Week 7: Canadian Myths and Legends Ages 2-6

Week 7

Canadian Myths and Legends

Ages 2-6

Question: 

Have you ever heard of Bigfoot? How about the Ogopogo? 

Some of the children have heard of Bigfoot but most of them had not heard about the Ogopogo

Books: 

The first book we read was "Monster Party" by Annie Bach. This is a silly book, with lots of fun pictures that kept the kids interested! 

The second book we read was "Sophie and the Sea Monster" by Don Gillmor, and Michael Martchenko. This is a great book that teaches children to be brave, and the world might not be as scary as you think. 

Activity: 

Going on a Monster Hunt! 

This is a repeat after me song (to the tune of Going on a Bear hunt)

Going on a monster hunt

(Look around for monsters) 

I'm not afraid!

(Point to self)

What a beautiful day!

(Swing arms in a circle in front of head)

Oh no! Tall grass!

Can't go over it!

(Make an over action with hands)

Can't go under it!

(Make an under action with hand, and get lower to ground)

I guess we're going to have to go through it

(Pretend to walk through tall grass)

Going on a monster hunt

(Look around for monsters) 

I'm not afraid!

(Point to self)

What a beautiful day!

(Swing arms in a circle in front of head)

Oh no! Sticky Mud!

Can't go over it!

(Make an over action with hands)

Can't go under it!

(Make an under action with hand, and get lower to ground)

I guess we're going to have to go through it

(Pretend to put on mud boots and walk through sticky mud)

Going on a monster hunt

(Look around for monsters) 

I'm not afraid!

(Point to self)

What a beautiful day!

(Swing arms in a circle in front of head)

Oh no! A cliff that overlooks the water!

Can't go over it!

(Make an over action with hands)

Can't go under it!

(Make an under action with hand, and get lower to ground)

I guess we're going to have jump into the water!

(Pretend to do a somersault into the water)

Going on a monster hunt

(Look around for monsters) 

I'm not afraid!

(Point to self)

What a beautiful day!

(Swing arms in a circle in front of head)

Oh no! There's a cave!

Can't go over it!

(Make an over action with hands)

Can't go under it!

(Make an under action with hand, and get lower to ground)

I guess we're going to have crawl through it!

(Pretend to crawl through a cave)

Oh no! two big eyes!

(Pretend to make two big eyes on your face with hands)

A long green tail!

Slimy skin!

It's a monster!!!!

(Run around away from the monster) 

Craft:

Monster Puppet Craft

Materials: 

Paperbags, googly eyes, assorted construction paper for hands and feet, pieces of a feather boa for monster hair, markers, scissors, and glue

Instructions: 

1. Cut out four ovals from construction paper for monster feet, and arms, don't forget to glue them on!

2. Make a crazy face on your monster, don't forget to put on some googly eyes!

3. Glue some pieces of feather boa on your monster to add some crazy monster hair to your creation!

4. Put your hand in your monster with a puppet and make monster noises!

Week 1 Oh Canada! Ages 9-12

Week 1

      Ages 9-12  
Oh Canada! 

Question: 

     What do you like most about Canada? Why is Canada so great?

After asking my opening question, I began the program by reading the kids some Canadian jokes, this was a great icebreaker as it allowed the kids to loosen up and have a good laugh.

Some Canadian jokes:

What did the mallard duck say to Canadian goose? You quack me up!

What does a pig use to clean the ice rink? A hamboni!
Knock knock. Who's there? Icy. Icy who? Icy you weren't expecting me. 

Activities:

         

    The first game we played was Canadian charades. I gave each child a slip of paper and one at a time they acted out whatever word was on their piece of paper. I used different Canadian symbols like beaver, moose, goose, lumberjack, hockey etc...

       

        The second game we played was called fire and ice tag. To play this game you get two balls of different colors (I chose blue to represent ice, and pink to represent fire). The person that is holding the “ice” ball is it, the person who is holding the “fire” ball unfreezes people. I have the children perform different forms of locomotion while playing the game to add variety. I also have the children who are holding the ball to pass it to a friend every 2 minutes or so, so that no one feels left out. When a person is frozen I have them do different balancing poses, or funny faces to make the game that much more fun! There are so many variations you can do to this game it is so simple and easy, and the kids love this game.

Craft:

         Collage of what Canada is to you

Materials: Manilla tag paper, various magazines and books, scissors, glue, and Canadian pictures.

  The children seemed to enjoy this activity; some of the images they created were cool to see. I think they loved the fact that they could create whatever they would like of what Canada is to them.

Snack: Apple, carrots, and cookies 

Semaine 1: CANADA

Francais

Semaine 1

Canada
Question: 
Quelle es la chose que tu aime le plus de Canada?

Blagues en Francais

Livres:
 "Cercle de partage" par Theresa "Corky" Larsen-Jonasson. Ca c'est un bon histoire, le theme de le histoire est l'importance de partager. 

Activités
Plaque de Canada:
 (avec les batons de popsicle)\
Avant la programme j’ai colle tous les batons de popsicle ensemble pour les enfants, pour s'assurez que ils vont avoir le temps de peinturer leur plaque. Les enfants en aimez beaucoup le bricolages (j’espere) ils ete tres creative es ont peinturer les images qui en representer Canada pour lui meme.

Collation:

Carrotes

Biscuit

Pommes 

Week 6: Canadian Sports Ages 9-12

Week 6 

Canadian Sports

Ages 9-12
We  started the program off by discussing different sports that were invented in Canada.

Craft: 
Embroidery Hockey Sticks
Materials: 
3 Popsicle sticks for each child, glue gun, embroidery thread, and magnets.
Instructions:
1. break one Popsicle stick in half
2. attach the broken Popsicle stick to the bottom of the other stick to form a hockey stick
3. use embroidery thread to wrap around your hockey stick to make it unique
4.once you have covered your hockey sticks the way you would like attach both hockey sticks together
5. glue a magnet on the back

Activity: 

Balloon Tennis Races

Materials:

 Paper plates, over-sized Popsicle sticks,  balloon, and hot glue. 

To make your racket glue the Popsicle stick near the bottom of the paper plate. 

How to play: 

Separate children into two teams. Give each team a balloon. Team must line up at starting point. Designate a finish line. When you say go teams must use their racket to try and get the balloon to the finish line *NO DOUBLE HITS FROM THE SAME PLAYER*

The kids seemed to really enjoy this game it was cool to see how they worked together to get the ball successfully to the finish line. 

Week 6: Canadian Sports Ages 7-8

Canadian Sports

Week 6

Ages: 7-8

Question: 

Can you think of some sports that were invented in Canada?

Books: 

The first book we read was "Lucy Tries Luge" by Lisa Bowes. It's great to be able to read a book to the kids by a local Albertan! 

The second book we read was "Just One Goal!" by Robert Munsch. What a fun book! There's even an appearance made by a moose!  

The third book we read was "The Hockey Sweater" by Roch Carrier. This is a great book that shows Canadians' passion for hockey!  

Activity: 

Don't let the balloon touch the ground! This was a fun activity, however the wind kept blowing the balloon into the trees so after we were tired of that we ended up playing telephone! 

Craft:

Design your own sports player!

Materials: 

White paper, crayons, Popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners and whatever other materials you can find! 

Instructions: 

1. Draw a person

2.Color your person

3. Have your person doing whatever activity you would like

4. Cut out your athlete

5. Make some equipment to go along with your athlete, whether that be skis or a hockey stick,

                                                                  the sky is the limit!

(I made a snowboarder!)

Week 6: Canadian Sports Ages 2-6

Week 6 
Ages 2-6
Canadian Sports

Question:

Do you have a favorite game or activity that you like to play/do?

Books: 

The first book we read was "Lucy Tries Soccer" by Lisa Bowes. This is a great series of books that demonstrates to children the importance of sportsmanship, and shows them all the different sports and activities that are available for them to try!

The second book we read was " Just One Goal!" by Robert Munsch. This is a great book with some funny characters in it! It shows true hockey passion! 

Activities: 

The first activity we did was red light, green light. I made it a bit more exciting by having the children show me their most silly face when I yelled red light. 

The second activity we did was What Time is it Mr.Wolf. I had children perform different forms of loco motion to go along with our sports theme. 

Our final activity was Simon Says. 

Craft:

Baseball Man 

Materials:

Small paper plates, glue, strips of colored construction paper (4 for each child), Googly eyes,
 and markers

Instructions: 

1. Have children fold their strip of colored paper like a fan to make crazy arm and legs

2. Draw a smile and baseball stitches on the backside of the plate (the side you wouldn't eat on) 

3. Glue on some googly eyes and enjoy your creation! 

Semaine 5 Nourriture Canadien

Semaine 5

Nourriture Canadien

Question: 

Est-ce que tu peux penser des nourritures Canadiennes?

Livres: 

Le premier livre que nous ont lu été "Benji, Tu Veux un Beigne?" par Laura Numeroff. Ce livre est très amusant. Les enfants aiment beaucoup ce livre.

Le deuxième livre que nous lisons été "Une tonne de tartes!" par Robert Munsch. Ça c'est une bonne addition pour notre thème pour la semaine.

Activités:
Bataille des restaurants
Comment Jouer:
diviser les enfants en deux équipes. Donne chaque équipe des objets. Fait une ligne dans le milieu du terrain de jeu. Les équipes essayaient de voler les objets d'équipe. L'équipe avec le plus d'objets quand tu dis arrêt gagner. (Chaque tour est 3 minutes)

Bricolages: 

Poutine

Matériaux: bande de papier jaune, papier orange (pour fromage), assiette en papier, colle, peinture brune

Pour les frites: Les bande de papier jaune 

Pour le fromage: Petit cercle de papier orange

Pour la sauce: Peinture brune mélanger avec la colle liquide 

Instruction: 

1. Colle les frites sur l'assiette

2. Colle le fromage sur les frites 

3. Verser la mixture de colle et peinture sur ton création