In celebration of Earth Day I have a round-up of Earth Day Activities for young children. If you’re personally interested in taking some earth-friendly steps in an attempt to reduce our pollution, be sure to have a look at the Earth Day Network. They have a campaign going right now with the aim of reducing plastic pollution. Even if you … Read more
Inside: A collection of poems, art ideas, and writing for a butterfly unit. We’ve been learning about butterflies for the last couple of weeks so I wanted to share all the great things we’ve done! Tie Dye Butterflies I love this project and do it every year. The kids love it, too! The first thing we do is colour round … Read more
Three weeks ago we received five Painted Lady caterpillars. They lived in little cups with special food inside a small plastic aquarium. We watched them very carefully for days, waiting to see when they’d turn into chrysalises. Yay! The one above has just started to change. While we waited for the butterflies to emerge we made tie-dyed butterflies from coffee … Read more
Last week we started a new Science unit called Force and Motion and we kicked it off with an exploration of gravity. I put the kids into pairs and gave them each a dish of objects: They spent about 45 minutes in the classroom dropping the objects and comparing how fast they fell. They wrote down their observations and we … Read more
We worked hard last week on our bat unit. After a few final touch-ups on our books … we’ll be done! The kids wrote about one or two things they learned about bats and then glued their writing onto these sweet paper bag bats. We read Stellaluna and compared bats to birds We had a ton of delicious fun making … Read more
Do you remember our beanie babies? Sadly, not all of them survived their baggie homes. So I bought some sunflower seeds. Everyone has planted a sunflower and some lucky kids have also planted their beanie babies. We’re keeping track of their growth with a weekly plant diary. You can click either image to grab. Last week I did this drama … Read more
We’re right in the middle of a plant unit. The kids are loving it and so am I! Today we made our beanie babies. After soaking some chick peas in water for about 15 hours, each child placed their very own chick pea into a snack-sized baggie with a damp paper towel. They decorated a name label and I added … Read more
Happy Boxing Day! I hope everyone had a happy and peaceful Christmas. Just before our holiday break we wrapped up our bear unit with these trioramas. My fabulous TOC supervised (I was home sick). I thought the kids did an amazing job! Their task was to draw their bear’s habitat. I think maybe the polar bears under the Northern Lights … Read more
Inside: Review of Pumpkin Circle and links to activities. I just couldn’t resist one last pumpkin book before Halloween. Pumpkin Circle is definitely my all-time favourite for teaching the kids about the life cycle of a pumpkin. If you only buy one pumpkin book, this is it! Title: Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden (Amazon affiliate link) Author: George … Read more