Pierre Elliott Trudeau B.A.S.E. Daycare Pre-Kindergarten students witnessed the miracle of metamorphosis as they explored the life cycle of a butterfly. Through various methods of teaching, the children learned how to raise butterflies and release them into the wild. They gained knowledge and used their fine motor and gross motor skills through science, art, literacy…
Tag: environment
Plants and Their Friends Memory Game
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…
World Soil Day Puzzle Painting
We are blown away by this amazing soil puzzle painting from St. Gabriel B.A.S.E. Daycare. Grade 1 and 2 students took the December EcoKid Challenge and ran with it. They didn’t just do a painting or a puzzle, they did both…in one! Congratulations to St. Gabriel for winning the December challenge! Thank you for being…
October EcoKid Challenge Winners
Thank you to all the B.A.S.E. Daycare EcoKids who sent in their “Ugly Food” and 3D Eco Superheroes for the October challenge! All the submissions were creative, colourful and carefully crafted! Here are the top three, but really, all the submissions are winners for the environment!! First place goes to Carlyle International B.A.S.E. Daycare’s Damiano…
BASE EcoKid December Challenge
Calling all B.A.S.E. EcoKids! It’s time to save our soil because it’s in trouble! This December, in honour of World Soil Day (December 5), create a painting or puzzle to save our soil! You can make your paint out of soil following these steps. Did you know, according to the FAO, soil erosion is accelerated,…
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…
B.A.S.E. EcoKid October Challenge
Calling all B.A.S.E. Daycare students! It’s time to don your capes and create your very own EcoKid Superhero! This October, challenge yourself to create your EcoKid Action figure out of recycled objects (or even food scraps like corn husks!) or a poster or comic of an environmental superhero, such as an “Ugly Food” superhero! You…
Wildlife Habitat Learning
Grade 5 and 6 students at Carlyle B.A.S.E. Daycare learned about the habitats and diets of various animals as part of a nature and wildlife conservation project led by Ms. Cristina and Ms. Miranda. Students chose any living animal that they wanted to then research about where those animals lived and what they ate. Then…
Hot Off the Presses!
Finally! It’s here! The one and only issue of Touching BASE on Daycare Matters newspaper for 2018-2019! We stuffed as much amazing news from B.A.S.E. Daycares as we could into one issue, from the amazing green-themed Daycare Conference in August, to a little insight into our new and fearless leader, all the way to summer…