During October’s Non-Instructional Day, Kindergarten and Grade 1 teachers at Bert Ambrose collaborated with Speech-Language Pathologist, Michelle Hofstrand, to explore the use of tinker trays in the classroom. Olivia (age 5) and Breckin (age 3) demonstrated different ways to play with the items. Tinker Trays, or loose parts, are a great way to promote language development, vocabulary […]
Month: October 2017
Planning for Diversity: Planning with the End in Mind
This session was held on the Oct. 20th NID, facilitated by Cindy McGarroch, Diane Barclay, and Laurie Petrucci. Laurie, Diane and I had an amazing day with a great group of teachers. So much collaboration! We covered a lot of material and had some laughs a long the way! Please visit the following link; http://www.prn.bc.ca/literacy to […]
The Incredible Five Point Scale
Different things bother different people so it is important for everybody to know what is hard or stressful for them! One way to think about stress is to make a “five stressors” list. 1. Things that don’t bother you. 2. Things that sometimes bother you. 3. Things that can make you nervous. 4. Things that can make you mad. […]