Fall is here!

Here at Blooming Butterflies we have been learning about what fall means and what fall colours look like. We have been on adventures to Nosehill Park and around the community to find and collect these fall colours; also remembering not to pick leaves from trees or bushes because these leaves are not ready to leave their home. With our collection of leaves, twigs and weeds came fall themed crafts such as a hedgehog and crayon leaf rubbings.

Not only did we identify and collect fall colours; we also mixing and created them. With a little help from Pan, these fall colours were mixed up and squirted onto a paper on the fridge to create a unique artwork. While mixing colours we also tried to see what would float or sink and why. 
Practicing our fine motor skills is very important. Who knew we used our little fingers in so many intricate ways! We tore paper to create fall trees, continued to make our names using macaroni, used scissors to cut a variety of lines, peeled stickers and glued pomp oms to create numbers and played a very tricky game that involved our hands and eyes to be very coordinated.

Mat Man was introduced this week. The kids love singing Mat Man’s song. Mat Man (from Handwriting Without Tears) teaches students important readiness skills such as body awareness, counting, building and drawing

Some other activities we did this week include learning numbers through hopscotch, practice building letters, identifying and organizing shapes, numbers and letters with blocks, and visiting Chip the ride on toy chipmunk at the park.

Have a wonderful weekend. See you next week!

                                                                                                                                XOXO Miss Audra

What a fun week it has been! We had a new smiling face join our Blooming Butterflies family and had a couple new friends visit. We are busy busy bodies!
How full is your bucket?

This week we have been focusing on our feelings; learning how to recognize the feelings of others and ourselves. Specifically the cause and effect or our words and actions.

"How Full is Your Bucket?" by Tom Roth and Mary Reckmeyer is a story that teaches us that every person and even animal has an invisible bucket above their heard. When that bucket is full we feel amazing and when it is empty we do not. With this concept in mind we began learning about the difference between a Bucket Filler and a Bucket Dipper.

We went on a Nose Hill Park adventure; exploring colours in nature and collecting learves and “flowers” to create a special bouquet for our loved ones. We are Bucket Fillers! 

This week we explored a bunch with colours; finding, matching and mixing.  Not only do we enjoy this activity but Pan does also. :)


Some of the other activities we did this week include; making our own pizzas and pasta sauce, shadow play, practicing our cutting, matching and gluing shapes (gluing those shapes is not as easy as it looks!) We also practiced our ABCs using playdough and cookie cutters; learning how to roll, squish and flatten playdough to build letters.
 I look forward to another exciting week with the munchkins!

                                                                                                            Xoxo Miss Audra