Arts Education
Aquarium Field Trip – from home!
Hi Team! I hope you’re having a good last week! I wanted to share some last ideas of things you can do, since I just heard last night that the Vancouver Aquarium will be opening again! It will be open with some new rules on June 26th (e.g. face masks are necessary for everyone over … Continue reading
Oh, Canada!
Hi, Team! Does anybody recognize what this is? Could you point out where you think you live on this map? We live in British Columbia, down in the far left bottom corner. British Columbia is the province we live in. Our province is that whole teal area – it’s very big! Canada has 10 provinces, … Continue reading
Marble Milk-Painting
Here is an easy but exciting art exploration you can give a try – inside on a rainy day, or outside in the sun! All you need is a wide pan or dish, milk, food colouring, and some Q-tips! First, pour some milk into the bottom of your pan/dish. Then, drop the food colouring into … Continue reading
DIY Kites
Miss Cobbett was doing some collaborative research with Ms. Roz, our StrongStart teacher, and wanted to share this neat science exploration: kite making! There are tons of different ways you can make your own kite – you don’t even need fancy materials, there are instructions on how to make kites with plastic bags!! Some ideas … Continue reading
Art and Explorations at Home
With this on-and-off rain, Miss Cobbett has been thinking a lot about what kinds of things we can do inside to use our creative thinking skills. Something we’re going to be exploring a little bit more is storytelling, because that is something that everyone can do, and it gives us an opportunity to be really, really … Continue reading
Colouring Pages
Here is a link to some beautiful and really cool colouring pages that were put out for free for Children’s Book Week for 2020! At the bottom of the page, it lists a little bit of information about each of the illustrators. What would you draw as a colouring page design for Children’s Book … Continue reading
A Rain Lesson
Well, Team, we’ve had a little change in weather. This week looks like there will keep being rain clouds, so I thought we could add some rain activities into our learning! Here is a link to a story you can read along to. After the story, this site has two game/puzzles you can work on … Continue reading
Weekend Ideas!
I hope everyone had a great week! As most of you probably know, Sunday is Mother’s Day – but, this year is a very different year than most, and our Mother’s Day might look a little different because of it. For some of us, we live with our moms, and we’ve been seeing them a … Continue reading
Colouring Pages
I want to share a link with you for some beautiful colouring pages put together as a free resource – featuring a lot of local artists. Take a close look at these pages before you start colouring them in – What details do you notice? What story might this picture tell us? The pages can be … Continue reading
Put Something Silly In!
Today I want to share a fun poem from Shel Silverstein about taking risks and having fun! What is something really fun you got to do this week? What details would you need to draw in a picture of it? How would you tell it as a story to me if we were sharing in … Continue reading