Older Floor - January Update

We are officially done the first month of 2018. It has definitely been an eventful month. 

Heather headed back to Red River for another term of the Early Childhood Education program and she brings back so many exciting changes and enhancements to our room. She has worked extremely hard in bringing an astronomy theme to our science area. As the children lost interest she brought in lights to spark up more interest and it did. The children really have been enjoying shining their lights through coloured wands as well as onto a piece of shiny cardstock. “Look at my blinking stars” another child was heard saying.

During transportation week the children used a big cardboard box, with Heather’s help, to create an airplane. They coloured it and used their imaginations to “go” anywhere they set their minds to.
We have been enjoying two weeks about self-care and well-being. 
 
We had Heidi (the public health nurse) come in and do a presentation on germs.  She read a story about the importance of washing our hands and then passed around a small teddy bear (with a special powder that acted as the “germs” on it). After everyone touched the teddy bear, we were able to look at our hands under a black light and were able to see all the “germs”.  We then washed our hands and came back to the black light to see if they washed away all the "germs".  We also talked about the importance of brushing our teeth and how items with lots of sugar can cause cavities in our teeth. Heidi brought along a display board that had different food items (Always foods vs. Sometime foods) that the children had a discussion about each item and sorted them in groups with a happy tooth or with a sad tooth.
 
We start our skating program with all groups (caterpillars & butterflies) and the really enjoyed the first session!

We are looking forward to February as it is “I Love to Read month” and we have LOTS of exciting things planned. Be sure to have a look around the room as we will be posting some documentation panels along with photos.

Diana, Haley, Heather & Kerri