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

We had a small group this week so our Wet Felting lesson was rescheduled. I will share the new date soon. Students focused on finishing up some projects, working on Valentines for families, and creating bird/squirrel feeders throughout our mornings. On Tuesday, we read an inspiring story called “Ten Ways to Hear Snow,” which got the Sprouts thinking of ways they hear snow, themselves. On our Tuesday trek they listed off 10 additions ways we could hear the snow on our way. We

Thursday This day began with movement through our tools in circle, an informative meditation time and beautiful song ❤ Today we read Winter Walk, and though most students heard it yesterday, it was a loved story all the same. Our learning today was about garden planning, continuing from last week. All plants students wanted to plant in the garden were written on cards, that we worked together to sound out and read together, then chose where they would go. We began with what

This week the teaching of ‘Courage’ was introduced. We discussed what it meant to be courageous and brave and the importance of letting our intuition guide us. Students shared examples of when they have felt brave and found a handful of examples in our story on Wednesday. The Sprouts have been loving the “small hill” beside the gate, where they’ve chosen to play most recesses. Within that time, they began to create a hotel within the hill; equipped with rooms, a cafe and even

Thursday Today began with a later circle and everyone was ready to shift energy. We discussed our feelings and how we could move our energy with the tools we know. We sang our 7 directions song to call in the energy of the elements, then activated our intuition and chose our animal cards. Everyone was focused during sit spot time and everyone shared what they noticed during that time afterward. We ohmed while holding hands to end our circle and prepared for story and snac

This week the Sprouts chose to hang their finished bird houses all on the same tree; creating a “bird hotel”. We got our binoculars out and kept a look out for new bird friends, both from the coat room and when outside. The students have yet to see any, but heard many bird calls. During our Project Period, students continued their bird studies; drawing diagrams, labelling bird anatomy, identifying bird feathers, measuring our bird houses before they were hung, and learning ab

Thursday Thursday we said hello Gordie who is trialling our outdoor program this week. We started in our morning circle moving energy with voice, movement and wiggles. We reviewed our Magic Hand, tapping and breaths as well. Everyone sang out loud our 7 Directions song and played rhythm sticks between verses. After we chose our animal cards and settled into our meditative spots to notice what was happening inside of us. We shared our noticing and heard about our animal

To expand our learning around backyard birds, students thought it would be fun to create birdhouses. They planted this “seed” (idea) last week, and got to water that idea this week. Working in groups, 3 bird houses were made for our backyard. Students practiced following instructions, using tools, applying math skills, and supporting each other through teamwork. Lots of problem solving was done! We will find spots for the remaining houses on Monday and begin birdwatching. Dur

With Thursday being a snow day, we certainly had lots of snow to play in! We started our day in morning circle, sang our songs, discussed what respect looks like, and moved the energy within us as feelings were coming up. We had our animal card meditation and appreciated the messages we received from our animal friends. After circle we snacked and read Little Owl, a book about a young Owl learning to fly and have confidence in himself. We also remembered our avocado pit spr

We officially welcomed Leroy and his parents Thida and Sandy, to TSOP this week! 😊 In morning circle, the teaching of ‘Hope’ was introduced with the statement: “I am planting the seeds of the future, today.” This teaching shares how each choice we make influences the next, with the symbol being seeds. Each idea is a seed that can be planted in our mind and grown with support and action. Outcomes can be fruitful or consequential; and always a lesson. This is some of the discu

We are back to Thursdays and Fridays for the remainder of the year as we welcome new students to our Outdoor Program. Thursday Today we welcomed LeRoy for his first trial days of our Outdoor Program. We began our day with some free play while everyone got acquainted with the outdoor program space. We began our morning circle with a review of guidelines and respectful actions. First we got into moving our energy and the tools to support moving our energy (magic hand, tapping

Everyone was warmly welcomed back this week as we moved into the next chapter of the school year. We had Leroy join us for a trial week in the Sprout room. The students were very excited for a new classmate! Our focus this week was around the changing season and what is happening within nature at this time. Reading “Over and Under the Snow”, students were reminded of all that is still alive during the winter. We did a brainstorming session before the story to see what we coul

This week was a short week for us. Monday we stepped into our new routine of badge work studies by reviewing badges, getting back into the swing of our full morning checklists. We read a really great story this week about becoming ourselves, listening, understanding and trusting our inner knowing. Our morning activities included our typical cursive practice, movement, calendar, novel reading, writing response and we began our gratitude journal sheets. Our sewing project for

We began our morning in circle with our rhythm sticks AND jingle bells for our Seven Directions song today! Our animal messengers were on point and reminding us about what is important for each of us. After circle we read "Fletcher and the Snowflake Christmas" which everyone loved! After story time we started playing some games. Today our focus was Uno and Dice Game. Both games assist with numeracy and our 1:1 counting, PLUS for those who are ready, subitizing! Winners o

Our Spirit week involved lots of gift and card creating as well as wrapping! Students completed their Seceet Santa gifts in preparation for our exchange. We also recapped our STM Day Sale, discussing inventory and counting our earnings. The Sprout Store made $293!! We allocated some money back into our materials fund, some went towards our feast and the rest was divided up amongst students! Most received $32.50 and that went home on Monday. Way to go Sprouts and thank you fam

Monday was a crafting and game playing day as we spent the first day of our spirit week enjoying each other's company. Tuesday, Corbin and I made short order of feast prep so we could enjoy our Wednesday feast day without being concerned in the kitchen, then we went home early for the day. Wednesday was a great time in circle, we read a story about Solstice, linked our Good Child Rearing lesson from our Tipi Pole Teachings, drummed to our Seven Directions song and Jingle Bell

Lola and I had a beautiful day designed just for Lola! We began with planning our day and making a list of what Lola's goals for learning today were. Once we had all the materials out that we needed, we began morning circle with spot on animal card messages! After circle we read "Little Red Sleigh" while we snacked. After snack we started layering paints on our canvases to paint for the fun of it with no plan. In between layers of our watercolour paints, we worked with te

This week was a whirlwind of activity in our classroom workshop getting every detail prepared for our sale on Wednesday! At recess on Monday we stopped to watch a Hawk eat it's catch and quite a few minutes before it flew away. We also made a chart of our ideas for Feast Day so everyone could vote on what they wanted to eat. See our announcements for more information about what will be available at our feast. During class time we focused on finishing our items for sale, ma

This week students chose roles for Share the Magic Day as our Sprout Store employees. We discussed the duties of each role and the kids got to rotate through the jobs they enjoyed, today. We also prepared by going over our business plan and completing a business checklist to ensure we were ready for our sale day. On Tuesday, we began the set up process and finished it this morning. Students organized products and hung signs. We also made space this morning for some extra brea

We started inside with our morning circle, moving energy and discussed how there is no "bad" energy or "good" energy...simply energy that moves or doesn't move. We discussed how it is our responsibility to move our energy, say what we need to and express ourselves, otherwise our feeling get trapped and create pain or issues later on. We breathed, moved, tapped and made lots of noise together to move our energy. When we felt ready, we sang our 7 direction song to call in ne