Showing posts with label Our Current Inquiry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Our Current Inquiry. Show all posts

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Our Current Inquiry: Gatestone Elementary School!

As Santa's Workshop made its exit, our play school/classroom area came to fruition! The students have always enjoyed playing "teacher", so we made our own classroom! We attached it to dramatic play so students can pack their lunch and backpacks at "home", or the teacher can make some coffee before work ;) Expect lots of pictures shortly! :)





Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Our Current Inquiry: Santa's Workshop!

Over the past two weeks, I've been slowly getting our "Santa's Workshop" ready! The kids all gave suggestions as to what should be in Santa's workshop. We had a lot of ideas that we needed to come to life! There are 5 roles in our workshop: Santa, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph, and 2 elves! We talked about what each role would look like. The kids were so excited!





The elves have to check the mail to see what letters have been delivered to the north pole!


Mrs. Claus will be busy making some cookies for her husband and the elves! ;)


The elves will read the letters, make and paint the toys, and send it off to the wrapping station. 


Once the presents are wrapped, the elves put it in Santa's bag, and then Santa will have Rudolph lead him to the houses to drop off the toys!









This is the first day we had it, so some students didn't get a chance to go, but everyone will get a turn and I'll take more pictures :) Throughout our play, we are practising roleplaying, taking turns, sequencing, printing, and working on our fine motor skills!

Tuesday, 5 February 2019

Our Current Inquiry: ABC Elementary School!

We've noticed that a lot of students enjoy playing teacher in the classroom and taking on our roles during play. We decided to use this interest to set up our very own classroom as a new dramatic play area! It's so entertaining watching them play teacher and principal! We can't wait to explore our very own "classroom" some more!







Friday, 16 November 2018

Our Current Inquiry: Salon and Spa~Crazy Hair Sensory Bin!

This week, we used pipe cleaners, magnets and pictures of our classmates to create crazy, fun and silly hair styles!