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We cannot believe that March is done, that means only 3 more months of school left until summer holidays! The children have been doing much of the same things in the morning as in the past couple of months; kinetic sand, creating buildings for their LOL dolls, Beyblades and we have been noticing some of the children bringing in books from home and having some quiet reading time. With the gardening club that Heather started we have been noticing the children taking on those responsibilities and ensuring their plants are being “fed” and taking turns watering them each day. We have been bringing in more recycled materials for the art shelf, encouraging the children to use the materials we have on the shelf, and to use both sides of their paper so we don’t waste as much.   The kindergarten group has been really interested in building lately. The children have been mastering using cardboard to build houses, cars, TVs, and so many more things. Spring break gave us an opportunity to expa...

March has been a very busy month, and wow, did it ever fly by. We have been busy decorating our room with flowers and fun spring decor that the children have created.  We really enjoyed the “Fill your bucket” theme.  It was nice to hear the children using such kind words to one another and looking out for each other by, sharing/offering toys and making sure everyone was included.  We often heard them say, “you are filling my bucket, I feel happy” or, “you made me sad, you did not fill my bucket”. When these were said some of the children were quick to ask, “How can I fill your bucket?” We had some families also tell us that the children were using these words at home as well, it’s wonderful to see them piece it all together. We welcomed Brittany to OF during the middle of March and we were so pleased at how well the children have adapted to having a new staff (although most of them knew who she was). She brought us some fresh, new and exciting song/ga...

Well, March was another awesome month for younger floor!  We spent a lot of our first few weeks talking about what makes us feel happy, sad or mad. We then talked about how we can help a friend who feels mad or sad.  After a few days, we noticed more of the children trying to help each other or coming to tell us that a child was crying because he/she is sad.  Having the children label and see these emotions shows us that they are beginning to understand empathy towards others and that sometimes what we do can make them happy or sad. Some of our favorite activities/events this month were: -teddy bear tea party -planting flowers, veggies & grass - crazy daisy art - PJ day - watching the magician and all his cool tricks - climbing, sliding and jumping on the bouncer We have lots of fun things planned for April and hope to get outside as much as possible with the weather warming up soon!