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September 29, 2015Uncategorizedby

Exploring Metal in SK

As with any inquiry, new materials were placed in a learning space for the children to explore freely.  When new materials are offered, there is time given for the children to ‘Mess About’, and for the teacher to observe HOW the children use these materials.  Initial observations …
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June 10, 2015Uncategorizedby

Inquiry Based Learning at a Reggio Inspired School

“It’s beautiful thing, when a career and a passion come together.” ~Author Unknown Bringing like-minded educators together for a day of inspiration, education and collaboration creates an energy, a buzz and a spark, like no other! Last Tuesday, the passion and excitement were palpable, as the …
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June 4, 2015Uncategorizedby

Interested in Integrative thinking?

Introduction to Integrative Thinking for Middle School Students 2015 For students who have completed grade 5 to grade 8.  July 20 – 24 or July 27 – 31. Often one of the greatest challenges when we try to solve complex problems is simply building up …
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June 3, 2015Uncategorizedby

Messing About with open-ended materials…

A child’s brain development at a young age has the potential to progress the necessary skills to problem solve, socialize with peers and enhance their overall cognition. Using open-ended materials to support their brain development, aids in the assistance of their meta-cognition skills by requiring …
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June 2, 2015Uncategorizedby

Connecting Inquiry

From a Google question ‘Connecting Science Inquiry and Science Fairs’, an important site entitled ‘Just Science Now’ intrigued us immensely.  As we read further, we recognized that we could connect our own JK Science Inquiry with the relevant information that it contained.According to the article, Inquiry means that …
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June 1, 2015Uncategorizedby

Assessing the Children’s Learning

As we are heading towards report cards and graduation, I am assessing what the children have learned, as I do regularly throughout the year.  I am amazed at how far they have come, from their first tentative steps into the world of reading, writing, math and …
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May 22, 2015Uncategorizedby

The Importance of Music for Young Children

According to Jackie Silberg in her article entitled, ‘The Importance of Music for Children.’: Music helps develop children’s language skills:  When young children listen to familiar words in songs, the neural transmitters in their brains are firing away, and their brains are building connections to the …
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May 20, 2015Uncategorizedby

What do you see? What do you think? What do you wonder?

Not every interest of the children leads into a full scale inquiry. Some interests ‘flare up’ for a moment, and quickly subside.  Only a few children may seem interested in researching more, and so this interest is still respected, and resources left for these children to …
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May 12, 2015Uncategorizedby

Fostering Natural Curiosity

Children are innately curious. Their world is full of wonder, magic and newness.  Children naturally begin asking questions about the things they see, hear, feel, taste and smell in their world. Through inquiry learning, we have “the opportunity to nurture students’ natural curiosity and to be fully engaged …
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May 11, 2015Uncategorizedby

Our Journey into the Forest of Reading

During the last two weeks, our Grade One students have been immersed in the fine literature provided by this year’s Forest of Reading Program. This is an initiative of the Ontario Library Association, and is Canada’s largest reading program. It comprises of eight reading sequences …
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