Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Ojibway in the SPRING!


The children enjoyed a repeat visit to Ojibway and studied the park looking for signs of spring.  We saw birds, buds on trees, bugs crawling, spring flowers, and we even got rained upon... (just a little).
A spring thunderstorm interrupted our hike and we returned to the centre for a "Creature Feature" and a scavenger hunt.
Check out the photos below capturing some highlights from our visit.
Special thanks to all the parents who joined in the fun!
Bird watching.
Ask your child what the Cat bird says.

We are listening to a talk from the Naturalist. 














A sign of spring.

We are on our hike.














Tadpoles

Can you see the
woodpecker holes on the tree?















Working on our scavenger hunt.

On our way back to the centre.














We met Foxy the Fox Snake.  She was friendly.  She stuck out her tongue to smell us.




   


Below is  a link to a song that the children have enjoyed singing as we celebrate and remember that with the gift of our earth comes the responsibilitity to care for it!






Monday, 5 May 2014

We've Moved!

The children were quite excited about moving classrooms.  Initially, I didn't quite share their enthusiasm, but was given quite a boost when I heard them chatting amongst each other.

"This is going to be awesome."
"Our new classroom is cool!"
"Can we help move?"
"I can't wait to be in our new room!"

The children were fantastic movers!
We spent our first day in the new space midst; a Mass for Education Week, a fire-drill and adjusting to full-time play in the primary school yard.  The children are learning our new routines and demonstrate wonderful resilience!

Here are some photos of our classroom ...then and now...