Tuesday, 3 January 2017

Happy New Year 2017!!!

Brrr!!! It's a little chilly out there this week. Which creates the perfect opportunity to talk about winter clothing.

We had a  special guest join our classroom today to help us learn about winter clothing. The children enjoyed helping dress and undress FROGGY.

 
We read "one mitten" written by Kristine O'Connell. The children had the opportunities to wear a mitten during story time and imitate some of the actions in the book. 
The children made a mitten craft by cutting out paper mittens, gluing cotton balls on, hole punching and pulling a string through the hole.
 
This month we are learning about a couple new songs!
Five Little Snowflakes
 
One little snowflake with nothing to do.
Along came another and
Then there were two.
 
Two little snowflakes laughing with me.
Along came another, and
Then there were three.
 
Three little snowflakes looking for some more.
Along came another, and
Then there were four.
 
Four little snowflakes dancing a jive.
Along came another, and
Then there were five.
 
Five little snowflakes having so much fun.
Out came the sun, and
Then there were none.
 
Five Little Penguins
 
Five Little penguins slipping on the ice
One fell down, “Ouch! That’s not nice.”
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
“No More penguins slipping on the ice!”
Four Little penguins sliding near the sea
One fell in and began to sneeze!
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
“No More penguins sliding near the sea!”
Three Little penguins skating all around
One slipped up and then fell down!
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
“No More penguins skating all around!”
Two Little penguins sliding down a hill.
One fell down and banged her bill.
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
“No More penguins sliding down a hill!”
One Little penguin jumping very high
Broke the ice and began to cry.
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
“No More penguins jumping very high.”
No there’s
No little penguins having any fun
No little penguins , not even one.
The mother called the doctor, and the doctor said,
“Let those penguins have some fun!”
 
 



Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Christmas at STA

We have so many fun activities set up in our STA classrooms throughout the month of December! Here are a few examples of some of our play centers.
 
Snowman Bowling! While working on some ball skills.

 Ice Fishing!! Children can identify colors on the fish and count how many they caught.
Get dressed up (i.e., work on a variety of dressing skills) and ....
 Go Carpet Skating (i.e., gross motor break)!!!
 Have some fun playing with the snow covered, "Little People" house center. Behind the house is a snow covered backyard. Build those pretend play skills.
Igloo Center!!
Build an igloo and some cooperative play skills!
 Dress up and pretend to shovel snow. Children can also use the clothing dice to turn it into a game (e.g., take turns rolling the dice and put on the piece of clothing the dice lands on).
Enjoy decorating a Ginger Bread House!
Go inside the Ginger Bread House and pretend to make some cookies!! 
 

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

Pumpkins

One of the crafts the kiddos made this week was a PUMPKIN!! We explored cutting, gluing and putting the materials on. Each craft was adapted to the child's skill level. We used popcorn kernels to get the orange color, black buttons for the eyes and green tape for the stem.
We did a super fun experiment in group time this week-  PUMPKIN VOLCANO!!!
First, we scooped the guts and seeds out.
Next, we poured in the baking soda.
Then, we added a few drops of food coloring.
Lastly, we poured in the vinegar!
A PUMPKIN EXPLOSION!!!

Thursday, 20 October 2016

Leaf Man

 One of the books we read was Lois Ehlert's Leaf Man.
A couple of examples of our Leaf Man inspired art!!




 

Fall Walk in Fish Creek Park

This week we went on an outing to Fish Creek Park. The children enjoyed walking around the beautiful park and were able to see the colorful leaves falling off the trees.
If you look closely at the image above you can see the muskrats swimming in the pond!!!
A little hard to see but it's a muskrat!!
The children participated in doing a scavenger hunt.


Friday, 7 October 2016

Fall!!

Our theme for the month of October is "Fall" and we have lots of fun  activities set up in the classrooms. Here are some images of some of the exciting fall themed activities set up.

Build a Scarecrow
 
 
Ball Toss
 
 
 Apple Tree


 


Dress up and Build a Skeleton


 
Leaf and Pumpkin Centre

Thursday, 22 September 2016

Apple Trees

 

We had some fun making apple tree crafts. The children cut out a green circle for tree leaves, stamped glue on and sprinkled sparkles for the apple. Then they put on a clothes pin for the tree trunk.

 
We read "Ten Little Apples"! The children worked on turning the pages of the book, counting, labeling, and answering a variety of what questions (e.g., what color?, what's that?, etc.). The children had fun turning the dial and watching the apples fall from the tree.