The children in the three year old morning program are proving to be little sponges! They have a genuine interest in learning and great curiosity. Show and tell has started and so far it's been going well. The children are always so proud to talk about the item that they have brought in. The children seem to have enjoyed learning about snakes and have taken quite a liking to worms!

Our after school children have been doing a lot of travelling this fall. Inspired by the book - ‘Children around the world’ - we have been exploring art from different countries and cultures. They spent three weeks learning about art from Mexico. The lesson ended with a very special “Day of the Dead’ celebration. These are their fabulous skull creations. The children also did wonderful portraits of Freda Kahlo – but you will have to wait for the third annual vernissage to see them!

The toddlers have settled in very nicely. They come into the classroom ready to play! Routines have set in and they seem so comfortable in the class. It is amazing how nicely they sit at circle time and how enthusiastic they are to participate in all activities. A favourite song of theirs is the "roly poly" song and most of them are able to sing along with the teachers and do all the actions. We look forward to getting to know their little personalities even more as the year goes on!

re-inacting the story "Big Pumpkin"

Our Creative Arts Preschool class has been happily emerged in wonderful and challenging artistic and dramatic endeavours this fall. Due to the intimate and cozy nature of a smaller class, we have been able to complete complicated projects with many steps. We have used many classic children's books like Eric Carle's The Hungary Caterpillar, and Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild things Are. For the school play about World Stories we used a book about Anansi, an African folk character. We designed clay spiders, and created a colourful oil pastel drawing of Anansi. Our drama component for that week consisted of spider songs, and poems complete with mini-spider rings to wear. Some of our other projects have included leaf prints, watercolour paintings, sculpted bowls with fruit, and chalk pastel work. In drama we have re-told our stories using props, poems, music, and creative movement. We also use games. One example was a game where the children would run to place their feet on coloured pieces of felt when they given a colour to find. Our Halloween book "The Big Pumpkin", was acted out with full costume and speaking parts for all. The children have all become close and also enjoy the free play time at the beginning of class. Thanks to the internet we have even been able to play some stories online and our most recent book, "Who I Be", had a lovely CD with music to accompany it. We look forward to many more weeks of this spirited and friendly group.