Simcoe Place

Planting

The children helped to beautify and care for our playground by planting a variety of flowers in the planters. They worked together to dig holes in the soil, then placed small seedlings into the holes. They spread soil around the planters, and then watered the flowers. (Please click for more information.)

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Rock Cycle and Fossil Excavation

We learned how fossils are made over thousands of years through the same pressure and time it takes as the rock cycle. We used a fossil digging kit to carefully uncover and dust off 15 different types of fossils such as shark teeth and coral. (Please click for the full information and photos.)

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Earth Day

Earth day was a great time to learn about our planet and how we can contribute every day to take care of it. We used recycled paper to make art and practiced how we can recycle/compost in the classroom and at home. (Please click for more information).

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Colour Mixing

Colour mixing is a great activity for young children to learn about colours and practice colour recognition. The children used paint to mix one primary colour (ex. red, blue or yellow) with another primary colour, creating a new (secondary) colour. Children can experiment and explore their creativity to create many variations of colours, including tertiary (ex. brown, burgundy). Please click for more information.

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Family Day Celebration

The children enjoyed having a snack with their families and making heart-themed crafts. It’s so wonderful getting to spend time with our DTMS families and building a sense of community while promoting parent involvement in our programs. (Please click for more information.)

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Baking

The children assist teachers in adding, mixing, and measuring ingredients for baked goods they then get to enjoy for their afternoon snack. We discuss scientific aspects such as the heating process, the different chemical reactions, and why it’s important to measure correctly. (Please click for more photos and information.)

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Sensory Bottles

The sensory bottles allow a child to explore visually and improve their olfactory sense through the scent of various substances such as mango, vanilla, cinnamon, etc. The child has the opportunity to refine their sense of smell and sight, as well as their cognitive skills. This activity also aids the child in their ability to think, judge, and compare elements in their environment.

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Puzzles

Puzzles allow a child to enhance their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, concentration, and problem-solving skills. They are also useful tools for children to begin to recognize shapes. Children are offered simple shape puzzles to begin with and move on to more complex puzzles to challenge them as they become more skilled. (Please click for more information).

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World Sloth Day

In honour of World Sloth Day, North Casa learned about the habitat, diet, and lifestyle of the sloth in the rainforest and trees of Central and South America. The children cut on a line, placed numbered parts of an image in sequence, glued images on a sloth lifecycle, identified parts of the body, made our own book, read stories and poems, sang songs, and created art. (Please click for lots more information!)

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Practical Life

Practical life materials give young children the opportunity to practice real life tasks by imitating experiences they see in their environment. Their strong desire for repetition helps them to develop and improve refinement of the hand, wrist and arm, independence, concentration, hand eye co-ordination, order of sequence, and fine motor skills, while developing life-long skills. (Please click for more photos and information.)

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