Thank You

School age 2 staff enjoying all the yummy treats brought in by parents for the week of the ECE! Thank you all so much! 

Ms. Penner 

Gardening

Yesterday, April 28, the school age 2 children were put to work once again. They worked at getting some of our garden boxes ready for the food we are planning to plant this spring. They worked as a team to fill the garden boxes with dirt from a dirt pile and took turns pushing the wheelbarrow to and from the pile to the garden boxes, working together to fill and unload the wheelbarrow. Boys and girls, and children of all ages helped us with this task! It was so great to see them all working together as a team!

 

Filling the wheelbarrow with dirt.

 

Brother and sister using teamwork to bring the dirt to the garden boxes.

Filling the garden boxes with the fresh dirt!

 

Bringing the empty wheelbarrow back for more dirt! 

Ms. Penner

First outdoor lunch of the season

Today, April/27/2016, the children had their first outdoor lunch of the season. Using stumps and old trees the children transformed what was originally a place of play into a place to enjoy their food.

Some of the children made the connection between the natural environment and the food they were eating. "outside we can just throw an apple on the ground and it will go back into the ground" a child was saying as he finished his lunch. Although we wouldn't want half eaten apples laying around, children making a connection between their food and the ground in which it came from is always a positive thing. 

Seeing spaces from different angles helps to expand how we view our world. Having different activities take place in common areas such as our adventure playground helps with this. Perhaps activities like this will help expand our ideas and relationships with both play and meal times. 

-Dylan Battle

Week of the ECE

TRUST

They bring their child to me

And hope I’ll come to know,

How much their offspring means to them,

Their trust in me bestowed.

 

They bring their child to me

With love and hope and pride,

Looking for a helping hand,

And a teacher who will guide.

They bring their child to me

And our partnership is clear:

To nurture and allow to bloom

A life we both hold dear.

 

They bring their child to me

A step toward letting go,

And trusting in our special plan

To help the child grow.

 

by Gloria Weber Henbest

Mr.Bordush making rubber band shooters 

 

Mrs. Carr teaching children how to sew.

 

Mr. Buckley being silly with the children. 

 Mr. Doty with his daughter.

 

Mr. Reyes teaching children about pool.

 

Ms. Crew being silly with the children. 

 

Mr. Battle helping children make their own drum sticks. 

 

Mrs. Bali teaching children how to knit. 

Mr. Dueck Teaching children how to drum. 

 

Ms. Penner teaching children how to knit. 

Miss. Dorge playing with the children. 

We all love to work with each and every one of your children. We have such a great time working with your children and love doing our jobs! Happy week of the ECE!!

Ms. Penner

*Poem from - http://canadianece.ca/parenting/parents-as-partners#sthash.PW9TsLwR.dpuf

Stop-Motion Club - Week 4

This was our last week of stop-motion club! We are now perfecting our story-telling. Since we now understand what is possible, and how much work it is to make a minute long stop-motion movie, our planning is happening very fast. The set designer and the director now work rapidly to plan our story and set.

 

Our films now include plenty of special effects. We have figured out how to zoom in on characters and pan the camera. We have also learned to destruct our sets smoothly.

 

 

Our editing skills have improved to the point where we can upload photos on the computer and edit our films without much help from staff! Adding captions/dialogue and credits to our movies is now a highlight of the movie-making process.

 

Our films will be added on this blog soon!

~Mr.Dueck

 



Sewing Club Week 3

This week the children got to use a sewing machine. For most of them it was the first time, so I started from the beginning...turning it on and then the various functions. The children were very excited and nervous. As they each had a turn they discovered how to control the speed by pushing on the peddle and also how to reverse and finish. Today the project was a simple denim bag that we made out of old jeans that were donated by our families.

Tuesday Group

Thursday Group

Mrs. Carr