Embracing student interest- creating our own LOL dolls at our art making area....they’re not done yet!! Mikki Hymus Grenoble Public School #awesomestartshere

When a colleague gives you a giant box and the class decides to make a television, you start making a television and inquiring into what TVs do for us and what we like about them! Kindergarten rocks! Grenoble Public School Mikki Hymus

To turn on the TV we need a converter, of course. Grenoble Public School

When kinders decide to “make a juice store” it quickly becomes a lesson in sorting! Grenoble Public School Mikki Hymus

When all your kids want to do is jump and move around you seize the moment and sneak in some writing, measurement and letter/sound recognition!! FDK rocks! Grenoble Public School Mikki Hymus

Our sculpture challenge has turned into a game...where to take this next?!? Grenoble Public School #awesomestartshere Mikki Hymus

Flat rock building challenge! Grenoble Public School Mikki Hymus

Designing train track systems to go around forests, mountains and anything else....today’s new provocation in Room 101! Grenoble Public School Mikki Hymus

A totally spontaneous authentic writing task that started with wrapping a giant box...”what do you wish was inside?” Grenoble Public School Mikki Hymus Bavani Shan

They are calling this the bowling pin challenge. Plan it, build it, test it. Grenoble Public School Mikki Hymus

These guys are interested in hockey so we’ve begun an inquiry...today we made our own pucks and mini sticks. Our design is admittedly, not perfect (the blades fall off the handle when used aggressively) BUT....we are going to work on it! 🤣Mikki Hymus Grenoble Public School

Our snack table always tells a number story but today was extra special and super tasty!! 1/2 cup of milk and cookies! Bavani Shan Grenoble Public School Mikki Hymus

buildingbetterschools.ca ... what you can do to help support public school!! #fordcuts Grenoble Public School

When a teacher’s loose part dreams come true!! Creating “small worlds” using loose parts and her incredible imagination- what the little family is doing, where they are sleeping and what they need to eat....with no prompting from educator... Mikki Hymus Grenoble Public School

Today we are “blanketeers”. Mikki Hymus Grenoble Public School

This morning I made my kids run around a city block. We timed ourselves and recorded our results on a chart. We will do this every day for as long as we can and will then chart our times in a graph to see if we improve (or not 🤪). Mikki Hymus Grenoble Public School

Day three of timing our speed. We’ve decided that we will go faster on our scooters so this will certainly affect our times!! Grenoble Public School Mikki Hymus

We love this game, Settlers of Catan. Building roads, cities and settlements from the ground up!! Grenoble Public School Mikki Hymus

Today we took pictures of things we had never seen before and described them on a print out of the photo. What a beauty day!! Grenoble Public School Mikki Hymus

When your ECE gets redeployed you bring her back the only way we can!!! Bavani Shan Mikki Hymus