Nature & light

Exploring nature on our light table. 

The children found some magnifying glasses and used them to examine the nature items closer. 

"Look a feather" 

"Look at this leaf!" 

It was neat to watch the children explain what they saw and the enthusiasm when showing their friends. 

Light table

With the weather being so cold we have been staying indoors more. We have taken out new and different activities for the children to take part in.

We set up an area with a light table and added different colourful see-thru items that the light can reflect through. 

The children started to add and remove different shapes to see what everything looked like over the light. 

One of the children started to stack the blocks. Which interested the other children that were playing.

They all started stacking the blocks higher until they fell over. It was great to see such wonderful cooperative play. 

One of the other children tried putting their hand on the light table to see what it would look like. 

As the morning passed the children continued to build and  bring in different blocks to see what they could do with them. 

Construction

The teachers put out new manipulative construction toys. The children have been using their imagination to build new things.

Using the teachers thumb to build. 

"I made a boat" 

"I'm driving my boat!" 

"The handles fly my boat, see!"

The children built many different kinds of boats during their play. Which brought about the idea of adding animals. 

Music class

Twice a month we have a music class with the children. We bring in a music teacher named Ms. Sonja. The children love when she comes to see us. 

She brings different musical instruments with her as well as different props for songs she sings. The children never know what she will bring. The anticipation is sometimes too much. 

Here is a video of our music class. 

Little chefs

The children found some aprons and chef hats. They put them on and opened our first nursery restaurant.

"Do you want some?" 

"I'm adding cheese and hot pepper."

The teachers helped by acting as their customers, but they would only serve babies. 

"Babies can only have tea!"

The girls needed some where to sit.

"Hey you can help me get the stool. We'll use teamwork!"

Our future chefs!!

Self expression

Nature and creativity are a big part of our program. We try to find different ways for the children to express themselves through play.

The staff made play dough and put out different natural items.

The children started to manipulate the play dough into different unique creations. 

Pancit

Bringing food and ideas from different cultures into the classroom is a fun way to expose the children to new and exciting things. This past week we decided to have to children help make a Filipino dish called pancit.

We found our recipe:

We invited the children to help prepare the vegtables.

Working hard at developing those fine motor skills.

The children also tried some of the vegtables while they were cutting.

"This is hard to cut!"

All ready for cooking. 

Yum!! Ready to eat. 

All the children tried the pancit... and almost all the children asked for a second bowl full!