Good morning I hope that your family finds some time today to enjoy a walk outdoors or family play. I am hanging out with our younger daughter doing some wedding planning and enjoying time together with lunch at the Rusty Rake in Nanoose and a nature walk. Our food grant has arrived and we have been busy in the kitchen. On Wednesday we baked cinnamon and raisin bread. The children enjoyed a couple of slices with either WOW butter or regular butter. We decided that next time we would add extra raisins. This week we will plan to bake cheese bread. Milk and oranges were added to our morning snacks as well as "ants on a log" using up some of our wow butter, celery and raisins. In math the children have begun to explore the question  What Is a pattern? i have invited them to use loose parts in the classroom to build patterns and notice what other children are doing. Last week we began to name their patterns during math exploration for their learning partner. We are fortunate to ha...

Good afternoon, One area of focus in my classroom is on strengthening the social emotional aspect of learning. A child who is not emotionally ready is not ready to learn. We learn about emotions and how they make us feel and can affect our learning. We practice strategies to get our minds and bodies ready to learn. We also learn to respect the emotions of others and in the process understand how we can help others in our classroom community. We focus on this daily, so that it becomes a part of our day and so your child develops a deep understanding of who they are, how to regulate their emotions so that they can be the best they can be! The children have been introduced to the WITS program and are practicing using the strategies in the classroom to solve problems, promote kindness, develop empathy and manage peaceful peer interactions. Children choose one of four strategies throughout the day as needed.  By teaching strategies, modelling use of the strategies, asking children to practi...