Keeping on keeping on...

We have been chugging along with our programme lately, enjoying all the gym/indoor days that February gives us. We are always trying to improve our indoor spaces and make them more creative and fun while we wait for our yard to thaw out!

(not so patiently) Waiting for March,

Miss Karen

Guess who got gak?

The cornstarch in the water table didn't go as planned but, as always, we roll with it!

*idea alert* Turkey basters are a great idea at the water table

Train tracks are getting laid across the carpet

Zooming around the gym with Miss Celina

Random shots of the new setups

As we've mentioned before, we change the classroom setup every 2 weeks to allow for different learning experiences while still incorporating their interests. Monday was the big changeover and seeing their faces when they get a look at the room is always priceless!

Miss Karen

Rolling out the ever present playdough

Valentine's Day gluey art

Trains!

Fairies at the art easel?

Packing material treasure hunt

Let's write!

A classroom without costumes is a barren wasteland!

Emergent curriculum at its finest

So I had planned to use magnet blocks at a table with no extras. I wanted the children to use their imaginations to create buildings and towers. Over at a the next table we had a few puzzles out, one with people dressed up as various city workers. All it took was one child to bring one puzzle piece over and suddenly we had all the children wanting to have people at the magnet table. So I got them to put the puzzle pieces back where they belonged and took out some Little People city figures and they had the best time! When we follow the play lead of the children, we are using emergent curriculum to its fullest extent. And it doubles the lifetime of a setup, especially when it's their idea!

Miss Karen

Dance floor setup

The puzzle pieces that inspired the day

The policeman going home after a long day

Making a triangle tower

The construction dude gets a building made around him

Police station

Tent

Apartment

Moving house

Hey, what a feeling... when you're dancing on the ceiling!

Look! It's the Burj Khalifa!