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Adding colour to snow

It’s always so much fun when we get snow in Victoria!  We put some big shovelfuls of snow into the water table and beside it, on a small wooden table, offered a variety of utensils, scoops, funnels, eye droppers, popsicle holders and most exciting of all, cups containing a variety of rainbow colours. (water with a bit of food colour) The children were very interested
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat!

Recently at Carrot Seed Preschool, this young rower built herself a boat and set off on an adventure singing…’Row, row, row your boat’!  


Family Travels

  P says as she’s approaching our outdoor ‘car’, “I’ll be the big sister, you (M) be the Dad and you (Q) be the Mom. Okay?”          Q answers, “Yes!” and M smiles. “Let’s go”, says P.    The drivers change seats and N approaches the car and climbs aboard.  P says, “you can be the little sister, okay?”  N smiles.  “Let’s eat,”
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Finger Painting

Finger painting is a pleasurable, messy and creative art activity.  This activity, which involves much more than merely spreading paint with the fingers, should more accurately be called hand painting.   Finger/hand painting encourages children to make direct contact with the medium, there is no brush to separate the artist from paint. Children enjoy the cool, slimy texture!  


Moving into Our New House

A few friends gathered food for their new home.   After eating their ‘lettuce’, B decided that they needed an oven in their new house. So he moved an oven in! “Now we need a tunnel entrance” declared T. T & T built the tunnel entrance, and then tried it out. Our new house!


Carrot Seed Preschool’s Favourite Books!

A ABC By Dr.Seuss A Bumblebee Sweater By Betty Waterton A Train to Timbuctoo By Margaret Wise Brown A Visitor for Bear By Bonny Becker B Bear about town By Stella Blackstone Bear Feels Sick By Karma Wilson Builder Goose By Boni Ashburn C Charlie Cooks Favourite Book By Julia Donaldson Curious George By Margaret & HA Rey Corduroy By Don Freeman D Dandelion
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The Movement of Sand and Stones

The movement of sand and stones….digging, filling, pushing, emptying and moving – the wonder of it all!                  


Cozy in the Tree!


Goop!

The Goop that Drew brought it has been such a hit! Here is the long awaited recipe! 1 Bottle of 5 oz Glue (this was with clear but you can also use white) Add 1 cup of water and mix until you have a nice fluid consistency Now add liquid starch 1 tablespoon at a time mixing until you reach a nice jelly At
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And a Swinging We Will Go

At Carrot Seed children enjoy swinging on their own, having a friend give them a push, or piling two, three or four children onto one swing for a ride!