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Marj showed the children how to make playdough with Oil, Flour, Food colouring, Water and Salt! The children were also given loose parts for them to play with and explore while they play with playdough.

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During Nash Thursdays, Nash came with a rain stick and let the children explore the sounds and let them move the stick around. The children used their fine motor skills to turn the stick around and shake them to see the sounds it would make.

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We were noticing the children were engaging in various types of movements (yoga, dancing, running, climbing and balancing)

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The children were using their hands and arms to make the animal movements along to the slippery fish song.

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We used a plastic table cloth with paint and shaving cream on it. there were a variety of different materials to move the paint like rollers, corks and cutters. The children had the opportunity to use the different tools and their hands to explore and move the paint around.

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The children had the opportunity to mark make with sharpies and _______markers. Each child had the opportunity to watch the different markers move and glide on the plastic. They all made different marks on the plastic and got to display the plastic on the windows.

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The children were given markers and they were able to lay down under the table and colour the paper that is taped underneath. They used their arms to make different movements to make markings on the paper.

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-Run
-Freeze
-Shake
-Hop
-Jumping
-Dance
-Skip
-Roll
-Crawl
-Clap

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Joan came into our room to do some print making. Joan brought scratch board which is a foam like paper that can receive marks and various types of tools (i.e., paintbrush ends, grapefruit spoon, wooden skewer, plexiglass-textured plate, etc.). Joan then invited the children one by one to use a brayer and roll it onto paint and applied it onto their plate.

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lili introduced the drums to the children. The children were encouraged to tap their hands on the drums or bowls to listen to the different sounds it makes.

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Lili introduced a balance obstacle course in the class. The children were encouraged to balance on the blocks as they maneuvered around the classroom. The children had to figure out how to walk across different sized blocks, different heights and different lengths.

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Casandra brought in VCR tapes and the children got to unroll the film. The children also got to step over all the film that was all over the floor and pick it up and throw it over their heads.

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The children were encouraged to roll the cars through paint on a large piece of white paper on the floor. We explored the tire tracks that was left on the paper and the children had a lot of fun rolling their cars back and forth.

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Lili and Cass showing Meadow friends how to explore cars and paint

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Celebrating Togetherness, Acceptance and Our Unique Differences

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Celebrating Togetherness, Acceptance and Our Unique Differences

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- We discussed creating a "quilt"
- Engaging families by sending home a piece of white cloth and making your mark with your families
- Meadow friends will decorate a piece of the quilt
- Use hands and feets to decorate quilt (play afro beats music)
- Send message to families
- quilt pieces will come back we will saw the pieces of fabric together

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Rolling and Moving Through Different Textures

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Rolling and Moving Through Different Textures

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We continued our exploration of movement. This time we explored movement on different surfaces with different art materials!! We used shaving cream and paint on a smooth surface and different textured balls in one box. The second box we used crumpled paper (bumpy surface) with tennis balls and smooth balls. The children had the opportunity to explore movement by using their hands to roll and move in the box. They also moved the boxes around using teamwork to tilt them back and forth. They watched the balls move through the different texture surfaces and manipulated them throughout the exploration.

Amelia and Emmeline moved the box around with the bumpy surface. Casandra encouraged them to move the box up and down to move the balls around. Amelia said “Look they are moving” as the balls rolled back and forth. Emmeline smiled with excitement. Lili helped Isla, Alex and Kai with the smooth surfaced box with the paint and shaving cream. She showed them they can lift the box to move the textured balls and push it back and forth on the floor. Alex initiated a new way of movement, by rolling the balls with her hands back and forth in the box. Kai and Isla followed Alex`s lead. Isla and Alex commented on the texture of the shaving cream “It`s sticky” they said as the rolled the balls back and forth. Patty helped out Lennox and Ella move the box around to shift the balls back and forth.

All the children had the opportunity to explore the different movements through the different textures. They all took turns engaging with the boxes and art materials, and observing how each ball moved and rolled on the different surfaces.

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Patty, Lili, and Cas put down bubble wrap on the floor and asked the children to take off their shoes and socks. They were encouraged to run along the "runway" and feel the popping sounds beneath their feet. The children explored bubble wrap by stomping, running, walking, and hopping.

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Marj built a tape wall and brought in different coloured balls. The children got to throw the balls or stick them to the tape wall.

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Casandra and Lili got all the children to sit on the carpet and asked them what they wanted to do and some of the children were laying on the carpet. We asked if they wanted to do yoga, we got the projector and followed the yoga butterfly on the wall. Lili joined the children to support them on how to do some of the poses.

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Patty had put tape all around the room at different heights and angles. Patty then showed the children how to move their bodies through the obstacle course.

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Patty had the children sit down on the carpet as she created different shapes on the floor with tape. Patty then demonstrated how to walk on the tape and label the shapes.

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Meadow friends have been experimenting with movement and paint yesterday. We hung a cup with a string to the ceiling and put paint mixed with water in the cup. Each child got a turn to push the cup across the paper. The paint made different shapes like a X, oval, circles and straight lines.

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Richa read the book "Festival of Colors" which is a popular Hindu festival that welcomes spring and celebrates new beginnings. The festival involves playing with vibrant colors and throwing them in the air or smearing them on clothes or faces.

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Richa and Joan kindly set up an activity for the children to play with outside. The children were encouraged to dip water balloons in water and dip them in colored powder and smear or dab them on the white piece of paper. The children were also encouraged to smear the powder on the teachers faces or on themselves.

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-Sleeping Bunnies
-Baby Shark
-Slippery Fish
-One Little Finger
-Bringing Home My Baby Bumble Bee
-5 Green and Speckled Frogs
-Animal Freeze Dance / Party Freeze Dance
-Head, Shoulders, Knee And Toes
-Shake Your Sillies out
-Rollie Polly
-Wheels on the Bus
-The Good morning Train
-Baby Bumble Bee
-If You're Happy and You Know It
-Wake up Shake up

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We used fresh snow and coloured water to explore movement. The children got food coloring and Lili got snow from outside and Patty prepared the water, colours and droppers. The children observed the water leaving the dropper and falling onto the show. They saw it change colours with the water dropping onto the snow.

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During outdoor play, we were making a snowman. The children were encouraged to help shape the snowman and bring items for it's nose, arms, eyes, and mouth. The children also shoveled snow into a sled and pulled it towards the snowman. They all took turns shaping and adding snow to the snowman.

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Movement with Water Colours and Bubble Wrap 

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Movement with Water Colours and Bubble Wrap 

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Children were encouraged to use paint brushes and paint to colour bubble wrap and create markings. They were able to explore and improve their fine motor skills by holding the paint brushes in different ways and improving their hand eye coordination.

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Meadow took a stroll towards Lithuania Park when the sun was out and shining! The children all held onto the rope and the educators hands as we walked from the centre to the park. The children also observed their environment. They saw dogs at the park and on the way to the park. "Look its a small dog" - Isla.

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Richa showed the children and let them touch and explore the texture of the powder. The children also smeared the colours on themselves as Richa went around the circle.

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Mark making on different surfaces with Joan!

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Mark making on different surfaces with Joan!

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Joan brought in pastel crayons for the children to play with and explore on different surfaces. They were using their fine motor skills to create markings on paper. Some of the paper had different textures on each side, some were 2 dimensional.

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Patty set up an activity that allowed the children to touch and feel balloons before and after inflation. Patty made them stretch the balloon and see the elasticity of it and asked the children to explain the texture of the balloon. Patty and Lili then blew up the balloons and asked the children to hold onto their strings and run around the classroom to see if the balloon will float in the air. Patty asked the children to rub the balloons on their hair to see what happens when the surfaces touch. Children then witnessed static electricity and explored it for themselves.