Celebrating Mi'kmaq Artists: Alan Syliboy
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7M ago
  Alan Syliboy The school year is back in full swing and big things are happening in our Art Studio. This month's project is focusing on local Mi'kmaq artist Alan Syliboy. The children have been invited to look at his work while we talk about what the work makes us feel, and what the word "Mi'kmaq" means in our community.  From: https://alansyliboy.ca/about/ "Alan Syliboy grew up believing that native art was generic.  'As a youth, I found painting difficult and painful, because I was unsure of my identity.' But his confidence grew in 1972 when he studied privately with S ..read more
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Celebrating Pride Month at Maple Tree: June 2023
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10M ago
 Celebrating Pride Month: June 2023 Our school is looking a little different this month, we are celebrating Pride Month. At Maple Tree, we believe in creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all children and families. Pride Month provides a wonderful opportunity to celebrate diversity and teach young minds about love, acceptance, and equality. Celebrating Pride offers a chance to introduce children to the concept of diverse family structures, love in all forms and the significance of embracing differences. When we embrace Pride Month with the children we empower them to be ..read more
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Exploring Indigenous Art-Truth and Reconciliation Day
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1y ago
    How can we recognize Truth and Reconciliation with children? By celebrating the Indigenous People in our communities.  Truth and Reconciliation Day is an opportunity to honour the trauma and healing experienced by residential school survivors and “to establish, as a statutory holiday, a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honour survivors, their families and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process.” (Government of British Columbia, 2021 ..read more
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Should we or Shouldn't we say, Good Job?
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4y ago
As we are now over a month into our “new normal,” I hope you and your children have all been able to enjoy time together and find a sense of peace amidst so much change! While we are all finding our footing, I have been so encouraged seeing friends and family shed old habits that were no longer serving them, and trying to use this time to build new, more positive patterns in their life. I am sure being at home is looking quite different for each and every one of us. However, while we are going about our days separately, I find comfort in knowing we are all going through this intense change ..read more
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The Montessori Math World from Home
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4y ago
Hello Mapletree Montessori Parents! This is Miss Jennifer. I am trying my hand at writing a blogpost. A few weeks ago, I tried Instagram live for the first time and it was so much fun to visit with you all in your homes. I hope you and your children enjoyed doing some math exercises together with me. I hope this post will explain some background as to why Montessori uses these math materials to promote understanding of the language of Mathematics in our young children. The first Presentation we did together is called Sandpaper Numbers.  We looked at how to say the number and then pro ..read more
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Reading work and Bunny Baskets
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4y ago
 Maria Montessori once said, "The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn".   I've been thinking about that a lot these last few weeks as I move through my days and think about what I will teach on line with my children next.   It's been tricky transitioning to online teaching.  Lots of things to work out such as camera and platform I want to use that makes the most sense and is easy to use for the parents and children.  We've done a lot through our school Instagram account (michellesmapletree) .  ..read more
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Dog Days and Searches
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4y ago
Ms. Madeleine's dog Oliver in his Happy Place This break has given many of us extra time to spend with our families. I am grateful for having more time to spend with my 5 year old dog, Oliver. Now that it is has started to get a bit warmer, he has been resuming his duties as "paw patrol". We decided to move around some furniture so that he can look out the window to supervise. He also likes to go around the house finding things, usually a treat or a toy. It reminds me of our friends at school. If something is missing in the classroom, it's quick to find helpers since everyone is eager to help ..read more
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Oatcake Magic
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4y ago
Maple Tree  Oatcakes PREHEAT OVEN to 350 Degrees  3 Cups Oats 11/2 Cups All Purpose Flour 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar 1/2 tsp Baking Soda 1/2 tsp Salt 2TBS Chia Seeds 1/4 Cup Hemp seeds 1/4 Cup Flax Seeds  1/3 Cup Sunflower Seeds 1/3 Cup pumpkin Seeds 1 Cup Cold Butter (shortening, lard) 1/2 Cup or more of Ice water Mix the dry Ingredients together.  Cut in the Butter or cut up the cold butter  and add it in with your hands.  Mix it up until it looks like the size of small peas.  Next add the ice water a little at a time until it comes together in a ball when you squeeze it in yor hands.   Pou ..read more
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Muffins, Stories and Connection
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4y ago
 Yogurt Blueberry Muffins Preheat Oven to 400 Wet Ingredients 1Cup of Oats 1Cup of Yogurt (Any flavor) 1/2 Cup Veg Oil 3/4 Cup brown Sugar or Sugar substitute 1 Egg Dry Ingredients  1 Cup of Flour 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Baking Powder 1/2 tsp Baking Soda 1Cup Frozen Blueberries (or any fruit you have) Mix wet ingredients together, Mix dry ingredients together in separate bowl.  Add Blueberries to flour mixture and the add the dry ingredients to the wet.  Mix until just combined.  Bake 20 Minutes. ENJOY with your family! Its been crazy since Covid 19 hit us and everyone is working from ho ..read more
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