Fri. Nov 23 China

One of our friends is going to China and another friend went to Newfoundland. Since these children are traveling we showed the children a map.

We are wondering if these children traveling will lead into discussion about other places. We asked Ashley's mom to send pictures of the fun things she will do in China. The holidays are coming up so I have to do some homework and find celebrations from other places.  If you have history about the holiday's that you wish to share about your country or place familiar  let us know .We love learning too. 

Have a wonderful weekend.

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Thurs. Nov 22 Beaver Lodge.

We have been really exploring the beaver lodge.We went on a walk on Monday and again on Thursday. 

 Group discussion about beavers.

 Alvand label and drawing a beaver.

 Lucian creating his beaver.

  Jordyn writing the fun facts.
Jordyn did a video and wrote a book about beavers but it was to long to post on the blog
Well done Jordyn.

Shayla did a video of her writing.

  Ms. McDowell is reading a book about beavers.

  The pond now all the ice is melted since Monday.

 The beaver lodge.

  We noticed since the snow fall on Monday the beaver added more mud and sticks to the lodge.

 Lodge is much higher than on Monday. we believe the snow may have made the beaver build it higher or our presence. We were talking and may have caused the beaver to be aware of us and build their lodge so it  is stronger.

  Bryce decided to help the beaver and added his stick to the lodge.

 Kennedy is following Bryce and adding her stick to the lodge.

  Ms. McDowell said a beaver will create a entrance and an escape route from the lodge. We think this is the escape route. but we still wonder....

 We noticed ice so we think the beaver is safe inside. because the ice is not touched. We are aware and respect nature. 

 SCAT!! We know from studying nature that animal pooh is called scat and we can learn alot of information from scat. We know the beaver is still here we saw what we believe fresh scat. We are learning too. We wonder ....

Fun learning about beavers.

Wed. Nov. 21 Forest.

Exploring in the forest. I showed the children a river and we discussed the possibility that a beaver moved to the pond from the big forest area.

The river.

 Another perspective of the river.

 Lots of sticks on the ground similar to the  pond.

 Ice and snow on the rocks.

Kaia and Navyah making a teeter /totter

 Faris using a long stick.

 Here is the top of the tree Faris was touching.

 Alvand carrying a long log.

 Happy Shayla climbing trees.

 Miss Callie and friends mending the fort .

 Ashryia doing her part to fix the fort.

 Ice in the river.

Outdoor Ed.

Tues. Nov. 20 Character Ed Assembly Courage and Repect

We had our character ed assembly for courage. The children had a community circle . What is courage?

Ms. Carruthers read this book from the Seven Grandfather's teaching in  FNMI..

(First Nation Metis and Inuit)

The term for Bravery .

  Congratulation's Hadleigh for showing Courage this month.

 Congratulations Cohen for showing Courage this month.

 Proud Hadleigh and her family.

Proud Cohen and his mom

Well Done Hadleigh and Cohen.

Here are our Jersey lovers. 

Thank you for sharing the spirit.

Way to Go Teams.

Mon. Nov 19 Outdoor Ed.

 The children saw geese today.

Ben said,"Jackson it is a geese storm.

Tracks we found in the snow by the pond. We know it is a wild animal because we never found any human tracks with them. 

Now we wonder.....?

  Children walking in the snow.

 Everyone exploring the snow. Yeah!!!

 Keagan a snow angel.

 Bryce and Ben making a snow ball for a snow person.

 Millie is adding her part to make the snowman. 

 Flock of geese.

Adding snow on top.

 Keagan found a worm.

Fun day exploring in the snow.