Happy Two Year!
January 19, 2015, 02:17 AM
The two year olds have been busy growing, learning, and playing. Here's a peek at the past few months:
Toys on the Floor
Different types of blocks
Cars
Magnetic Animals
Pegs
Playing Music
Reading Books
These cubbies get used as many things -
Including: garage, oven, microwave, house, cave, etc...
Table Top Activities
Imaginative Play
Dressing Up
Cooking and Baking
Making Sandwiches
Cutting Fruit
Celebrating a birthday
Making a "muscle"
Driving a car
Art
Drawing and Colouring
Painting
Gluing
Glitter
Bingo Dabbers
Sensory Activities
Sand
Water
Pumpkin Guts
Getting Out of the Classroom
Blowing Bubbles
Bouncing Balls
This year we hope to continue to develop social skills, introduce more sensory activities and provide more challenging art options!
Let's have some fun!
Nicole
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All Aboard!
October 28, 2014, 02:05 AMHere we are, two months in, and wouldn't you know it - we are starting to find our rhythm!! The twos are settling in and having a great time. The teachers are very excited by how far the children have progressed already!
Here's a few pictures from the past month to give you an idea of what we have been doing:
Here's a few pictures from the past month to give you an idea of what we have been doing:
Table Top Activities
A construction puzzle
Sorting and stacking
A farm puzzle
A magnetic car puzzle
The barn and modes of tranportation puzzles
A teacher bonds with one of the children over a puzzle
Colour sorting
The Magna-Doodle
ART
Gluing
Carefully applying the glue to the tissue paper
Making a colourful collage
Painting - we love to try different things to paint with
Painting with duplo blocks
Or with our hands!
Floor Toys
We stack these and then send a ball down through them
Cars - these girls are taking turns seding the cars down the tracks
Animals
Fishing for different coloured fish
Putting the fish back in the fish bowl
Foam stacking - a definite favourite!
Trains
Sharing the trains and the track
Alphabet stones
The afternoon class loves to do the "ABCs"
Music
Our "piano"
Music on wheels
Taking a giraffe for a ride
Shaking shakers while we dance to the music
Playing the bells
Singing "Let it Go" in front of the CD player
We also love to sing songs and dance at the end of every class, just before it's time to go home!
Outside
If the weather is nice, we go out on the deck to play with bubbles...
...and chalk
Learning how to blow bubbles
Taking turns to dip the wands into the solution
Imaginative Play
Casting magic spells with her magic wand
These two drove these cars all over the room...
...from carpet to carpet...
...to carpet...
...and then under tables...
...through tunnels...
..
...even under the lego table...
...no space too small...
...this lead to the teachers creating a long tunnel...
...for everyone!
They took turns crawling through the tunnel
Which became more challenging
And then it turned into a train!!!
All Aboard!!
The train to Two's Time is chugging along at a wonderful pace and we hope to keep moving forward!
Choo-Choo,
Nicole
It's all about the Twos
September 24, 2014, 09:01 AM
The past 2 weeks have been very exciting in the Two's Time program! The children have been getting to know the classroom, the teachers and each other and are starting to settle in!
Here are some pictures to give you a sampling of the things we are doing in class:
Duplo
Stacking
Beading
Music
Snack
Art
Painting |
Using Stamps |
Pastels |
Puzzles
Apples - Biggest to Smallest |
Modes of transportation |
The Alphabet |
Sea Creatures |
Imaginative Play
Taking the toys out of the bowl... |
Growing and growing......in the Spring!
January 23, 2014, 03:47 PMWelcome back! We have a few new friends joining us this term. It is always an exciting time for children who showed up with their stories from their break. Some children told us that they spent their time in their hometown, and some stayed in beautiful Vancouver for their holidays.
It is always fun to bring out lego in our classroom as children can use their imagination to create anything they want. A few of them played together and they lined the lego up constructed buildings, chairs, and cars. Some children seemed to simply enjoy the act of holding the pieces in their hands. Some liked to use the same colors and some liked to use different colors.
We had another station for pegs last week. I am surprised that children did not play the same way that we anticipated. Some flipped the board over and pretended it was a table with many legs by putting the pegs in. Others saw and started to do the same. C said "many legs many legs".
For art, we put out materials that ensure projects that are open-ended, which will give children room to imagine. We put out Q-tips, paint, chalks, glue stick, tissue paper, paintbrush, crayons and pastels and children just love it!
Some children love to spend their alone time at the library corner. There was a book called "Pete the Cat" that captured everyone's attention. The teachers sang the lyrics as part of the story. R liked the melody a lot and he sang out with his own lyrics while he was playing a toy tow truck. Instead of singing "I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes...", he sang "He is towing that home, he is towing that home, he is towing that home...".
It is so amazing to see each of the children grow and develop new skills every week. We can't wait to incorporate more challenging activities to our little brainers soon!
Pumpkin Season!
November 18, 2013, 09:19 PMOctober is always an exciting month at school. Children look forward to the first party of the school year - the Halloween party! Children dressed up in their favourite characters or animals. It was interesting to watch them take on the persona of the character they were dressed as- Snow White, Tinker Bell, a zebra, a bee, a tiger, a dinosaur, a firefighter, Super Girl, Thomas the Train and Bob the Builder all came to school that day!
During group time, we showed the children a pumpkin. We discussed the outside but they were most curious about the inside. So we cut the pumpkin open, took out the flesh and played with the seeds. The colour, the texture and the smell of the pumpkin caught their attention and some of the children even tried to have a taste of it :)
Here are some comments the children made about the pumpkin flesh:
"It's sticky."
"It feels funny."
"Orange."
"Waaa.."
"Can I try?"
"Yucky!"
By alternating toys and activities each week, children are given multiple opportunities to play in their own creative ways. When I watch children use materials in new and unconventional ways, I question why adults expect toys to be used in a certain way. Isn't this limiting their creativity? I have observed that the simpler the toy or material, the more complex the play becomes.
It was impressive to see how children interact with the art supplies. Some children liked to repeat the same step over and over again, while others preferred to try new ways. It is an inspiring moment when observing children play and learn new skills. I learn so much each time I actively observe their play; I love being both a teacher and a learner!
Bonnie