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Category Archives: Discovery/Nature Center
An encounter with a feather leads to unexpected problem solving…
Our lunch room supervisor surprised us yet again with a beautiful gift. She brought us some turkey feathers that she found on the ground at a local fall fair. Thank you so much for thinking of your Kindergarten friends Miss … Continue reading
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An Encounter with Nature fosters Collaboration
Fred the Rainbow Flower “Its kind of like a sunflower but it has a rainbow middle.”
Provocation allows children to translate their thinking…
Materials are set up for the children begging a response. Will the materials beckon the children to use them? A.M. explains that this is a different kind of snake that is eating poison cherries and it makes him a … Continue reading
Our encounters suggest the addition of new materials
“A” was exploring with the new materials and said that he had made a star. “A” shares what he knows about stars, he says that “it has these” (pointing to the tips of the shells) and “stars are in the … Continue reading
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As we begin to encounter materials…
One of the children in our class asked if he could bring a stick into the classroom…next thing we knew, we were all out in the school yard collecting sticks! The children enjoyed exploring. One group of friends worked together … Continue reading
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Natural Materials provoke Memories of the Toronto Zoo
O.G. was working hard in the Discovery Center one morning. I approached her and asked her what she was doing. O.G.: These are the babies swimming in the pool and the adults are standing all around. There are lots of … Continue reading
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Do you see what I see?
The children collected several natural materials from the outdoors during nutritional break. They sorted and piled leaves according to colour and shape. Upon arriving into the classroom, a small group of children worked on making individual creations with the materials. … Continue reading
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