Our summer has been full of fun at Building Blocks Preschool! We have shared in many visits to Hewitt's Fun Farm, the Elmvale Jungle Zoo and tried out as many new parks as possible! We enjoyed picnics and spending time in the sunshine! We also updated our backyard play area with a new play center - there is fun for all ages in our very own playground. Our friends have been very busy exploring outdoors and building memories!

Our centres have been a great success! Students have enjoyed working independently to complete math, language, science and writing activities. Here is a look into some of the fun at Building Blocks Preschool!

Stay Tuned..

Our website has been updated with new pictures and information. Stay tuned for pictures of our new Science, Language and Mathematics centers.


If you are a new family looking to book a tour or have questions about programming please feel free to email Chantal at missnelson08@gmail.com

Holiday Celebrations

This week our students read books about Kwanza, Hanukkah and Christmas. We talked about different celebrations that families share in.


We also worked on our one-to-one correspondence using dice and our felt fish bowls. It was a great success!!


Our elves arrived from this North Pole this week. Simon and Sparkle are always finding fun ways to surprise us. They even dressed up as a Ninja Turtle and Elsa this week. The students were very excited to find our friends each morning! Let's hope they don't get into any trouble!


In the next few weeks we will continue to focus on celebrations and families. Students will create Christmas crafts and surprises for Moms and Dads. Countdown in on to our Christmas Party!

Seesaw APP

Our students and parents have been engaging through our "Seesaw App." This phone App allows parents to view pictures, videos and notes about our day. It has become an essential part of our communication, and allows everyone to be part of those truly special moments!

September 2014!

Welcome back to many students! I hope that everyone had a safe and wonderful summer and I can't wait to see the eager faces at my door.

There are a few changes in our classroom this year. We have a word wall that we will add new words to each week. As we work through our alphabet with our weekly letter, students will brainstorm words that begin with the weekly letter.

Our sight word wall is filled with 12 words each month. Students will learn 3 new sight words a week. Under our sight word wall is our library. Our library is organized by category or author and just keeps growing. We are bursting at the seams but what better way than with books?

Our number wall. Students will be able to look at our number wall and see the number, the written form of the number and what that number represents. As we work through counting we will practice one-to-one correspondence.

I hope everyone enjoys the last of their summer holidays and I can't wait to learn with all of our new little friends.

See you soon,
Chantal :)

Hewitt's Fun Farm Adventure

Last week Building Blocks Preschool went on an adventure to Hewitt's Fun Farm! We played for over 4 1/2 hours and it was hard to convince the kids to leave! The sun was shining and there was so much to do!!! Here are some pictures from our adventure. If you are in this area (Coldwater/Warminster) this is one spot to check out! It also offers lots of activities in the Fall seasons and is open all summer!

 Visiting the animals!

 This slide is huge!!! Super fun and super fast :)

 Looking down the slide!

 Visiting the little houses at the Fun Farm!

 Enjoying the Bouncy Cows!

 There is a castle, a spooky house and two others that the kids can go inside to play. They loved these!

 Hewitt's Bus all aboard! So many spots to take fun photos!

 Girls in their castle!

 Climbing the tires. They did an awesome job, there were lots of laughs too!

 The cow coral! I have to say the kids love bouncy on the cows and lining them up! I hope they remember to feed them!

 Sorting the produce! The kids get to pretend to have their own Hewitt's Produce stand. This was the favourite place to play!

 My junior farmers!

 Checking out the animals. The goats have a new walkway that crosses over the path of the wagon ride.

 Just relaxing inside the tires!

 The Hewitt's Junior Farm Market! There is toy produce, cash register, pretend money and bags to give to customers. The kids played in here forever.

 Jumbo snakes and ladders--fun for kids and parents :)

 

 The sand pit! Lots of toys to play with and tires for the kids to sit on. This sand pit is huge and the kids had a blast playing here!

 How tall are you?

 Working hard in the produce stand!

 Can you see me? This slide is seriously huge!

 Fun in the sun and sand!

 The kids were selling me produce! Their cute smiles sure did upsell!

 Hours upon hours of fun. I wonder if I can move into that castle they have? I am pretty sure my kids would live here if I let them! I guess it just means we will have to get here as many times as possible this summer!

 The race track

 The "HUGE" and I mean "HUGE" tire swing! This was way too fun! I wonder if I can fit one in my backyard?

It was a perfect day and a perfect adventure. The kids were asking to go back as soon as we pulled out of the driveway. They also loved going into the Farm Market and Bakery for some yummy cookies. Countdown is on until our next visit!

www.hewittsfarmmarkets.com -- Hewitt's Fun Farm is located at 3331 Townline RR #5 Coldwater, Ont. It is open all summer and offers daily wagon rides! During the weekend it also has pony rides and a corn bouncy castle!