Emma TarBush, Green Club Animator, B.A.S.E. Daycare Program Game #1: 20-Card Game Step 1. Download and print cards: Plants and Their Friends Memory Cards Step 2. The first version of the game is educational. The pairs of cards that match relate to the concept of companion planting in gardening. *Gardeners plant crops closely together and…
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Ça va bien aller: Rainbows in Nature
Emma TarBush, Green Club Animator, B.A.S.E. Daycare Program This art activity is a direct response to the movement in Quebec called “Ça va bien aller,” where images of rainbows are displayed on windows and doors in an attempt to lighten the mood during times of crisis. Children are encouraged to take part in the movement…
Winners! EcoKid Leaders of Children’s Rights
Congratulations to all the amazing B.A.S.E. EcoKids who participated in the November challenge. Your beautiful illustrations of what your rights mean to you were inspiring! It was so hard to choose “winners” because you are all Children’s Rights Champions! Bravo! And the favourite is… Carlyle International B.A.S.E. Daycare takes first place again with this amazing…
Carlyle: Impressive Illustrations of the Rights of the Child
In November, Carlyle’s Grade 5 and 6 students participated in the B.A.S.E. EcoKid November Challenge. The children played a Play it Fair! game to learn about their rights and reflect on what makes a child happy and healthy. Many of the answers they gave were like the child’s rights, and some of the answers were…
Celebrating Children’s Rights at Bancroft
Play it Fair! was the theme of the November 15 pedagogical day at Bancroft Elementary School. Run by the Daycare Educators, groups of students rotated through different Play it Fair! games and learned about values such as cooperation, inclusion and respect, while also discovering the Rights of the Child. At the end of the day,…
BASE EcoKid November Challenge
Calling all B.A.S.E. EcoKids! It’s time to learn about and exercise your rights, be heard, and be leaders! This November, in the spirit of the 30th anniversary of National Child Day (November 20), create your own illustration or challenge related to one of the Rights of the Child. B.A.S.E. Daycare hopes to put together a…
Parkdale B.A.S.E. Daycare: Solar Motorized Crane Creation in New Engineering Program
Jodi Schwartz, B.A.S.E. Animator Engineering for Everyone is a new program that Animator Jodi Schwartz has put together for the English Montreal School Board’s Before and After School Enriched (B.A.S.E.) Daycare Program. About the Program: Children have begun exploring solar powered vehicles, structure and stability, marble mazes, a roller coaster of recyclables and even a…
Learning About Owls at Carlyle Daycare
Angela Crescenzi, Carlyle B.A.S.E. Daycare Technician Owls are amazing! While in after school daycare, Miss Ingrid taught us that owls are able to survive the cold Canadian winters. They live here all year long and are nocturnal. We talked about the food they eat and how they survive the winter. We researched items found in…
Our Lady of Pompei: Giving Kindness to the Homeless
Agatina Nicita, Our Lady of Pompei Daycare Technician In keeping with Ms. Pia’s annual “Giving Kindness to the Homeless” initiative, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students at Our Lady of Pompei Elementary School helped to create “Care-Peace” bags filled with socks, soap, a toothbrush and toothpaste. Students took great pride in preparing these special gift bags. After the…
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