Latest Dispatches
Simcoe Place
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.
View
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.)
View
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.)
View
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.
View
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).
View
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!)
View
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.)
View
Washing a Plant
The children gently and carefully dust and wipe each leaf, making sure that all the plants are looking their best and are as healthy as can be. Caring for their environment helps children practice being active contributors to their community.
View
Pop-Up Activities
Pop-up activities allow the child to develop their fine motor strength, hand-eye coordination, curiosity, and concentration. As they explore, their actions elicit a response, and the child can observe a cause-and-effect relationship.
View