South Centre Outing

Happy December! It feels like the weeks are flying by.

Last week we went on an outing to South Centre Mall. The children had an opportunity to practice trying on shoes or clothing, they got to visit the Disney store, ride the escalator and elevator and play in the play area. Some children saw Santa and decorated  gingerbread cookies.  Going on group outings to the mall is a great way for our kiddos to practice many skills (e.g. waiting, denied request, staying with the group, etc.) and coping with a variety of stressors.

 

 

Letter I

We had some fun learning about the letter I. Iggy the Iguana (puppet) helped us sing the "I song". We receptively and expressively identified the letter and then went to the craft table to make an igloo craft.

 

The children covered foam cups with glue and then covered them with cotton balls. I added a polar bear to the inside. When they finished the craft they all received a little baby polar bear to explore some imaginary play.

 

 

 

 

At the end, everyone returned to the carpet to play with some Unifix cubes and build "I" letters.

All About Me

 

This month we are talking about what makes us unique. Check out some of the fun centers and activities we have in the classrooms!

 

 Come visit the hair salon

 



 

 

 Learn about body parts

 



 

Complete the obstacle course

 

 

Make a self-portrait

 

 

 

Play House

 



 

 

Remembrance Day

The children participated in making some poppies to celebrate Remembrance Day! They each had the opportunity to get a little messy by placing their hands in red paint and stamping  white paper circles (some slightly messier then others).

 

Then, we explored some of our wonderful musical instruments (drums, rain sticks, bells, and maracas) and off we went in a marching band upstairs throughout the consultant offices.

Happy Halloween!

The Haunted House is all set up and decorated, we can't wait for all of you to come check it out this afternoon at the Halloween Party! There will be lots of food, games, crafts and of course we will be dancing to the Monster Mash! The party starts at 1:00.

 

Monster Mash Music Video:

 

 

A sneak peek of the Haunted House:

 
 



 

 



Pumpkins!

In honor of Halloween, we decorated pumpkins! First the kiddos helped scoop out the inside of the pumpkins. Some of the kiddos really enjoyed this while others much preferred the teachers to it for them. Then they chose how they would like to decorate them.

Some groups painted their pumpkins different colours

 Other groups put pegs in their pumpkins

While other groups worked together in pairs to make mummy pumpkins













Check out our awesome pumpkins:

Fall Walk

Last week we went on our annual Fall Walk to Fish Creek Park. We started at Votier's Flats, the weather was great which made the walks that much more enjoyable. The kids picked up leaves as we walked along the paths. After we walked for a while we stopped at some picnic benches and the kids created some leaf animals out of the leaves that they had collected. Then we played some games. Some groups went down to the water and threw some rocks, while others stayed and played in the leaves!