The natural beauty of autumn leaves and fall harvests continue to impact our early learners as we explore, create, and imagine outdoors in our forest and school garden. As a way to integrate children’s fascinations with all that comes with autumn our team has co-created some intentional learning explorations that also connect to our student’s developing… Read More Autumn Play and Learning Invitations
As a cooler wind blows and autumn leaves blanket the forest floor we’ve been settling into fall in Kinderland. We’ve been harvesting from our school garden and even had a Thanksgiving Feast put on by our amazing parent school council. We offer many learning opportunities in our class that are reggio-inspired, but when it comes… Read More Thanksgiving and Fall Rustic Art Keepsakes
Apples, pumpkins, Thanksgiving, and Hallowe’en are interests that children revisit year after year each fall. In an effort to support learning in literacy and music and movement, our team introduces shared poems and songs that we sing with the children each day for one week. We also send a copy home for families to reinforce… Read More Fall Poems Shared on Google Drive
Last year we held the Turkey Olympics outside with our Learning Buddies. Unfortunately, the weather was too wet for all of those activities this year. Thanks to Pinterest for helping us easily plan a wide variety of Thanksgiving activities that assist in child development in fun and exciting ways! You can follow Mrs. Max on… Read More Thanksgiving Art Fest with Learning Buddies
Welcome to the Leaf Festival where our kinders led exploration about leaves facilitated by their Learning Buddies. We had a fantastic afternoon filled with fun, adventure and learning. We rotated through several stations about leaves that focused on art, reading, writing, physical activity, and inquiry. This kinder’s Learning Buddy… Read More Fun Friday: "Leaf Festival" with Learning Buddies
Our kinders have been creating and exploring the relationship between art and nature. Our colour palette is inspired by the fall season, but not restricted in any way. Kinders have used techniques taught and then given freedom to explore techniques and colour by their own choosing. This first collection is used by… Read More Fall Colours Art Provocations
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