Weekly Activities

We want to acknowledge and show our appreciation that we are on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Musqueam People. We thank the Musqueam People and their ancestors for the land that today holds Creative Minds Early Learning Centre. We made a delicious berry pudding. The recipe we used was for Saskatoon Berry Pudding, but we used the berries we found in Pacific Spirit Park, Huckleberries and Salmon Berries. We also made Fried Bannock. Everyone had a chance to help in preparing our food. We figured out how to cook them 'just right'. "The bannock tastes like pancakes" -Ellen "I like this a lot!" -Keira "Can I have more?" -Keira "I've only had chocolate pudding, not berry pudding" -Travis "Yummy" -Jia Ran

It was so exciting for us at Creative Minds to be a part of Southland's Sports Day. It was fun to wear the colours of our team and have face paint. We all used our loud voices to cheer on our teammates. Some parents came to see us, and cheer us on too. Some of the games were challenging and some even got us wet. Thank you Southland's Elementary for including us in this fun event!

We've been discussing and organizing ourselves to make Sit Spot's work for our mid-day. Because Creative Minds is multi-age, we have some children who still need a nap or need to rest on a mat as well as children who don't. At CM we really value the outdoors and especially being in the forest. We wanted to find the opportunity for the children to spend time in nature, not to 'play' and be physically active, but to learn self awareness and stillness while outdoors. Naomi and Ellie took 8 children into the forest on Friday. They discovered a special spot that is near our 'Meadow'. It's special, because we haven't had the children play in that spot before. It's a new location for sitting, being still, listening to forest sounds, focusing on breath, watching a spider spin her web, and inhale the sweet smells of Spring. On Friday, the children managed 5 minutes with the Sit Spot. This is a great start. Naomi suggested that they try to close th