because it has a song
marc battle
red river college
based upon work at
Skidegate Head Start + Anne
Ross Day Nursery
A bird doesn't sing because it has
an answer. It sings because it
has song.
Maya Angelou
“Free the child's potential, and you will
transform him into the world”
Maria Montessori
Jeff’s Ninja Puppets
Things you can do with plastic pop bottles Don't throw away your old plastic pop
bottles. Try some of these ideas to recycle or re-use them.No-Bending-Required Door
Stop - I cut an old soda bottle in half. I put a hole in the middle of the cap and secured
the "stick" from some old blinds in it (a dowel will work), this is the handle. I then
weighted (not too heavy, you need to be able to lift it!)the bottom and glued the top
back on. The bottle stands up with the "handle" sticking out the top. To decorate it I
"wrapped" it in satin and lace and secured it with some decorative cording and roses.
The "handle" sticks up to almost door knob level and my husband really likes the fact
that he can stop the door open easily (I like the way it looks!) Contributed by Terri
PooreIce Packs - I use a large pop bottle (2-litre) and fill it with water about 2/3 full
then freeze it. That way I always have ice packs on hands. (Bonus: when the ice packs
start to melt, I have clean and ice cold water to drink). Using small size pop bottles
(250 mL, 300 mL, 350 mL, etc.), I fill them about 1/2 with water and freeze. The next
day, I fill with fresh tap water or juice. That way, my son gets cold drinks for the day
without having to bring bulky ice packs in his lunch box: one half for the morning
recess and the other half for the afternonn recess. Contributed by LynnePotpourri
Holder - Cut the bottom from the bottle. Fill with pot pourri and cover the open part with
curtain lace and glue to the outside of the bottle. Cover the raw edges of the curtain
lace with either ribbon or lace.
“You can discover more about a person in
an hour of play than in a year of
conversation.”
Plato
Talk to someone next to you and tell them about your favourite
play story of when you were young. Does it describe the kind of
person you are today? Talk to someone next to you and tell
them about your favourite play story of when you were young.
Does it describe the kind of person you are today? Talk to
someone next to you and tell them about your favourite play
story of when you were young. Does it describe the kind of
person you are today? Talk
to someone next to you
and tell them about your favourite play story of
when you were young. Does it describe the
kind of person you are today? Talk to someone next
to you and tell them about your favourite play story of when you
were young. Does it describe the kind of person you are today?
Talk to someone next to you and tell them about your favourite
play story of when you were young. Does it describe the kind of
person you are today? Talk to someone next to you and tell
them about your favourite play story of when you were young.
… did you notice a few things about play
time +
opportunity
time + opportunity
time +
opportunity
‘real’ Halo
places
places
places
places
water
slide
One day while playing on the climber…
Kerah poured water down the slide.
The next time she poured water down, Tommy
placed a bucket to catch it all.
Avery thought that it was so much fun that she
jumped in.
Soon everyone was grabbing buckets of water…
hoisting them up to the top of the slide…
making a water slide for everyone.
paint
pretending
construction
being physical
sensory
calm
“The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be
able to say, "The children are now working as if I did
not exist."
Maria Montessori
"The whole art of teaching is only the art of
awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for
the purpose of satisfying it afterwards."
Anatole France
flying
How did they get from here…..to there?
“Everything is good as it comes from
the hands of the Author of Nature;
but everything degenerates in the
hands of man.”
Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jordyne
purples don’t work
Paisley