September 2011 Preschool Registration/Open House :)

September Registration for our preschool classes officially starts tomorrow. Come stop by our first open house of 2011 on Saturday, January 22nd from 12 to 3pm. Come see our facility and what we are all about! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Musical Painting

I just had to showcase this art activity and some of our little artists at work. This week we are talking about Emotions. Our art activity of the day was a free painting activity to music. Music can unleash emotions in us all so I was excited to see the outcome of this project. I divided their papers in two sections. I played Mozart while they painted in the first half of their paper and the Wiggles while they painting on the second half.

I was intrigued and excited as I watched the children paint to the music. They took their time painting while listening to the Classical music. The atmosphere was calm and relaxed and they took their time exploring the colours on their paper. When I changed the music to the upbeat Pop the children became more excited. Some of the kids then stood up to paint and even dance and sing while creating their art. I found that they made quicker and shorter strokes with their paint brushes. I could see the difference in their emotions due to the change of music.

I will let you be the judge to see if you can see the difference in the two sides of their art! Happy Wednesday everyone!!!

Five Senses Week!

Last week was all about tasting, touching, feeling, smelling and hearing! We put our Five Senses to work by guessing smells in our smelling jars, touching different textures with our fingers on our touching posters, using the magnifying glasses look closer at objects and our hearing to check our book of the week at the Listening Centre. We saved our sense of taste for snack time when we also talked about our taste buds.

This coming week we are talking about Emotions! I am starting to get back parent consent forms to post pictures so hopefully I can make this blog a lot more animated soon by showing off some of your cuties :)

My First Blog ~ Be kind

Today was a great day at Imagination Station Preschool! This week we are learning about our five senses. The children loved playing in the sticky spaghetti table and painting with spaghetti while using their sense of touch. I took some great pictures I will post at the preschool :) The new listening centre is a huge hit! What a good way to start the week!

I will start posting photos online (with parent consent only) so you can share them with your families! Hope the rest of the week is this good!