Category: Preschool

  • Feb 3, 2015


    Mrs Oakley shared a fun activity for Groundhog Day!! We read a book about a little dog and his shadow. I then used a projector and placed misc items on it to see if the children could guess who’s shadow?

  • Jan 27, 2015

    Our First Bulletin Board

    Recently our preschool class was offered a bulletin board in the school hallway!  The children and myself took a walk through the school halls to look at bulletin boards, explaining that all the classes hung up their work for everyone to see what they were working on.

  • Jan 8, 2015

    StrongStart/Preschool Closure

    IMPORTANT CLOSURE INFORMATION:
    Robert Ogilvie StrongStart will be closed today, Thursday January 8 and tomorrow, Friday January 9.
    Robert Ogilvie Preschool will be closed today, Thursday January 8.
    We apologize for the inconvenience.  Both centers are scheduled to reopen on Monday January 12.

  • Jan 5, 2015

    You are your child’s first teacher

    Along with SunFM, 98.5, School District 60 has now partnered with MooseFM, 100.1 to broadcast great tips to help families enrich the preschool lives of their children.  You can listen to the tips on SunFM,

  • Dec 7, 2014

    NPSS students ECE field trip – Dec 4

    NPSS students visited Duncan Cran StrongStart, Child Care Resource & Referral (CCRR) and Northern Lights Daycare on Thursday December 4.  It was a full, fun and fabulous day.
    Duncan Cran StrongStart making play dough snowmen:

    Duncan Cran StrongStart helping prepare snacks:

    Moya Fenney at CCRR demonstrating how to make a Lap Book:

    “Make ‘n Take”

  • Dec 1, 2014

    You are your child’s first teacher

    During the month of December, listen to SunFM 98.5 Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings between 7:45 & 8:15 am or afternoons between 2:30 & 3:00 pm for great tips to help families enrich the preschool lives of their children.

  • Nov 21, 2014

    Sometimes it is not about painting a picture that is important, it is often the process and experience!  In this case it was about the way the paint felt as it was squished between the fingers!

  • Nov 16, 2014

    Because that is what bear eyes look like!

    A few children were at the art table; I had bear shaped paper, googly eyes markers, glue, and of course scissor!  I was very curious as to what I observed…the children were cutting googly eyes and saving the black circles inside!

  • Nov 16, 2014

    After our turkey bone experiment, we decided to try water and vinegar with eggs!
    Once again each child made a guess as to what they thought would happen to the egg in water and egg in vinegar!?