Douglas Park Preschool

Friday, 13 February 2015

As the Unicorn Room toured Asia, we stopped in Japan for Letter J Day!

Cotton Ball Sushi play!

Origami cranes in the sensory bin

Trying our hand at making kappa maki sushi and avocado rolls

Matching kimono colours and patterns

Australia Day!

Boomerang counting

An Australian Treat! The 4's class made Fairy Bread

Traditional Australian Damper, made by the 3's class.

Dot painting.

Germany!

Making apple strudel

Cuckoo clock construction

Matching Volkswagon Beetles

Measuring Rapunzel's hair

India

Watercolour Peacocks. India's official bird!

Tigers, elephants and lentils in the sensory bin

Taj Mahal puzzle

Making mango lassi

Rangoli designs at the light table

Letter K day

Kiwi art

Counting bows for Kites

Fine motor Knots.

Making Kale chips

Valentine's Week

In both classes leading up to our Valentine's parties, there was much discussion about kindness, friendship and love!

Heart filled sensory bin

Valentine counting.

Rice and petals sensory bin

Fine motor hole punching hearts

Letter recognition. Matching Uppercase and Lowercase letters

Plasticine crafted chocolates for the bakery

A Valentine's Bakery! Complete with cookies, cinnamon rolls, heart shaped mixing bowls and decorated boxes for special deliveries!

Friday, 6 February 2015

The Unicorn Room in February

We've almost completed our worldwide trip in the Unicorn Room! We've managed to tour countries on almost all of the continents. Don't forget to ask your little traveller to share the Continents of the World song with you!

"Tell me the continents,

Tell me continents,

The continents of the world.

North America, South America,

Europe, Asia, Africa.

Don't forget Australia,

Don't forget Antarctica.

Tell me the continents,

The continents of the world."

Africa- Egypt

Which Animals live in Africa?

Archeological Dig

Crocodiles in the Nile

Making paper

Building playdough pyramids

Asia- Fiji

Exploring coconuts! Draining coconut water before we cracked it open.

Building coral reefs

Completed coral reef with salt art fish

Tropical island oasis in water table

A tropical sensory bin for discovery

Our World travel map is filling up!! Thank you so much all who shared photos and stories.

Asia- Russia

4's class watercolour interpretation of Kandinsky's circles

3's class circle stamping interpretation of Kandinsky's piece.

Asia- Saudi Arabia

One of our parents was kind enough to come in and share a story with the children.

Night falling over the desert......

Friday, 30 January 2015

Happy February, everyone!

With all of our world travels in the Unicorn room, and Babies in the Orca room, this last month has flown by.

Important Dates and Reminders

Family Day: Monday, February 9th NO classes this day. http://blog.gov.bc.ca/bcfamilyday/events/

Parent Teacher Interviews: Thursday, February 19th. 11:30am- 2:30pm
Classes will NOT be in session this day.
A sign up sheet for 4 year old families will be available the first week of February.

SPCA National Cupcake Day Fundraiser: Monday, February 23rd.

The Unicorn Room students will be making and selling cupcakes for this wonderful fundraiser supporting the SPCA. Cupcakes will sell for $2 each; $10 for 6.
http://support.spca.bc.ca/site/TR/CupcakeDay/Cupcake2015?px=1522582&pg=personal&fr_id=1700#tabs-login

Classroom Valentine's Day Celebrations

Orca Room 3 year olds: Thursday, February 12th
Orca Room 4 year olds, all Unicorn classes: Friday, February 13th

Students are welcome to bring Valentine's cards for their friends, as well as join in fun Valentine themed activities and games.

Each student will have a "mail bag" outside of class for Valentine cards to be delivered to. We ask that parents hand out cards at the beginning of class so that the mail bags can be taken home by each student at the end of the day.

**A special reminder about treats:**

If you choose to attach a small treat with Valentine cards, please be mindful of the allergies in your child's classroom and remember to read ingredient labels. We are a NUT FREE school. Thank you so much!

Allergies 2014/15

Unicorn 3am- baking soda, baking powder, strawberries, peppers.
Unicorn 4pm- Dairy (cooked is fine), walnuts, pecans
Orca 3 am- Peaches, strawberries, soy, milk, dairy, shellfish, eggs.
Orca 3pm- yogurt with added fruit
Orca 4am- Dairy, wheat/gluten, bananas, nuts.
Orca 4pm- Kiwi, egg.

Our Emergent curriculum this month....

The Orca Room has shown a great deal of interest in rocket ship play and space! During the month of February, they will be travelling to the far reaches of the universe and exploring Space!

The Unicorn Room has seen an increasing amount of talk and play surrounding all things animal related. This month, they will be finishing off their international theme with trips to Fiji, Egypt, Australia and China, and will then explore an Animals theme!