On Display: Documentation in Full-Day Kindergarten
I recently found an article entitled, "Documentation in Full-Day Kindergarten" during my Kindergarten AQ course. I thought that it might be beneficial to share it with all of you! The article...
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A tiny seed of an inquiry!
Is a bean a seed? A tiny seed of an inquiry that investigates the magic of growing things.We are working on a new inquiry project about living things and how they grow. Our "tiny seed of an inquiry"...
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Art Supplies for Africa: An Open House Event
You are all invited to come and see the Kindergarten classrooms at Bond Lake P.S. on Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 at 12:00-2:00 p.m.Print the complete flyer by clicking here.We hope to see you there!
View ArticleA typical morning in room 127!
See what it is like in our classroom when our students freely flow throughout the room and make decisions about what they want to do. They are all calm and very focused! The environment is acting as...
View ArticleTonight's CTInquiry Session is Cancelled
I have been informed by more than a third of the participants that they are unable to attend our face-to-face session due to the weather. Since there might be freezing rain tonight, Acorn School has...
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The water will make it wrinkly!
This week a student came in with a mango seed that she wanted to plant. We began to discuss the proper care of our plants and later this is what I overheard them say while watering our garden...A.A.:...
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A letter to our blog followers...
M.Y.'s visual representation of the roses that M.F. brought to school.Hello Blog Followers,I wanted to write you this letter to share how appreciative I am that you are visiting the blog. For those of...
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My new camera.
Though I continue to use my iPhone for documentation, I thought that I would try to graduate to a real camera this year.For the first month, I was too nervous to use it! I tried to put myself in our...
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What unfolded today...
When all of our students were engaged in Thinking and Learning Time, I noticed A.A. and D.J. were working closely together at the round table. D.J. was reading a book, while A.A. was making checkmarks...
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Excited for Saturday's Open House!
Hello Blogsphere,I am so thrilled to be hosting another Open House Event this Saturday!I hope to see you all there between noon and 2:00 p.m. for a really great cause.For more details, see the former...
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When we are aligned with love...
When we are aligned with love, the stars align with us. -Marianne Williamson A few years ago I started blogging with the intention of documenting my learning journey in our Full-Day...
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Purplicious: Thinking colourfully and reflecting deeply
As you may have noticed on Instagram, we try to collect photographs of our everyday life in the classroom to add in each student's portfolio. When they have been printed out, it is a great opportunity...
View ArticleFull Inclusion: How Inquiry-Based Learning Levels the Playing Field for ALL...
This is a presentation from the "ETFO ...and still we rise" conference on Thursday, March 27th, 2014 that was inspired by my learning from the Librarianship Part 2 course. I learned to collaborate with...
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dream BIG
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we are curious, and curiosity keeps leading down new paths....
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Happy Earth Day!
I am so pleased to share with you this video interview that I recently had with Natural Curiosity.Thank you to Nikki Fletcher and Andrea Cousineau for this incredible opportunity to reflect about my...
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Wow! We made it 750, 000 total views :)
We are so happy to celebrate our blog reaching 750, 000 total page views today and are smiling from ear to ear!!!Thank you so much!Here are some photos to inspire you:Sincerely yours,Joanne Marie...
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Working collaboratively to help our plants "stay warm and cozy."
On Earth Day I decided to offer this provocation for our growth inquiry in hopes that it might spark some discussion around plants, bulbs, seeds, and roots. As an educator, I waited and I watched,...
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The Sunflowers
Every year I always try my best to find something worthy of our students' mothers to present them with on Mother's Day. This year we decided to connect our gift to our Growth Inquiry. I hope that this...
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Spring cleaning!
Welcome to TransformEd. Did you notice that I started to do some Spring cleaning on the blog? I hope that the fresh new look has you feeling intrigued both by the title and overall appearance!...
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Do you see weeds or wishes?
We recently started a study about dandelions, as an extension to our growth inquiry. The interest in dandelions was sparked after a small group of students noticed them during our outdoor play...
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