West Richmond Preschool

Our children have always wondered where our classroom books came from, and why they were different every month. They have noticed that many of our books are labeled with barcodes.     The children discussed this and concluded that the books are from the library! We generated some questions about the library such as:   What kind of books are at the library? Who goes to the library? What else can you borrow at the library?      Here are the responses of the children when we asked "What is in a library?"   “There's games “(B.) “I like the library because there's lots of books” (R.)  “Rocketships and spacebooks” (W.)  “I like being quiet in the library” (C.) “I like the games” (D)  “I got Pete the Cat” (C.) “You know, they put out Caillou and Berenstein Bears books” (E.) “Winnie the Pooh! “(C.) “I like the games there!”(K.) “You know what? I like that you can't take books from the librar...

A few seeds, a little soil, some compost, a few worms, a ray of sunshine and a splash of rain together create the Earth’s recipe for the food we eat. We are fortunate to have a beautiful deck just outside the classroom with several large garden boxes, a compost container and a home for our Red Wiggler worms. The children have been diligent in saving their vegetable and fruit peelings both to feed the worms and to put into the compost for our garden boxes. The children are fascinated with both the worms and the compost. We have been exploring both. The Red Wigglers   It  was discovered that the worms need to eat too. The children took turns adding cabbage, carrot peelings, celery and broccoli into the worms “home.”  We then took a closer look and the children were amazed at what they saw: Little white baby worms and lots of eggs - very interesting!    Gently does it...looking for the baby worms. “We found some!” “Look at ...

In one of our many circle discussions, the children decided that we needed to go on a classroom adventure. The children suggested things they might need on this adventure, placing them inside their pretend backpacks. We talked about being able to carry our own backpacks. How would we carry our backpacks if we brought too much stuff? Would our friends be able to carry it for us? Do they have their own stuff to carry? What would happen if we were unable to carry our backpacks? This was an adventure so we thought the children would make the decision as to how much stuff they would bring and we would find out what happens as we went along.  Getting our boots and backpacks on, ready for the adventure! We are holding our umbrella's open as we go through the waterfall. Barbi explains about the narrow bridge we are going to cross. Be careful not to fall into the water! Matthew falls into the water, and the children suggest he needs to swim. Anthony watch...

Purpose: The purpose of this month long investigation was to inspire expose and encourage the children to explore classical music and some of the instruments that are used to play it. We provided a guitar, piano, violin, drums and a melody harp, as well as triangles, shakers, cymbals, tambourines and a special guest - a cellist named Ingrid. What we discovered and learned about string instruments:  Ingrid demonstrated to the class how different sounds can be created by plucking the strings, striking the strings or moving a bow across them. The length and thickness of each string determines the pitch. The longer and thicker the string, the lower the pitch would be. The shorter and tighter the string, the higher the pitch would be. The children found this fascinating and wanted to try it out for themselves.  Ingrid demonstrates the cello and guitar.  The children loved to touch the cello and noticed how the strings were all a little different.   ...

This past week was all about the "I-N-G"s. Check it out: build ING Ashton built some volcanoes  thank ING Making a thank you card for Brad at Island Pets mak ING Belly Buttons and birthday cakes. blow ING Bubbles with food colouring for art visit ING Our Grandpals helped us to make dreamcatchers   climb ING Adam chased crows on the rocks at Second Beach search ING Noa searches for beach treasures walk ING From the beach to the park on the sea wall spinn ING At Terra Nova  zipp ING hold ING Holding hands on the way back to the bus Reminding ourselves that we are a big family!!! We are lovING this beautiful weather! We are hopING that it continues this way so we can go on many more exciting adventures!! Thanks, Nicole