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“Take Me Outside”: An Early Years, Urban/Rural Environmental Inquiry
The goal of our project incorporated outdoor learning as part of our weekly timetables. The outdoors became natural extensions of our classrooms both in the urban and rural settings. Educators fostered deep connections to the natural world.
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Enhancing Kindergarten Students’ Inquiries Through the Use of Technology in the Natural Environment
The goal of our project is to enhance kindergarten students’ inquiries through the use of technology in a natural environment. We created an outdoor learning environment for our students and used iPads to capture and share new learning.
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Learning Stories to Support Literacy Development and Goal-Setting in Kindergarten French Immersion
Using photos of student work and learning as a means to introduce and increase the students’ French vocabulary and writing in authentic and meaningful ways.
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Technology for Pedagogical Documentation
The Early Years are an important time in a student’s life. Here they develop skills, relationships and confidence of learning. Pedagogical documentation enables teachers to make changes to our practice and to enhance collaborative inquiry.
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Creating a PLC Within the Kindergarten Division Based on Implementing STEM/STEAM Activities Within Project-Based Learning
Our goal is to create a PLC to research/implement STEM activities and makerspaces into project-based learning in FDK to make learning more engaging, authentic and self-motivating for students and educators, and to share this learning with others.