November 23, 2021 It snowed on Monday, and the leaves on the ground were covered with snow. One of the children pointed to the snow that was stuck to the side of a tree, and stood beside the tree looking…
On Tuesday, November 16, a group of toddlers walked to the Denne Woodlot. As they were getting ready to leave the forest, they encountered a puddle on the path. The children were all able to fit in the puddle. One…
6 toddlers went to the Denne Woodlot on Tuesday, November 9, 2021. The children spent most of their time figuring out how to navigate going over and under the variety of logs that populate the forest. Some logs intersected with…
On Tuesday, November 2, 2021 a group of children walked down to the Denne Woodlot. Each time the group goes to the forest, they first meet at the “fire pit” area to gather and discuss their immediate observations about the…
On Thursday September 30, a group of children went for a walk and entered a park area. They looked around for a few minutes, picking up leaves, sticks and grass before they scattered to explore more. One child continued to…
What happened? On Friday October 8, the children played with musical instruments outside in the playground. The children were familiar with some of the instruments such as the drums, maracas and shakers while there were some instruments that were foreign…
On Thursday September 23 during outdoor play a child found a snail in the garden. The child picked up the snail and showed it to an educator and asked “what’s that?” The educator replied “it’s a snail.” The child placed…
This week in the infant room the children explored mixing, scooping and dumping using coloured sand. When two colours of sand were added to the bucket, the children could see the colours mixing together. Each child explored the sand and…
On Tuesday June 29, frozen blocks of ice were introduced into the toddler playground. One child said that she would “break the ice to rescue the animals inside”. She crouched down and used her right hand to hold the…
On Monday June 21, the infant group went outside to explore the environment. While on a walk, the children stopped by the garden beds and looked at all the different coloured flowers. The children then noticed that there were snails…