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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Under 2
We the North!
Celebrating the Toronto Raptors – NBA Champions!! We the North!!
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Helping Save the Environment
In the Under 2 community, the teachers together with the children explore creative and fun ways to help save the environment. Recyclable materials are often used in various areas of the classroom. In the image, the child is using recycled containers to build a tower-like structure.
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Happy Nowruz!
With the arrival of Spring, the children in the Under 2 classroom welcomed the new season by celebrating Nowruz – the Persian New Year. The children decorated eggs and observed items that symbolize Spring and renewal.
Please click “Happy Nowruz!” for more information and photos.
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Playdough
The children in Under 2 seem to light up when playdough is offered as one of our sensory and fine motor activities. Pulling, rolling, poking, and grasping a fist full of playdough all help to develop the child’s fine motor skills while developing their senses of sight, smell, and touch. We often add a variety of accessories such as cookie cutters, rolling pins, food colouring, extracts or sparkles for variety and an enhanced experience.
Please click “Playdough” for more details and the recipe for “the perfect playdough”!
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Winter Fun!
The wonderful winter weather provides a great opportunity for the children to get outside and enjoy the snow. During a beautiful snowfall, the children go for a ride or pull friends in a sled, shovel snow, fill buckets, and make snow angels. What fun!
Please click on “Winter Fun!” for more pictures and information.
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Watering Plants
Taking care of the environment is an important element of the Under 2 curriculum. One way in which the children can do this is by caring for the various plants in their classroom. The child in the photo is exemplifying great care for her classroom environment and the natural elements within it through watering the plant.
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Diwali Celebration!
The children in the Under 2 classroom celebrated Diwali by dressing up in traditional clothing, painting fireworks, and helping to make “Doodh Peda”, which is an Indian sweet that is prepared during festive occasions. We also played with instruments along with Diwali songs and listened to the story “Diwali Lights”. What a wonderful celebration!
Please click “Diwali Celebration!” for more information.
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Water Play
Splish! Splash! Water play is always an exciting activity in the Under 2 community. Water is a soothing sensory activity wherein the children can feel the movement, density, and texture of the water all over their hands, sometimes even all over their bodies!
Please click “Water Play” for more details including observations and photos.
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Pop-Up Activities
Pop-up activities gratify a young child’s curiosity to explore how things work while reinforcing their eye-hand coordination and understanding of spatial orientation and cause and effect.
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