The weather has been tumultuous this year, meaning we’ve had very little chance to get out. While the start of February proved to be warmer, winter was certainly in full force for the rest of February with snow storms and high winds in abundance. As usual, this didn’t stop us from having fun! Highlights this month included building snowmen, creating …
Our return to the forest after the Christmas holiday not only brought us a brand new year but also some rather chilly, wintry weather. While the snow didn’t come right away, the cold temperatures had us bundled up for our latest explorations of the woods. We had to take the long way to the forest as there was ice on …
Sometimes if you can’t go into nature, you bring nature inside! With record cold temperatures for much of this month, we rang in the New Year with some tactile crafts and lots of laughs. For January, it’s important to have people close by, to enjoy others company, and take care of your brain! With tons of crafts, some scientific exploration, …
We are so excited to start 2019 with you all! It’s been a busy year full of exciting stuff, so we decided to do a little review of 2018! One of the sweetest moments of 2018 was exploring how maple syrup is made! The wonder and excitement could be felt as the children saw first hand how this classic Canadian …
After feeding the forest animals our pumpkins and creating bird feeders with our gourds, we started to notice the birds in our forest and outside our windows a the centre. There were a lot of chickadees moving the snow from our gourd feeder and we started to really notice their actions as they worked to find the seeds. This lead …
Birds and animals have had us captivated in the forest school program. After making bird seed sandwiches for the birds, which they seem to love, we decided to make bird bread of our own using an easy bread recipe and adding bird seeds to the dough before baking it. We had hung a “sandwich” outside our window to observe and …
We arrived to our Nature Classroom to find a plethora of pumpkins and gourds in the the yard. There were pumpkins of all sizes and we wondered where they had come from. We wasted no time exploring with them as we lifted them, noticing which ones were heaviest and lightest and we noticed that a couple were just too heavy …
November was full of fun, and an early winter wonderland! The days were getting shorter, but we went outside when we could and explored the changing world as the fallen leaves become frostbitten then covered in snow! It’s crucial for kids to stay active during this transitional month, so we made sure there were tons of activities inside and out! …
As fall rolled into full swing, our conversations at circle time started to revolve around the changes we are noticing outside and, especially, in our forest. Everyone agreed that the changing leaves was the most obvious change we saw occurring…well that, and the change in temperature. Our mornings in the forest had been becoming a little chilly. Looking up into …
We’ve all leaped into the fall leaves this month, and made each seemingly gloomy day into a puddle-splashing good time for all the kids! This month, Lindsay and I started the Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education online, and we are excited to bring what we learn back with us. Learn more about the program by clicking here. Filled with crafts and …
