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The Positive Power of Friends at Play - FAS Tues/Thurs Class

As a Childhood Educator it is always rewarding to see the boys and girls individually learn through their exploration of experiences provided here at preschool. However, I am equally amazed to watch the children creatively interact as their play become more imaginative and socially involved. I have seen most of their classroom time move from parallel play to cooperative collaboration, showing great growth in valuable social skills such as sharing, turn taking and verbal negotiation, to name a few. It is also incredible to see young children demonstrate compassion for each other in tangible ways such as retrieving a tissue for another friend, helping another child put on their jacket or helping to open or close a container at the group snack table. These days of early learning alongside other children creates a firm foundation for enduring friendships and the first of many more opportunities for increased social experiences. Until next time, Lori    

Rainbow Masterpiece - 4 Hour Class

We changed things at the art table today. No chairs and no individual art. Everyone was able to move and put color wherever they want.       At first everyone wanted to have his or her own white space to color. The children just stuck to their “own area”.       Lucas enjoyed using two eyedroppers simultaneously. He carefully watched as the two colors mixed on the paper towel. When he saw blue and green mixing, he said, “Looks like the earth”.   Keira tried Lucas’s method of using two eyedroppers but with different colors. She mixed the red and the blue. Keira said she was trying to make purple that is why she used the red and blue.     Sofia and Lucas helped each other make “rainbow earth”.     Other children came to the art table as well and helped color the paper towel. They were very determined to color everything and see no white. It is each child’s small piece in this artwork that helped make the big picture. Piece by

Heart / Xīn (Mandarin Fun for Preschoolers)

With the celebration of Valentine’s Day this month, it was relevant for the children to learn the Mandarin word for heart, which is xīn. The children explored their environment that gave them the opportunity to practice saying heart in Mandarin. For children, repetition and children directed activities are key to learning.   Katie and Caitlyn enjoyed making heart shaped cookies.   Sara decorated her xīn with hóng sè (red), huáng sè (yellow), zǐ sè    (purple) and lán sè (blue).   J aslynn liked stamping and seeing the different designs on the paper.   Chloe pretended that the hóngxīn (red hearts) were gummies.     With Valentine’s Day coming up, do not forget to tell your loved ones   Until next time, Patricia            

Allowing Children To Get Dirty - 3 Year Old and 4 Year Old classes

Often parents seem to worry their children might get their clothes dirty, or that they may become ill because of the dirt. As a result, outdoor play is frequently limited. In fact, allowing children to get physical with the “dirty” outside world is good for them. The immune system is designed to build up a defence against bacteria and viruses.... but it needs to be conditioned. In order to recognize harmful germs, it needs to come into contact with germs. This is when antibodies are created. When the time comes, the child who has been exposed to harmful germs will be less susceptible to becoming ill. Your child also needs to be active, run around and feel happy playing outside. Worrying about stains will make the child feel too wary about activities that make him happy. You can't replace that happiness with clean clothes, or with indoor inactive activities. As well, children need to explore and discover the world. Exploration fuels the imagination and creates lifelon

A New Year - 4 Hour Class

The children have all settled back into class and let me say, everybody has gotten taller and more mature since Christmas break. Is it the New Year and something magical occurred? On the first day back, Duke wore a very smart red sport coat which had medal like patches on it. He was so very proud to be wearing it and told us about the story behind it. He wasn’t the only child who had a new look; there was Chloe, Georgia, Kianne, Sara and Adonis who had new haircuts to come back to school with. A New Year and new changes were definitely in order. We also have two new faces in our class, one being teacher Rikki and a new student named Mikaeyla. Please join me in giving them a warmest welcome to our class. So, what has been going on this month? We made pancakes which was a huge success. The children were busy measuring and mixing the ingredients. We discussed all the things that go into making the pancake and had a chance to feel, smell and look at all the ingredients. Christina, Lucas