Category Archives: Toddlers

We continue to explore with drawing circle on our board and trying to make eyes and mouth. Maybe we can explore looking more at our reflection. What do you see when you look in a mirror?     First we cut, then we glue with ribbon. We practice with cutting the ribbon, which was very…

Gluing with the toddlers! We cut up some tissue paper to glue, the children had the option to spread the glue or use a glue bottle. Most chose to squeeze the glue bottle, working those fine motor skills and watching it drip onto their paper, then filling it with sparkly green tissue paper!   What…

We got some new sand this week, so we had fun building and playing with the sand. We were trying to fill and dump with the sand. We even explored trying to make castles.     We continue to explore with our loose parts this week, by watching how we build, use them, explore with…

This week we put up our Christmas tree in the classroom! The toddlers loved the lights, checking them out closely and noticing the reflection on their hands. Our Gluing Project. This week we continued to add more items to our board! We added more sandpaper. It's interesting to watch the children add, remove or move…

We been really interest in talking about our families this week. We been getting out the doodle board and drawing members of our families.     In our sensory been we added some blue sand and polar bears. We had fun collecting the sand and filling up with a variety of containers. We enjoyed scooping…

  When we are unable to go outside and move our bodies we create space in our classroom! We brought in the big bus tent that the children love and riding toys to help move our gross motor muscles! Tool time in the toddler room! We continue to show interest in tools, so we brought…

This week we utilized our chalk boards as an opportunity to stand and paint. We always sit at the table, so we thought why not work our posture and stand while doing an activity. The toddlers loved it! They had fun mixing the paints and making different creations. What is in our sensory bin? This…

We had a great Halloween here at the centre. We all got dress up and went trick or treat, got lots of goodies. We had fun craving out our pumpkin too and we planted the pumpkin seeds too. It was just fun day here dressing up with all my friends.       The toddlers…

    Last week one of our friends gathered a gourd, plastic knife and cutting board and brought it to the table. There he demonstrated his skills and understanding of how to cut an object. We observed closely as his peers gathered and mimicked his actions. Deeper questions and conversations of "what do you think…

We introduce some halloween stickers for our window in the room and also exploring with the spider web in the sensory bin. We added bugs and light to see what will happen.     Lots of building and playing with our friends on the carpet this week. We been very interest in the wooded blocks…