We have been discussing Spring! The children have been sharing things that they have seen outside that tell us Spring is here…although you wouldn’t believe it the last couple days! lol Mrs Oakley read a book that mentioned pussy willows;
Category: Preschool
Snow!
During circle Wednesday, we read the book, “The Snowy Day”. It is about a little boy who wakes up to snow and goes outside and explores his neighborhood. He plays in the snow, makes footprints and shakes a snow covered branch. He also tries to join older children in a snowball fight but finds he is too young. At the end,
Rainbow Blizzard
This week we have been adding some fun and colour to our very cold winter days! We used droppers with paint and a salad spinner to paint “snowflakes”. The droppers provided great fine motor strengthening to their fingers and hands as well as great hand-eye coordination to strategically place the coloured drops on to the paper.  Once the children were satisfied with the amount of drops,
SD60 wants you to know … you are your child’s first and best teacher
Tip of the month for January – Reading!  Tips can also be heard on either SunFM – 98.5 and MooseFM -100.1 daily.  To download and print, click 5 Early Learning Tip Jan Reading copy or click on the image below to enlarge:
SD60 wants you to know … you are your child’s first and best teacher
Tip of the month for December – Tummy Time!  Tips can also be heard on either SunFM – 98.5 and MooseFM -100.1 daily.  To download and print, click 4 Early Learning Tip Dec Tummy Time copy or click on the image below to enlarge:
SD60 wants you to know … you are your child’s first and best teacher
Tip of the month for November – Words!  Tips can also be heard on either SunFM – 98.5 and MooseFM -100.1 daily.  To download and print, click 3 Early Learning Tip Nov Words copy or click on the image below to enlarge:
Fort St. John Loves Families Week … October 6 – 13, 2018!
Take advantage of Fort St. John Loves Families Week where families can participate in free or low cost activities for the whole family!  Check out the booklet below to plan the events your family will participate in or download the pamphlet  … family week_fsj-booklet-2018-web
SD60 wants you to know … you are your child’s first and best teacher
Tip of the month for October – Singing!  Tips can also be heard on either SunFM – 98.5 and MooseFM -100.1 daily.  To download and print, click 2 Early Learning Tip Oct Singing or click on the image below to enlarge:
Benefits of StrongStart/Preschool Centres
So very excited for Monday and a brand new school year! I came across this list of “benefits while playing”… I hope you enjoy it!
When I am playing with PAINTS I am:
BEING CREATIVE
USING MY IMAGINATION
EXPERIMENTING WITH COLOURS
EXPRESSING MY FEELINGS &SD60 wants you to know … you are your child’s first and best teacher
Tip of the month for September– Talking & Listening.  Tips can also be heard on either SunFM – 98.5 and MooseFM -100.1 daily.  To download and print, click 1 Early Learning Tip Sept Talking &
