The trees are getting naked, the autumn leaves are falling and dancing in the wind. It’s about the time to say goodbye to Fall. This season, I’ve carried out some [ … ]
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Art Nouveau and Cubism for Preschoolers!
Meeting the Architect Antoni Gaudí is an architect, designer and the best known representative of Catalan Modernism, also known as Art Nouveau. All of his work is based on nature’s [ … ]
Indigenous Animals: Ethnorelativism
Ethnocentrism (noun.) The ability to see values and behaviours as cultural rather than universal. Ethnorelativism vs. Ethnocentrism Ethnocentrism means to judge other cultural customs, including language, [ … ]
Thankful for Autumn
How do you enjoy Autumn? Some harvest events? Seeing the autumn leaves on streets? There are a lot of nature things around us we can play with in the season! [ … ]
Surrealism for Preschoolers! Twice a week!
Anytime and at any age it is possible to talk about Surrealism. Anything that goes far beyond reality seems to already be close to our children and can be a [ … ]
Indigenous Animals: Exploring Northwest Coast Aboriginal Culture
Throughout the season we will examine Indigenous animals and their significance in… Telling stories, traditions and values. What will we learn? In this class, we will learn: Totem [ … ]
Awesome Autumn!
Wednesday Big Kids Club in Fall 2018 is Awesome Autumn. Autumn is my most favorite season in a year. That’s because we can see the changing the seasons from summer [ … ]
Book Nook: Importance of Books in Early Learning
Throughout the season we had lots of fun Reading books, creating art, and having fun under the sun! Being creative through book inspirations was no fuss… Now let’s reflect [ … ]
F for Fridays, and F for Friends of the Ocean
At Ocean Motion, we always try to tackle the big questions like … “Why do otters float?” “How can belugas see with their voice?” “How big is a whale?” and [ … ]
Bacteria Saturdays!
This Big Kids Club is focused on showing kids that the food they eat often involves bacteria and a fermentation process. That’s why teacher Aïda made the sourdough bread sandwiches [ … ]
We love an adventure!
This summer, I’ve been in charge of Nature Adventure which is going on a fieldtrip every Wednesday. We have gone to a lot of places, and they all were so [ … ]
Classical Music Memories and Next Destination!
It’s already August! Since we’ve started the Classical Music Big Kids Club we’ve completed our exploration of the different families within the orchestra! The goal all along has been to [ … ]
Bacteria Cafeteria on Saturdays!
Saturday’s Big Kids Club is called Bacteria Cafeteria! One day, we have tried to taste Kombucha and make homemade one. And also used Yogurt for our snack time. Today, I [ … ]
Nature Adventure on Wednesday!
Hi, it’s Ayumi. Summer is here and our adventures of the fieldtrips are a lot of fun so far! Adventures are not only going to elsewhere special. I believe that the [ … ]
Welcome to the Carnival of the Orchestra!
Welcome to the Carnival of … Since we started our adventure together with Peter and the Wolf and the Carnival of Animals we’ve been exploring the orchestra and the many different [ … ]
Storybook June? Yes, it is our snack theme!
Do you know we have a snack activities theme?We have worked on Storybook June as the theme for last month.We also combined with our morning activities! You know kids love [ … ]
2018 Summer Time Rhyme Field Trips
Adventure Time! The bright sun’s out longer, and this means more time to play outside and explore! We are excited to announce that our fieldtrips for our Summer Time Rhyme [ … ]
Tuesday Big Kids Club ~ Classical Music with Aïda!
Like most people, music has had a thread of influence throughout my life. My love of classical music started when I was six years old and my late Grandfather gave [ … ]
Let’s Go on “Nature Adventure” on Wednesdays!
For Summer Time Rhyme, teacher Ayumi is going to be in charge of Wednesday’s Big Kids Club: “Nature Adventure.” The middle of the week, I will take kids go on an [ … ]
Do Gardens Really Grow at Daycare?
…. and the answer is that it depends. If you’ve been attending our centre in Broadway, you’d notice that we have an indoor planter filled with ever-changing greens. This spring [ … ]