motor skills as well as learn group play entry skills and negotiation skills. After lunch and rest time we had a special art class where the children made a school bus. To finish off our first day the children had their special dance class. We focused on our ballet techniques, isolations in hip hop and our balance track in yoga. We cant wait until tomorrow!

Zosia's 3rd Birthday!

2011-08-25T10:48:00.000-07:00

Today we celebrated our friend Zosia's 3rd Birthday! All of the children sang Happy Birthday to Zosia and enjoyed her yummy birthday treats. Zosia told us a story about what she was going to do on her birthday - it involved riding an elephant to the park. Zosia had a great birthday at school with all of her new friends :)

Special Guest - Magic Man

2011-08-23T11:24:00.000-07:00

Today the Magic Man came and visited us! He showed us some amazing magic tricks -– he made golf balls disappear and reappear, tied scarves together made magic wands appear and even made Squirt the bird appear out of his hat! The children had a great time and were laughing the entire show!

Dancing - Jazz

2011-08-18T10:01:00.000-07:00

Today Ms Vanessa taught us a new monkey jazz dance. We used this dance to warm up our bodies by stretching and reaching, then we thought of how a monkey would dance. We made our arms bend like a monkeys and reached tall on our toes to find bananas. We even ran like a monkey lifting our knees high and then kicking behind our bodies. We had a lot of fun being monkeys!

Teamwork!

2011-08-17T12:02:00.000-07:00

This week we have been playing lots of team building games. Today we played Ring around the rosy and the children had to work together as a team to pick up the bananas and then to go around and around. The children had a great time working together and using their problem solving skills to create a circle and to ensure everyone had a friend’s hand to hold. We had a great time!

Sophia's 3rd Birthday!

2011-08-08T13:59:00.000-07:00

Today we celebrated Sophia's 3rd Birthday! She bought in beautiful cupcakes with letters on them and we sounded them out together as a class. They spelt...Happy 3rd Birthday Sophia! There were even giraffes and an alligator frosted on them.
The class sang Happy Birthday to Sophia and then we ate our delicious cupcakes.
They were so yummy!
Happy 3rd Birthday Sophia!

Lucia Da Silva - Biography of our Special Author Guest

2011-08-08T11:49:00.000-07:00

Librale: The Horse Named Freedom takes place a long time ago in a very special place called Sao Miguel. It tells the story of a young girl named Mary, who travels from Canada with her Mother to visit the place where she grew up.

Within days of her arrival, Mary creates a very special bond with an extraordinary horse she named Librale. Through this bond, Mary performs acts of love and compassion, even when faced with obstacles and challenges brought on by the adults in her life.

Written for children aged 9 and up, Librale sends a message of love and compassion to all its readers. Children know how to love and this book encourages them to keep doing so, even when it's not the easiest thing for them to do, even when their adult role models aren't being the best examples.

Written in a light-hearted tone, with a charming and cute narrative, children will not want to put this book down until they're done. And then they'll want to read it again and again.

Lucia Da Silva was born into a loving family. She spent several years of her childhood living in the beautiful and charming island of Sao Miguel, in the Azores off the coast of Portugal.

The contrast between the hustle and bustle of a big city like Toronto and the quaint and rural life of Sao Miguel let Lucia experience much in her younger years. This was the start of a very adventurous life and many very special stories to share.

For Lucia, it’s all about sharing. She believes we all have the ability to do great feats, and to live our deepest desires with purpose for ourselves while inspiring others.

She has dedicated 23 years of working in the Public Sector, developing, supporting and implementing programs primarily for families with children and senior citizens living with social and economical barriers.

Along with her love of writing and storytelling, she brings a refreshing new energy and power to the words she shares by having become a Reiki Master and teaching her clients of all ages how to use empowering words, sounds and breathing to heal themselves and others.

To learn more visit http://librale.com/

Special Guest Lucia Da Silva

2011-08-05T09:46:00.000-07:00

Today we had a special guest come visit us.

Lucia Da Silva is a children’s author and wrote the book Librale the horse named freedom. She came and read her very special book to us all. We discussed the types of animals in the story and she then surprised us by bringing a puppet for every child to use in the story. We felt how soft our puppets fur was like the horse in the book and even tried to make the sounds of our puppet.

We went on an adventure with Librale the horse. Everyone enjoyed the story and had a wonderful time listening to Lucia.

Goodbye July campers!

2011-08-05T08:52:00.000-07:00

Our July campers finished up last week and we are sad to say goodbye!

We all had a great month together and enjoyed:
*learning fun dance routines (ballet, hip hop, disco jazz and latin)
*twisting our bodies into different yoga poses
*creating our own pieces of art work centred around our theme of nature
*growing and charting our bean seeds
*creating and extending on our knowledge of familiar texts in theatre
*learning to play piano and other instruments and sing new song in music

We had a wonderful time!

A big thank you to our campers who came and shared a great month with us - we look forward to seeing you all in March for March Break Camp!

Premiering September 2011 - GRADE 1!

2011-07-26T06:34:00.000-07:00

Little Feet Little Faces is proud to offer our first year of Grade 1!

ALL students who register by August 1st will receive ALL artistic classes free of charge! That includes:
Dance (Ballet, Hip Hop, Disco / Jazz, Latin, Yoga)
Visual Art - Artist in residency program
Piano
Guitar
Give your child the chance to shine with an Ontario Curriculum that focuses on academic learning mixed with artistic adventures that reinforce integral academic themes and nurture creativity. All our teachers are OCT certified, Bachelor of Elementary trained and accomplished artists. Your child will be in a class with low student teacher ration (1:10) to ensure all their individual academic needs are met.

Hurry this offer ends soon!
Please call or email to make your appointment
www.littlefeetlittlefaces.com
email: info@littlefeetlittlefaces.com
contact: 416 923 8882

Special Guest Ms Lauren J

2011-07-26T06:31:00.000-07:00

Our Special Guest this week was the very talented Miss Lauren J! Miss Lauren J is our piano and guitar teacher from the Royal Conservatorium of Music. Miss Lauren J taught us the Lion King and Under the Sea from the Little Mermaid. She played the piano for us while we sang the words. We learnt about the concepts of fast and slow, beat, tempo and even how to read the music on the sheets that she bought!

Miss Lauren J was a lot of fun and all of the children had an amazing time!

Music Class

2011-07-25T12:24:00.000-07:00

Today in music class we played in the Little Feet Little Faces Band! All the children took turns identifying what the instru7ment was and how they could play it. They then sang, Farmer Johnson had a band and played their instruments when their time came. The children had a wonderful time and together they learnt about beat and tempo!

Theatre / Drama

2011-07-19T12:24:00.000-07:00

Today we discovered a theatrical world outside in our playground. The children were using the water table and placing the Pirate Ship so it was going up and down the 'waves.' The children all took on roles for the characters of the Pirates and used appropriate drama techniques to extend the play. This includes using different pitches of voice, appropriate Pirate slang, Pirate phrases as well as negotiating the script with each other. Our Pirates went through the bumpy sea to the treasure island where they encountered Dinosaur Bones, alligators and even a giraffe fairy! This impromptu theatre class was great fun and a wonderful way for the children to use their imagination and creativity.

It's a bird! It's a plane!

2011-07-17T15:55:00.000-07:00

July - PreK

After using our favourite colour combinations to paint our binoculars, we talked about what we might be able to find outdoors. We listened carefully for chirping birds, so we would know where to find them (mostly in the trees)! We searched high and low and came across many other exciting parts of nature - bugs, clouds, rocks and even an airplane!

Dance Class with Ms Tamar!

2011-07-15T11:16:00.000-07:00

Our new friends have joined our Wednesday dance class and we are all having a wonderful time getting to know each other and working together as a team. Today in Ballet we made our pizza pies – ballet first- with our feet and practiced our arms in bra bar. We stepped our legs out to make 2^nd position and then stepped back to first to end with a sauté. In Hip Hop we found our street attitude and learnt to bounce to the beat and to put some swagger in our choreography. We finished with some relaxing yoga where the children made downward dog, tree, star, bear, cow and dolphin poses.

Bean experiment

2011-07-14T10:08:00.000-07:00

This week we have been growing our bean plants and experimenting with the best way to grow them. Today we decided to try another way. The children wanted to paint their pots and try planting some seeds in them to observe how they would grow. The children used acrylic paints to paint their pots, added some soil, seeds and then water. We sang a magical growing song then placed our pots outside in the sunshine to grow. We are all eagerly awaiting their progression!

French in the Park!

2011-07-14T09:51:00.000-07:00

July

Today we took our imaginations, creativity and our learning to the park! We went on a scavenger hunt, played duck duck goose in French, played a mathematics game where we counted our steps and added a friend’s steps to total the amount of a sum and even rode on a magical ship to Niagara Falls in the playground. Everyone had a great time and it was a wonderful way for the children to strengthen their new friendships and have a lot of fun!

Bean Growing Experiment

2011-07-12T10:33:00.000-07:00

This week our JK/SK class has been learning about bean seeds. We did some research and learnt that our seeds would need to be planted, watered and put in direct sunlight so they would grow. The children wrote out a list of directions so they would remember how to grow their bean seeds. We decided to do two different experiments:

1. growing the seeds in a cup with cotton wool

2. Growing the seeds by placing them in a bowl of water with no sunlight to see if they sprouted.

We are observing our seeds every day to measure their growth and hypothesising our ideas about what will happen next.

The children are very excited to see what happens!

First week of Summer Camp!

2011-07-05T10:15:00.000-07:00

Our first week of camp has been so much fun! We have gotten to know our new friends, played some team building games, played outside with all of our new toys in the playground, engaged in water play, danced, painted, drawn and even gone on a scavenger hunt to the park. We examined some plastic bugs with magnifying glasses and identified them in the bug book. We found great things for our nature garden and even played some group games like volcano, bridge tag and tree hug! We can’t wait until next week J