West Richmond Preschool

I am so very excited to welcome all the children and their families to a wonderful year of exploring, discovering and creating together. Already, we are getting to know each other as the days go by and we are excited to be on this journey together. The children are getting settled and comfortable in their environment.   You can see this by the way they move from one activity to another, the expressions they have on their faces and the chatter that is happening in our classroom. A little glimpse into our time together, starts off with open activities and then we have a quick sharing time.   This allows us to just come together to start our day and share anything we may have with one another.   A great opportunity to learn about taking turns speaking and learning to share our thoughts with one another. Then the children continue with open activities, art and snack time.   Before we head outdoors, we have a learning circle.   This is the time we will further enhance on the interests o

It has indeed been a wonderful start for the Three and Four-Year-Old Preschoolers this year. Each child seems comfortable entering the classroom and engaging themselves happily in play. The social interactions that happen during play are an absolute pleasure to witness.   Already, in such a short while, we can see many social, emotional, creative, cognitive and physical skills being gained.                         A group of children in our Four-Year-Old class spent much time thinking, communicating and strategizing on how best to place ramps that would allow the wooden balls to roll down them. This activity was brought out on multiple days to allow the children to expand on their ideas.           Joseph discovered that putting a block at the end of the ramp would prevent the ball from rolling astray.     A First Nations Talking Stick was used at Circle Time with the Fours.   The premise of the Talking Stick is to all

I have had the pleasure of teaching preschool for many years, however each year I am thrilled and excited   to meet new faces and see how much old faces have grown. I especially look forward to the individual personalities working together in the same space learning about one another and making connections, some life long friendships.   The children have settled into the preschool very well and are enjoying the indoor and outdoor space. We have had the pleasure in our 4’s class to listen to many conversation among the children using a variety of words using descriptive language.        Joseph feels the placemat and says “to change it to silver you have to stroke it.”     Cory holds the sequin mat for Jordan to discover.     After filling in the triangles Magus holds the tile tray up to the window to see the light shine through in the different colours.     Jordan proudly shows us a banana he made after we read a story ab

For our first painting activity this school year, I provided the children with paints and some painting tools made out of foam. I was eager and excited to see the different artworks the children will be creating. But the reason of my excitement shifted from seeing their artworks to the story and process behind each child’s painting as I observed them create their masterpieces. Aiden started painting with red, blue and yellow. He then mixed all the colors on his paper and noticed that the colors were changing to dark green, dark purple and brown. The color brown caught his eye and he started to mix all the colors in one bowl to make brown. When he was finally satisfied with the shade of brown that he created, he painted it on top of his painting as a final touch.         Mateo only wanted to use green because that is his favorite color and it looks like the grass. Dayna was focused on making a purple and green pattern. Whil