HALLOWEEN 2009!

A few new photos to keep you up to date!

Its been a while since we have updated... Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Lets use hammers to pop bubbles!

exploring with gems

Sean made santas house

Learning all about reflection with bugs

chop sticks and marshmellows...We tried so hard not to eat them

Best friends trying to figure out how to get those marshmellows to land in there mouths!

A little dress up and paint for miss Sydney!

A wonderful moment at circle look at these big kids raising there hands

This was a beautiful m0ment we caught Maya having with reflective materials and her cape.

Learning About Cultures

Before the onset of the Holiday Season, the staff decided that this would be a good time to take some moments with the children to reflect upon our similarities and differences and to celebrate who we are as individuals and as part of cultures. After a quick visit to the Child Care Resource and Referral, Jayne came back armed with books and resources to help us in this important journey of discovery with the children.

Learning about different types of food is a great way to introduce different cultures. Here, some examples of different types of breads are introduced to begin this journey

Multicultural puppets are a fun way to introduce hair types, clothing types and skin colours.

To ensure that the children understood their own similarities and differences, they used self portrait mirrors to look at their own faces and were provided white pieces of paper and pencils in order to draw their own visions of themselves.

Emergent on the go!

Some of our new friends with some of our old friends were having a wonderful afternoon in the sun! We painted our tree, dug in the dirt and played with the big kids club!

Our big kids painting there club house!

We decided to add a little colour to the big kids club...We used all sorts of bright colours to dress it up. The children painted flowers, butterflies, three suns and

fire works! What a happy place this is to be!

Look at them all working so hard on there masterpiece

Zoe and Scott working on the sun and some grass!

why not add our names to make it a bit more personal???

Such an artist is miss Jordynn

Rockin out in there new BKC t-shirts!

A Little Lesson in Scaffolding

With the addition of several new little faces here at the center, our older children are learning all sorts of lessons about teaching children younger than themselves, showing empathy to those who are new and unsure, as well as helping those new children know about boundaries, rules and guidelines.

As part of the program we offer here at the center, the children learn these skills which are in keeping with Lev Vygotsky's theory which includes the concept of "scaffolding", in which younger, less experienced children learn about life from older, more experienced peers and adults.

Here are a few simple pictures of scaffolding in action:

Zoe helping Declan learn the ropes at this new daycare

Jordynn and Hunter sharing and drawing alongside each other

Sean & Alyssa playing ball

Staff Changes, New Faces & Welcome to Guy

With the expansion of the center to include the Out of School Care Program - lovingly named The Big Kids Club -by the Big Kids, we are accepting new friends to the center, big kids, little kids and adults. There has also been some slight changes in the staffing. Kim has now moved into the role of "Child Care Operations Supervisor", we wish her all the best in her new position. We will also be hiring another full time staff person in September to work in the Out of School Care.

In the child care center we have 5 new friends joining us - Liam, Maya, Alyssa, Laurel & Declan. We look forward to building many memories and "shining moments" with all of our new friends and their families.

Vancouver Aquarium!

The Vancouver Aquarium

Last week the Big kids Club went on there farthest Field Trip yet! Jayne, Kim and Guy took the children to the Vancouver Aquarium! We took the bus and sky train there and back and did a lot of research on Sea life!

ONE SHINING MOMENTS BIG KID CLUB!

To keep everyone updated!!!

One Shining Moment has opened up a new Out of School Center called the BIG KIDS CLUB!

Five of our regular children have moved over to the new center with Kim!

Sean , Jordynn, Tyler, Zoe, and Scott!

Since the opening the big kids have been on a few adventures and we will be continuing until September.

The end of SPACE!

We have been working on Space for a while now... We have learned about the solar system, planets, space life and much more. With each topic that we learn about there is always one big project that we all work together on to wrap it up. This time we made our very own planet! With alot of team work it turned out to be a masterpiece!

More fun in the sun! osc pro d day!!! what a blast we all had!!

Just a few more photos for you to enjoy!!!!!