During the Christmas season in grade one, we spend some time celebrating the Christmas traditions of each individual family. This year that included decorating cookies, reading stories, making tree ornaments, candy cane scavenger hunts and Christmas themed games. It was so much fun to revel in all the different ways that each family celebrates Christmas!In [...]
I can now legally drive any vehicle (except for a semi or a motorcycle)! Let me tell you more…With more of our fleet of busses coming equipped with airbrakes, I wanted to make sure I could still take the preschoolers for their first school bus ride. I was ,therefore, encouraged to get my airbrake certification. Facing [...]
I am not the kind of girl that has been dreaming of my wedding for my whole life. I have always wanted to get married, but as for what my wedding would look like, I had no ideas!Simon and I have been busy wedding planning in the past few months. When we first started, he [...]
If you happened to walk to the back of the school property, close to the big shade trees, you may have seen a pumpkin growing through the chain link fence. That’s from my yard. Due to a lapse in careful checking, this pumpkin was too big to pull back by the time we noticed it. [...]
If you are in grade one, and your teacher is not married, it is difficult to determine whether they are an adult or a kid.In order to be an adult, you have to be married and/or have kids. I am not married and do not have kids, so that does not allow me to fit [...]
Many passages in the Bible look back at the history of the people of God. There is good reason for this. Looking back allows us to reflect on how full our lives really are and, more importantly, to see God’s grace and goodness.The following is a list of highlights of this year. While some are [...]
Remember Curriculum Chapels?For several years, each grade level needed to present something about what they had been learning about in class. With a mission statement that says, “all of life under God,” everything we do is worship. It made sense to do chapels in which our learning was presented as an offering of worship.One of [...]
I remember the day that my children made a switch in their “educational” thinking. For them, it happened in kindergarten, but I know it can happen at any time during those first few years of school. Up until that point in their lives, everything Mom said was right. Mom knew the facts. Mom knew the [...]
How is it that boys get immeasurable pleasure out of beating the living daylights out of each other? Not every boy has a brother, but even amongst their friends, I notice that guys give a punch to the shoulder as they say hello or as the boys leave the classroom, they are tussling and manhandling [...]
She's five, loves snowshoeing, and is passionate about giving back. Sekoia Kornelius, a kindergarten student in Mrs. Humphrey's class, has been raising money and awareness for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation for the last few years. Sekoia's mom first developed a passion for the cause and in turn began Sekoia's journey of giving back. GET [...]
