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Tanya Burnett
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Builders at Carrot Seed
M, D and O worked together for quite a number of days – building a wonderful structure under and in our beautiful large cedar tree. Lots of discussion took place; ideas and suggestions were shared in this ongoing project. The children had fun planning and helping each other create and discover. M: “How’s this, O?” handing O a flat board. O
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Let’s go on an adventure!
The children enjoy travelling to imaginary destinations at Carrot Seed. The wooden cars accommodate numerous drivers and passengers and lots of turn taking and discussions are part of the fun. Here the pumpkin was used to step up to the seats. Several sand cake were taken along on the journey.
It’s A Slide!
For several days a box in the Imagination Room has been used as a spaceship, a home, a den and several more things; today C discovers a new use by positioning the box on an angle. “Look! It’s a slide,” C says to M. C pushes his body from the raised end of the box to the opening at the bottom. M joins C in
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SNOW DAY PROTOCOL
Snow Day Protocol While it would be wonderful to always rely on the what the weather man says, there apparently is a chance that it may snow this week. If it does: We will have school as scheduled unless District 63 closes. I will send an announcement to CFAX if we do close. (they loved our name last time so they repeated it lots)
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Puddle Jumpers – Narration by Tia
On a wet and cloudy day at carrot seed preschool, the children were very excited to get outside to play in the puddles. There is one puddle, in the middle of the play yard, that the children love to put their hands in and scoop the water into bowls, buckets, or whatever they can find. O was jumping up and down in the middle
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Smarter Than You Know!
While we celebrate Universal Children’s Day we must take a look at how far we have come in understanding how our children learn. While many ideas of how children learn have come and gone, what has always held true is how quickly they absorb information they are interested in, and how far their amazing imaginations can take their ideas when given the chance. Click
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Feeding The Dolphins
M asks E, “What do you hear?” “the dolphins…” is her response. “He’s eating this”, says E. She continues to move the whale around the sea star. Then brings a dolphin over to eat as well. E selects jewels and arranges them in a basket. She then places another sea star on top of the jewels. “The dolphins are
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