Exploring Boxes

Over the past week we have noticed that students needed a change in the dramatic play center.
We polled the class to see what they wanted to do and the winning idea was boxes.

First we had to clear out the dramatic play area...this was a big job.

Then we provided students with a variety of boxes to explore.

To give students a view ideas we listened to the story Not A Box- here is a link to the story you can watch at home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KXuBcdmktY

Some made cars:

Some made robots:

Some made houses and forts:

We are interesting in watching what the students create as we gather more boxes and explore different ways to use them.

Zoo Adventures

After listening to students expressing an interest in creating a zoo we have provided them with a variety of materials to explore different animals and create a zoo.

They having been working hard this week building our classroom zoo.

Here is a quick peek at some of what we have been doing and working on:
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Brrrrr, it's cold!

We have had a very cold week at school and haven't been able to go outside all week.
With the cold weather outside we decided to bring the snow inside so students still had a chance to experience it.

Here's a look at some of the fun we had.

This week we hope things warm up so we can all go outside and have fun in the snow!

BCS Christmas Fun

December has been a very busy month full of lots of Christmas fun.

Here is a short video of some of the things we have done.

We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and look forward to seeing the kids back at school on Wednesday, January 4th.

St Vital Christmas Fun

December has been a busy month in PreK.

Here is a look at some of the things that kept us busy this month:

We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and look forward to seeing the kids back at school on Wednesday, January 4th.

St Vital Pyjama Day

PreK pyjama day was a lot of fun.

We played in our jammies, ate snack in our jammies, and our favorite part was watching a movie in our jammies.

Here's a short video of all the fun we had in our jammies.

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St Vital Gingerbread Fun

We have been having a lot of fun reading different Gingerbread man stories and creating different gingerbread things in our classroom.

Through our activities we have been working on:

• Vocabulary (e.g. names of different spices, describing words)
• Recalling story events and retelling them
• Following directions (e.g. reading and following a recipe)
• Taking turns
• Expressing creativity (e.g. using our gingerbread playdough)
• Using our imagination (e.g. pretending to make cookies in the house center)

Here is a short movie of some things we have been doing.

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