The Ocean Room

Six kids at daycare get an insightful look at all that has to do with the ocean and the creatures that inhabit it.

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  • Me and Ukulele
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    March 1, 2010

    THEME: SONG AND DANCE The Ocean Room kids get to dance and feel the music when they're visited by two special guests. Outside, they take the dancing one step further and paint pictures with their feet.

  • Boats, Actually
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    February 25, 2010

    Ahoy, Mateys! The Ocean Room kids are heading out on the water to learn boat safety from the Toronto police and take turns steering a Tall Ship! Back on land, everyone makes their own Ocean Room To Go.

  • Cat Snack Fever
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    February 24, 2010

    THEME: THE FUND RAISER When the Ocean Room kids find out they'll be doing a fundraiser for the North Toronto Cat Rescue, they get right into the spirit of things. They learn all about cats, make Happy Cat Snacks for snack time and make lemonade and cupcakes to sell at the fundraiser!

  • Pep & Pep & Pep & Salt
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    February 23, 2010

    Everyone's up and at 'em as the Ocean Room kids play mini-golf inside, practice soccer outside and get to make homemade ice cream for snack time! But it's not all play today, the kids also have to say goodbye to an old friend.

  • Little Blue Peep
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    February 22, 2010

    THEME: PUPPETRY Blue isn't the only puppet in class today! The Ocean Room kids are hard at work with their special guest, making their own sock puppets, decorating their own puppet theatre and helping perform a big puppet play!

  • There Will Be Mud
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    February 15, 2010

    THEME: SPRING SUPERHEROES Up in the sky - it's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's the Ocean Room kids! They're cleaning up the streets and taking out the trash one piece of garbage at a time to make the world safe for plants and animals everywhere (even skunks)!

  • Taking Care of Business
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    February 3, 2010

    THEME: A DAY AT THE FARM It's time for the Ocean Room kids to roll up their sleeves and head down to the farm where they'll get to meet all the barnyard animals - and even clean up after some of them!

  • Hands Across the Water
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    January 27, 2010

    THEME: CHARITY The Ocean Room kids show just how big their hearts are by collecting school supplies and toys for kids in need and make pop-up cards to send along with them.

  • Lil' Jaws
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    January 14, 2010

    THEME: DENTIST VISIT Smile! While Alex gets his teeth cleaned at the dentist's office, the Ocean Room kids learn all about teeth, make their own toothy artwork and even have Apple Smiles for snack time!

  • Drum Machine Maker
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    January 13, 2010

    THEME: FINDING THE BEAT The Ocean Room kids march to the beat of a different drummer after getting their own sets of drum sticks. In the classroom, they make their own drums, eat drum shaped tortilla rolls and drum on everything they can find; while outside, they meet a whole group of steel drum drummers drumming steel drums!

  • I am a Scientist
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    December 31, 2009

    THEME: SCIENCE BUDDIES When all the Ocean Room kids get their very own lab coats, they get to become scientists. That means: extra messy art projects, new things to try at snack time and two guests to help them with some super cool science experiments!

  • Being for the Benefit of Flying Kites
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    December 24, 2009

    Let's go fly a kite! The Ocean Room kids soar high above the ground with their own homemade kites, kite shaped snacks, and giant marine animal kites flown by their special guest.

  • Red Fan Rising
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    December 11, 2009

    THEME: GETTING TO KNOW YOU The Ocean Room kids are learning all about Chinese culture by making their very own fans, learning to perform a fan dance and feasting on homemade Chinese dumplings.

  • This is How We Druid
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    December 9, 2009

    THEME: GREEN DAY Field trip! The kids in the Ocean Room are doing their part for the environment by learning how to plant trees, have a litter-free picnic and make art with tree bark and paper.

  • How Much is that Pufferfish In The Window?
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    December 4, 2009

    THEME: NEW PET When the children in the Ocean Room decide its time for some classroom fish, they head off to Big Al's where they come face to face with a shark! Back in the classroom, the kids eat a delicious "fish" snack and make their own, sharkless aquariums!

  • Inventing, Patent Pending
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    December 3, 2009

    THEME: INVENTING The Ocean Room kids put on their inventing hats and try their hands at inventing all sorts of things from aliens to smoothies to bridges!

  • Cirque Du Ocean
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    December 2, 2009

    THEME: CIRCUS DAY There's a whole lot of clowning around in the Ocean Room as the kids get ready for Circus Day! Gasp as they meet a guest on stilts! Be amazed as they defy gravity on a circus hoop! Cheer as they watch a fire juggler and learn to make their own juggling balls. There are clown noses for all!

  • Birds of Play
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    November 23, 2009

    THEME: TAKING FLIGHT Kids of a feather flock together as the Ocean Room kids learn all about birds, build their own nests and birdhouses, and touch a real live bird of prey!

  • S.O.S Save Our Seal
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    November 11, 2009

    THEME: BEACH WRECKED DAY Oh no! The Ocean Room kids have been shipwrecked on a deserted island! But that that's not going to stop them from having fun hunting for shells, drinking coconut juice, filling bottles full of rainbow sand and rowing all the way back to Canada just in time for Hometime!

  • Shorter Circuits
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    November 10, 2009

    THEME: BOX DAY Boxes, boxes everywhere! With the Ocean Room full of cardboard boxes, the kids get to make box snacks, decorate cardboard picture frames and dress up as cardboard robots from outer space!

  • Must Love Portugal Waterloo Dogs
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    November 9, 2009

    THEME: OCEAN ROOM GOES TO THE DOGS It's a dog's life and the kids in the Ocean Room are going to learn all about it! They'll play like dogs, eat like dogs and even get to meet two dogs with very special talents.

  • Remembrance of Waffles Future
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    November 6, 2009

    THEME: NEW OCEANEER It's a special day in the Ocean Room: the kids get to welcome a new friend, Jenae, with a tea party and waffles before they make and decorate their own cloth fishes.

  • The Incredible Uncle Steve
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    November 5, 2009

    THEME: EXCITING ARRIVAL All aboard Ocean Room Airlines! Today, the kids get to play airplane (complete with pilots, co-pilots and airplane food), make paintings with wheels and meet Hannah's Uncle Steve who has flown in all the way from Vancouver Island.

  • I Don't Know Karate, But I Do Know Safety
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    November 4, 2009

    THEME: SAFETY DAY The Ocean Room kids learn an important lesson today: how to be safe. They get to learn karate, cut bagels for snacks, and ride a real live police horse!

  • Ocean Room Kids Like Turtles
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    November 3, 2009

    THEME: TURTLE DAY There are turtles and frogs everywhere as the kids in the Ocean Room get to make their very own turtle shells, eat tasty turtle bowl snacks and get a special visitor from the Toronto Zoo who shows them what turtles and frogs are in their own backyards!

  • Pirate's of the Ocean Room
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    November 2, 2009

    THEME: TREASURE HUNT There is pirate treasure for all as the kids in the Ocean Room go on a treasure hunt, make sparkly glue pictures and walk the plank - blindfolded! - though crocodile infested water!