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Swirling Soap, Fat and Colours

The West Casa classroom experimented with colours, fats and soaps. They witnessed milk mixing with food colouring and soap pushing the fat away from itself when combined. This creates swirls of colours and beautiful movement in the bin. Look at the power of soap!

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Polishing a Mirror

Practical life activities give children the opportunity to participate and contribute to their community. They involve care of the self as well as the indoor and outdoor environment, grace and courtesy, and control and refinement of movement. Taking care of our classroom by polishing a mirror gives us a sense of belonging and being a productive citizen in our community.

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Self-Help and Independence

After the children in the Under 2 classroom have their snack or lunch, they learn to clean up after themselves, which gives them a great sense of productivity and ownership as they are encouraged to take care of their environment.

Please click “Self-Help and Independence” for more information and pictures.

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French Class

During our weekly French class, the children are exposed to songs, poems, learning cards and games through which they learn vocabulary pertaining to colours, foods, days of the week, months of the year, weather, animals, shapes, numbers and simple phrases and questions.

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Introducing Our New Chef Melanie!

Introducing Melanie, our new chef! Melanie makes a delicious Jerk Chicken along with rice and beans that the children enjoy. Please click “view” for a modified family size recipe. Please adjust seasonings to your family’s taste.

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Serendipitous Connection!

Two of our Under 3 Moms who grew up together in Atlanta renewed their friendship through their children. They had not seen each other since childhood, and then recognized each other along Gerrard Street. They discovered that through a happy twist of fate, their children were also growing up together at Downtown Montessori. What a small world!

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Object Permanence

This ball and tray activity allows the children to practice their hand – eye coordination skills as well as explore the concept of object permanence by dropping and waiting for the ball to roll out from a hidden space.

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We the North!

Celebrating the Toronto Raptors – NBA Champions!! We the North!!

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Addition With Number Rods

As an extension of the Number Rods activity, the child may be introduced to addition using the rods. The child adds two quantities together by physically placing the corresponding rods end to end. The child then counts out the quantities to arrive at the answer.

Please click “Addition With Number Rods” for more information.

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Volcano Science Experiment

We learned about how volcanoes form, why they erupt and how the eruption can affect people and animals. We created our own volcano using sand, a volcano mold, citric acid, and baking soda, mimicking a little eruption.

Please click “Volcano Science Experiment” for more information.

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