Great Partners, Great Results

This year we used an online photo album company to manufacture our yearbooks. At first we were a bit worried that this process would work out well but it was the best option for the number of books we needed; too many for most companies, too few for printers. And we have been so pleased about the outcome.

www.photobookcanada.com has been wonderful to deal with. They have specific software that we downloaded so that Mika could design the book and for those of us without design knowledge it is user friendly and a quick learn.

Not only did they negotiate a discount with us for the larger book order but they also sent us a proof so that we could make sure all was well. During that process we found a spelling mistake and a grammar problem!! YIKES!! They were great, allowing us to edit the book and resubmit.

Thank you photobookcanada for all your help and allowing us to have such a beautiful keepsake of our first year!!

OH DEER!!!

Left, Photo of a deer captured with a cell phone camera during forest school.

Since September the children have been playing a wonderful game at Forest School called 'Sleeping Fawn'. The children lay low and quiet in the long grass pretending to be a sleeping fawn and the coyote has to try and find them. A themed version of hide and seek. Today as the older children were decending the big hill they came across a real sleeping fawn curled up in the long grass. They were so excited!! They were able to stay and observe for several minutes before deciding to let the baby return to his nap. Their experience gave new meaning to the game they have been playing. By the time the younger group went out the fawn had moved. They were however treated to two adult deer walking through the park.

A Time to Plant

The beautiful weather has finally arrived with a vengence! We are so excited about chosing what to plant in our outdoor garden. The kids are talking about what they want to grow, most decisions seem to be made based on what food preferences they all share.

To learn about the parts of the plant and how they grow we have started a few seeds in the classroom. Our radishes, onions and carrot seeds are a very exciting draw daily. When the radish seeds began sprouting well before the other plants the children were concerned that something had gone terribly wrong with the other seeds. A few days later the onions began to poke through the top of the soil. Cheers errupted that morning! The sole carrot sprout has finally pushed it's way into the sunlight and is being ever so lovingly tended to. As a class the children are monitoring the plants progress and wondering when we will be able to eat the "fruits" of their labour.