Early Minds Preschool
404, 100 Marina Drive T1x 0A9 Chestermere, AB, Canada

We are closed April 2 and resume classes April 12, 2021 Have a healthy and safe Spring Break!

High Five Bracelet & Star of Week kiddos!

Both preschools will be growing baby chick's with the children! The children are beyond excited to see them go from eggs to baby chick's. Stay tuned for the progress photos of our baby chick's!

Ending the last class off for Spring Break with lots of Easter fun!

Happy last day of classes for our three day class! We had so much fun at our Easter Party! We hope you have a fun, healthy and safe spring break. Classes resume on April 12.

Lots of fun Easter activities and body movements! We have a surprise for the children in next couple days, stay tuned for the exciting news!!

We are so happy to be back with the kids! Our theme for January is "Dinosaurs!' The children had so much fun exploring all the fun dino activities on their first day back! Check out the Dinosaur Ice Rescue, Vet Dramatic Play! Stay tuned for more fun photos!

Preschool classes resume tomorrow January 4 & 5, 2021. We hope you had a wonderful winter break and we are so excited to see the children and families!

Looking for some activities to do with your children for new years? Check out these ideas! *DIY paper mask https://www.thejoysharing.com/2018/12/diy-paper-mask.html... *Cupcake liner fireworks craft https://alittlepinchofperfect.com/cupcake-liner-fireworks-/#

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Check out some of these fun and safe holiday outdoor activities for the family! Don't forget to tag Early Minds Preschool with your fun holiday photos! https://www.google.com//ru/outdoor-holiday-activities/amp/

More Christmas fun and smiles!!

Our Elves had fun with all the children before they fly back to the North pole! Buddy the Elf had some special magic with a letter for some classes to let them hug him goodbye, the children were so excited!!

Some more Christmas fun!

Check out what the kids have been up to this past week to celebrate Christmas and the end of school year 2020!!

Our Elves have been busy! Everyday they are up to something new and different. We encourage you to take photos of your Elf and what they are up to! Don't forget to tag Early Minds Preschool

December 16 & 17, 2020 are last classes until the new year. Children can come dressed up in Christmas colours, pajamas, sweaters! Anything festive!

Check out the Star of the Week and High Five kiddos this week!!

Sparky and Buddy the Elf were up to some fun this week!!

The children have been getting ready for Christmas and learning the letter "I" and colour " brown!"

This week the children are learning all about the colour "BROWN!" Thursday and Friday dress in BROWN!

This week the children have been learning "letter T and colour PINK, number 9, reviewing shapes SQUARE, CIRCLE, TRIANGLE and tracing lines!

Check out our star of the week and high five kiddos!! They were so proud of themselves!

December theme is all about "Dr, Suess/Cat in the Hat!"

Santa sent some Elfs to our preschool, the children are so excited!

Here's a fun Christmas Count down activity to do with your children at home! All you need is cotton balls and glue! https://www.kitchentrials.com//santa-beard-countdown-free/

Check out our "Star of the Week" and our "High Five Bracelet" kids! We celebrated some birthdays this week!

This week the children learned about "Desert Animals" and the colour "purple!

Check out this easy playdough recipe you can make at home with your children! Playdough has many benefits for children such as hand strength. Some activities to do with playdough: -cutting playdough -building letters, shapes, numbers... https://www.iheartnaptime.net/play-dough-recipe/

Reminder Wednesday November 25 and Thursday November 26 is wear the colour "purple." Stay tuned for photos. November 27, 2020 both programs are closed for teacher professional day, classes will resume November 30, 2020.

Happy National Children's Day! The children and teachers dressed in blue! https://www.nationalchildday.ca/

Check out our star of the week kiddos and high five bracelet kiddos!! Some more fun "Arctic week" and colour "black" activities!

This week the preschool kids at the programs were learning about "Arctic Animals". Next week the children get to learn all about "Desert Animals!"

November 19 & 20 the children are encouraged to wear blue to support 'National Children's Day'. The children can also wear black to support the colour of the week!

Some very happy "Star of the Weeks!" As well as very proud kids for receiving a "High Five" bracelet!

Some more orange dress up!

This week the children learned all about the colour orange!

Check out our weekly focus boards! Every week we learn different letters, shapes, numbers, colours and lines!

Reminder we are closed Wednesday November 11, 2020 for Remembrance Day. Classes resume Thursday.

The children were learning the colours in the rainbow through our themes; "Seasons, Halloween and Animal Planet!" They sure do love dressing in as many colours as possible!

The children have been learning the colours GREEN & YELLOW! They get so excited to dress up! Stay tuned for Rainbow day!

Our preschools had so much fun this week celebrating Halloween and dressing up! We hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween!

Chestermere and Mahogany are getting ready for Halloween with some fun activities! Thursday & Friday is our Halloween parties, the children can dress up! We ask no masks or weapons please, we can't wait to see all the costumes!

These past few weeks we have introduced Star of the Week and our High Five bracelets! Each child gets a chance to shine in the classroom all week! The Preschools had some excited kids this week!

Check out some of the fun activities Chestermere and Mahogany have been doing in the month of October!

Mahogany Preschool has picture day this week! Three day class is Wednesday October 21,2020 Two day class is Thursday October 22, 2020

This week in Mahogany we learned all about the colour BLUE! The children got to wear their favourite blue item! Stay tuned for what colour is next week!

What a wonderful first month we had learning All about me.

Welcome to Early Minds Preschool Mahogany. Mrs Melissa and Miss Amie are excited to meet everyone!

Welcome to Early Minds Preschool Chestermere. Mrs Laurie and Mrs Alicia are excited to meet everyone.

SUMMER, SUMMER, SUMMER TIME...HERE'S THE ACTIVITY LIST YOU NEED! Toddlers in summer- the cute swimsuits, adorable first popsicles, and AMAZING opportunities for... outdoor play. The sun is out and I am here for it! We have these activities on repeat all season long, and you should too! SO MANY GREAT IDEAS HERE: https://busytoddler.com/2016/05/50- awesome-summer-activities-for-toddlers/

Happy Canada Day to all our families!

Summer Camp registration is now open. Visit our website at www.earlymindspreschool.ca to register. Spaces are limited, and filling up quickly.

Watch this virtual field trip to Butterfly World. You will learn all about butterflies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV-XeI1H8rk

Caterpillar moved into their new habitat!

Our Caterpillars turning into chrysalis!!! We picked the names - Steve, Pickle, Everest, Moe and Sparkle!

Some great educational outdoor activities

Our Caterpillars !!!! Make sure you comment below on 5 names you would like to name our classroom caterpillars !!!

Meet our new pets! We are so excited to watch these caterpillars turn to butterflies! Make sure to check back for updates. #earlymindspreschool #chestermere #mahoganylakecommunity

Who is loving this amazing weather? Spring is FINALLY here. Here are some amazing outdoor activities to do while enjoying the beautiful sunshine and warm weather! Tag @earlymindspreschoolinc pictures of your favourite outdoor activity!

Happy Friday!! Let’s have fun creating letters with beads and play dough! Try both upper and lower case. You can substitute for any other supplies you find around your house.

Calling all little scientists!!!! Here are some simple science experiments you can do at home. We would love to see pictures of your experiments!

Another neat letter recognition activity to do at home.

Here are so great recipes to try at home!

Disney alphabet letter colouring pages. Perfect to go along with our weekly letter activities we are sending out.

All our kiddos enjoy playing in sensory bins! Here is a great idea for a fun sensory bin! Have fun

Check out the link below to get your free personalized letter from the Easter Bunny

Let’s all make an Easter rainbow! All you need is paint, paper and plastic eggs. Enjoys friends!

Here is a great art activity that is not only fun but works on their fine motor skills! Enjoy

Another fun way you can incorporate letters, numbers, sight words into your child’s learning.

Some great crafts and activities with recyclables to do while we are all stuck at home.

A wonderful activity for when it warms up! Letter recognition and fine motor all in one!

9:00am tomorrow the Calgary Zoo is doing a Facebook live. Be sure to tune in

What a cute craft idea! Grab a empty milk jug, some tissue paper and glue and you are all set!! What else can you make with a milk jug?!? Maybe a bird feeder, or a Easter bunny, a snowman with lights inside of it, maybe even some silly monsters...the ideas are endless. https://www.diycraftsy.com/reuse-milk-jugs-for-crafts/

Good Morning to our sweet kiddos! Today let’s work on our math skills. Counting from 1-20. Use many different ideas to learn your numbers like q-tip number tracing using paint. Remember knowing our numbers means that when they are out of sequence we can still recognize them. Math is all around us! Let us see how you can identify different numbers around your house.... Have a wonderful day! We miss you @earlymindspreschoolinc