Please click to watch a video of Ayisha feeding birdseed to a chickadee at Lynde Shores Conservation Area.
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Explore a Fiber Optic Lamp!
Let’s watch a video of Ayisha experimenting with a fiber optic lamp. Look at all the colours!
Read moreBabbling Leads to Language
Babbling begins shortly after birth as an infant experiments with sounds and progresses through stages as the vocalizations sound more like speech. Expressive language is presented through a sequence, such… Read more »
Read moreLanguage Even Before Birth
A child starts to absorb language before birth through all the words and sounds that he or she is exposed to. This receptive language is stored in the unconscious memory… Read more »
Read moreHands and Intelligence
The hands are the instruments of man’s intelligence. Dr Maria Montessori
Read moreGrowing Tomatoes!
Children gravitate to science and nature activities like planting. They will enjoy helping to plant tomatoes or other plants in a garden or “Topsy Turvy” type of upside down hanging… Read more »
Read moreEid Mubarak!
Eid Mubarak to all who celebrate the sighting of the New Moon!
Read moreGrowing Strawberries!
Children can help plant strawberry or other plants in any garden, planter or “Topsy Turvy” type of hanging basket. Be sure to water daily if it doesn’t rain. Fertilizing every… Read more »
Read moreGerminating Seeds
Germinating seeds gives a child the opportunity to grow and nurture the life around them. It also encourages the child to explore their relationship with nature. Dr Maria Montessori used… Read more »
Read moreWatch a Volcano!
Let’s watch as Ayisha does a science experiment with baking soda, red food colouring, and vinegar. You can do this with any container at home. Please click to see the… Read more »
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