Cocoon Early Learning
2827 Commonwealth St., Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada

Building their confidence each day... big or small ... they were proud of their achievements . All is beautiful and perfect ... it’s not the output, it’s the process .

If they are bored inside, outdoor is the best option. We’re lucky this week, played with some snow and after it , the sun came

House collage with the shapes that we learned and we talked about our families.

Sensory play and learning colours with the babies

Outdoor play also provided them with opportunities for dramatic play... they have endless imagination. They made the dome as the cave and the play house as their house as they Dramatized we’re going on a bear hunt.

Outdoor play always provided children with opportunities for gross muscles development.

Free play time gives them the freedom to choose what to play, it’s an opportunity for an educator to see each child’s interest and providing an environment for that need would make them happy and a lot of development can be achieved.

Some of the creative arts that we did last week It’s the process not the output. But I love their output too, I’m always thrilled to put them up for parents to see. Making the little ones proud of their works and develop their sense of appreciation to their work and sense of ownership each day

Solitary play to parallel play and soon they will learn to play cooperatively.

#Repost @speechwithalextrichilo Step away from the Flashcards... I know there are so many pretty flashcards on the market at the moment. There are some seriousl...y talented illustrators creating stunning pictures for them. But I need to tell you some hard truths about flashcards: They enable a child only to memorise what's on the card e.g. One specific shade of green. Knowing the alphabet is pointless without context and it is unnecessary at a young age Knowledge learnt from flashcards is very limited and results in the brain storing that knowledge with few connections to other knowledge. Academic knowledge of the alphabet, numbers, shapes and colours is not an essential skill prior to school Time spent doing flashcards could have been spent playing or exploring - language learnt during play is stored faster and more effectively in the brain, and requires less repetition. The richer the experience you can provide for your child, the stronger and more varied the neural connections in the brain. As a result, that knowledge is then easier to access when the child needs it because they have multiple pathways to retrieve it. My 4 year old daughter doesn't know her alphabet but she uses so many fantastic words that could never be learnt from a flashcard e.g. Beautiful, delicious, actually, probably, and unbelievable. What's something your child knows that couldn't be learnt from a flashcard? Brag away mamas!

We called it The Melting Snowman... Our open ended art for a snowman, the children explored with materials presented to them and no expectation from them to put them in proper order... they are more happy if they do things by themselves and according to their capabilities. Each output is different from each other as each child is unique.