Welcome to our Weekly Reflections section! Here you will find learning updates from all of our pods. Each teacher will post on Wednesday...

Friday We started our feasty last day for most students in morning circle, story and followed up with making our fruit kebobs. Our focus was patterns with the four fruits we had: cantaloupe, blueberries, grapes and strawberries. We went through a visualization process to identify what we needed for our picnic and everyone helped pack up the wagon. Then we enjoyed our hike over to the park to play so we could get hot before the splash pad as it was a windy day 🔥. A few frie

We hosted a magical Badge Ceremony on Monday to honour the students of TSOP. Thank you to all who were able to share in our celebration of learning and growth! We are so proud of all of the Sprouts and Corbin. ☺️ As Corbin is leaving TSOP, we gave him a “drum out” to wish him well on his journey and honour the time he shared with us. We made space to plan our Spirit Week later in the day, which starts on Monday. Student chose to have a games day, enjoy the splash pad, plan a

This week was jam packed with excitement! We started off by counting earnings from Share the Magic Day. We took a look at our inventory sheets to see what had sold out and what remained. The Sprouts used their counting strategies to find a total. They made $209!! Thank you for all of your support. Before dividing up the earnings, we discussed our year end feast and figured out what we will be eating. This was an important step that informed us how much money we would need to

We started off our Thursday with an outdoor circle and free play, followed by a story that inspired us to make lemon custard next week! After story we watered the garden and every student identified 4 plants in and around the garden. We counted our earnings from share the magic day and paid the students who supported making the items that sold. Everyone went home with an envelope with some money in it, and Lola's was put in her cubby. After counting we went out for a hike t

Our week was full of excitement as the students prepared final touches for the sale. They practiced making change and recalling coin values, gained an understanding of each role at the Sprout Store, and discussed helpful ways to greet and interact with customers. Everyone showed commitment and perseverance; showing up to each job, using their learned tools to give totals and change to their customers, and sharing smiles of gratitude! We also discussed the importance of listen

We spent our Monday doing some sale prep this week! Making more products and signs, The Sprouts were excitedly focused on the finishing touches. Our last Share the Magic Day will be held this coming Wednesday, from 11-2. Please share! 😊 We also dove into some learning around honey bees with our morning stories. Students got to learn about types of bees, their life cycle, bee jobs and the inside of the hive. This helped prepare them for our field trip today. We also got to di

We started our short week with reading “The World’s Best Class Plant”. It is about a class who thought a class plant wasn’t as fun as a class pet but quickly learned how cool plants are. The plant in the book is a spider plant which has plant “babies”. At the end of the year each student in that class took home one of the babies. Throughout our year the Sprouts have learned that our largest class plant - the pothos - can grow roots from its nodes, and create a new plants. We

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Jessica introduced the Third Eye chakra this week, allowing students to drop deeper into their intuitive selves and encouraging them to believe that they are capable of more than they make think. Within our Project Period this week the Sprouts began STM day creation as well as exploration of coins, counting money, long and short vowel sounds, and alphabetical order. Expanding on our learning from last week, our read alouds touched on the different parts of plants, how they wo

This week we read the book “Flower Talk”. The students learned about the way flowers communicate to pollinators. They shared which purple and yellow flowers they see around the park and in our backyard. These are the bees favourite flowers. During our Project Period, students reviewed their knowledge of plant parts and labelled a diagram in their portfolio. Plant life cycles were reviewed as well. Other activities included Mother’s Day cards and creations, crystal magic, alph

Thursday we welcomed Ellanora and Jude, our trial students to our outdoor program! We had a blast free playing before circle, then enjoyed a really large morning circle together complete with energy balls, intuition, movement, meditation and singing. After circle we read The Wild while we snacked then made a plan for our day. The story inspired students to want to hug the trees and say hello to all the flowers we could find. On our hike (which lasted most of the day), we i

This week we had some extra friends in our class! Jude and Ellanora joined us for a trial week in the Sprout room. Jessica also spent the week with us to observe the Sprout flow in preparation for September. It was a great time! The students loved having a full house. Jessica taught the group about their Heart Chakra on Monday. Using the sway test, students noticed whether their heart was open or closed. Jessica lead the students through activities to open their heart and bal

Thursday Our first day starting outside was a great success! It was so wonderful to sing our song and honour the directions. The Wind came to visit us while we sang which helps make everything magical for everyone. Today we read two stories to get us acquainted with spring blossoms (we are searching for them on our hike today) and gardens. After some play time we raked all the leftover leaves from the nooks and crannies, cleaned up our outdoor kitchen and planted some flowe

This week we got to add Oakley’s mythical creatures to our map and hear his presentation. The excitement was wonderful! We read through our “Illustrated Atlas of Canada” this week, exploring each province a bit further. Students briefly learned about the different plants, animals and natural wonders in the provinces and territories. Lola also presented some badge work on Bees. Jessica supported the Sprouts in exploring their Solar Plexus energy this week. They learned that th

We began our first three days with a focus on animal cards that we pulled before our first walking meditation time. We became clear on the meaning of our animals and learned about Wisdom was the foundational teaching of the week. We learned/reviewed what a fact was, reviewed animal classifications, played with our animal classification cootie catchers and enjoyed some fun subitizing math games! Everyone gt busy researching facts about our animal cards too. In the afternoon

Thursday We started our day with our morning circle and welcomed Eva for her trial week. After our morning routine of moving our energy in our own ways, singing, activating and exercising our intuition, meditating and sharing in circle; we sat down for snack and story time. Today we enjoyed the continuation of our Chickweed Herb Fairy book. After reading and a short game time, we entered the kitchen to create our feast! We all worked together to mix the ingredients for veg

I apologize for the late reflection...Spring has gotten ahead of me 🙏 Thursday We hiked and played in the rain, walked a different way for our hike and noticed all the flowers blooming! We also climbed trees and built a backyard fire that we attempted to light with our flint and steel sparkers.....however, it just wouldn't light! We lifted some logs carefully to see what was growing beneath, and any shot where Gordie is laying on the ground was taken because we keep find

This week Jessica and Corbin hosted Eva and Addi for a trial week in the Seedling & Sapling pod. We got back into our Chakra lessons, as Jessica introduced the students to their sacral energy. This energy supports our ability to create and be creative. Most students completed their Mythical Creatures this week, along with their posters for their presentations. The class got to learn about each other’s creatures through each presentation and we placed photos on our map of Cana

During our short week, students continued on their Mythical Creature creation adventures! Some moved on to creating their introduction poster for their creature. Our Earth Magic wall in the classroom now holds a map of Canada: outlining the provinces. Through discussion and exploration in books, the Sprouts are beginning to learn about each province and choosing which would be the best environment for their Mythical Creature to live in. With talks about me moving to Alberta,