Book of the Week: Mouse Paint

Three white mice make a messy discovery in this week's Book of the Week, Mouse Paint, written and illustrated by Ellen Stoll Walsh.

After falling into three paint jars—red, blue and yellow—the mice jump into paint puddles and discover colour mixing.

This Week at Pearson: Get Rrrrrready to Bowl!

Roll on over, there's no time to spare! This week at Pearson it's time to strike up some fun, with a bowling field trip to Roseland Bowl!

Children will be going on a fun-filled field trip this Thursday & Friday to Roseland Bowl. Parents are reminded that children are to be dropped off and picked up at the bowling alley and to please be on time for drop offs and the special early pick up times. Children will need dry running shoes to wear bowling. Although we would love to include everyone, for insurance and ratio reasons, siblings are not permitted.

Roseland Bowl is located at 422 Guelph Line, Burlington. Drop off and pick up times are as follows for each class:

2 AM  Thursday drop off @ 9:30am   Pick up @ 10:30am 

3 AM   Friday drop off @ 9:30am       Pick up @  10:30am

2 PM   Thursday drop off @ 1:00pm  Pick up @ 2:00pm

RTL     Friday drop off @ 1:00pm       Pick up @ 2:00pm

Let's get this party rolling. Join us for some fun times bowling! Strrrike!

Book of the Week: Knick Knack Paddy Whack

This week's Book of the Week gives an instrumental spin to an old favourite. The children can sing along with this rollicking take on the traditional tune, This Old Man, as illustrated by Christiane Engel and sung by SteveSongs, while they learn about instruments and count from one to 10.

Check out the exciting accompanying video, produced by Barefoot Books.

This Week at Pearson: Friendship Fruit Salad!


       


Apples, oranges, peaches and plums
Strawberries, mangoes and grapes - yum yum!

Children will be making Friendship Fruit Salad this Thursday & Friday! It's a great activity that promotes friendship and positive classroom behaviour like sharing, caring and kind words. Enjoy those funny pineapples, cheerful cherries, gentle pears and silly blueberries!

This Week at Pearson: A Valentine's Party!



1/2 cup of hugs
4 cups of love
1 cup special Valentine's cheer
A sprinkle of hearts
Kindness and laughter
And friends to celebrate this special day of the year!

This Thursday & Friday children will be enjoying a special Valentine's Day Party with their friends! Children will be exchanging Valentine's Day cards with their class and are asked not to address them to each child in the class. Instead, each child is asked to sign only his or her name on the cards to make it a little easier for the cards to be exchanged. Happy Valentine's Day! 
   

Book of the Week: The Shape Song Swingalong

What can you make with a line, a circle or square?

This week's Book of the Week, The Shape Song Swingalong, is based on an original song by children's singer SteveSongs, illustrated by David Sims. It shows how simple shapes can be transformed into anything you can imagine, from boats to skyscrapers to a circus.

The catchy song and animation will soon have you dancing along, making shapes!

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Book of the Week: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

The snowmen of last month are making way for anthropomorphized letters, shapes that turn into objects, and colour mixing in February's Books of the Week.

This week, the children will be reading Bill Martin Jr.'s Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, co-written by John Archambault and illustrated by Lois Elhert. In it, lower-case letters climb a coconut tree, but fall out when the tree bends under their weight. Their capital letter parents, aunts and uncles help them back to their feet.

This Week at Pearson: Show & Share!




"A" is for acorn, art and airplane.
"B" is for balloon, butterfly and big train.
"C" is for caterpillar, cool cars and your cuddliest teddy bear.
This week at Pearson it's show & share!

Children are invited to bring in something special to show & share with the their class this Thursday and Friday. We can't wait for all the fun things children will be sharing!