So many creative things happen each day in the wonderful world of kindergarten! Children become inspired learners when they are able to let their interests lead their play. We become inspired educators when we follow the children's lead!
Showing posts with label daily moments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label daily moments. Show all posts
Sunday, 6 December 2015
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
A Good Morning Start
Mrs. Pizzuto does this morning's message. Meanwhile, other children and teachers
are involved elsewhere.
Monday, 30 March 2015
Monday, 9 March 2015
Daily Moments - The Learner
This is how our day always begins.
Allowing the children time to explore self-chosen activities sets their mood for the rest of their day. The children communicate with each other and with their teachers. These morning activities vary as the educators discuss the needs of the children. This activity time lasts for about 30 minutes before the children move into learning groups.
In the wonderful world of kindergarten, what we know developmentally about children is that sitting for long periods of time in a whole group is not best practice. When we break off into smaller groups we support individual developmental levels of the children in our program. This provides more opportunities for meaningful experiences for both the children and the educators. The educators become co-learners with the children.
In the wonderful world of kindergarten we have a large block of uninterrupted play. This time comes after our time in learning groups. During this time, so many things are happening: planned and unplanned small groups, one-on-one interactions with children and educators, open and free choice play and project work. The flow of our reflective program remains flexible as it meets the needs of the individual learners in many ways.
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Daily Moments
A big thank you to Mr. Lessard for fixing our tree house!
The children have rediscovered one of their favourite toys.
This day, it is home to superheroes.
The bookshelf was emptied as the children created their own library.
They enjoyed the books that they chose carefully as they sifted through their
library of titles.
The animals made a wonderful group and sat ever so quietly as they were read to.
Quite unlike the children in the wonderful world of kindergarten,
who are always curious questioners and co-story-tellers!
We so enjoy visitors in the wonderful world of kindergarten.
Our community partner Ms. Markham-Petro brought an amazing group of educator students along to see our program in action.
Of course, she had to stop and join in the play herself.
Play....the best part of learning for all ages!
Having the freedom at play to follow their own interests means the learning happens when it makes the most sense and strongest connections.
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