Everyone

“Metamorphosis, we know metamorphosis,
Metamorphosis means that things can change…”

Caterpillars, tadpoles, plants, oh my!

The children have been busy observing, measuring, recording and hypothesizing about our painted lady caterpillars and bullfrog tadpoles!

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“As soon as I walked in for my classroom visit I was delighted to hear children laughing, painting, building with blocks and other children planting a small garden. This image sticks with me to this day because it wasn’t only the children that appeared to have a happy, warm and comfortable feeling about them, but the teachers as well. The schools motto, ‘Imagine, Explore, Create’, is taken seriously and the children are encouraged to do all. There is also an emphasis on nature AND the natural world around us while leaving out commercialism”.

What do we explore? Many, many things! One of the things we explored recently was the concept of five. Children each counted out five beans, then created “combinations” of five. Three in one hand, two in the other. Four and one. Zero and five. Then they make the connection between the amount and the written numeral. We also explore things in unusual ways… Pointillism and numerals? A fun way to practice handwriting! (Some children were singing, “Point! Point! Pointillism!” as they wrote!