Haldane
Fairy Lane Way
Fairy Lane Way
There's a special path named Fairy Lane Way located right in the heart of Chase, filled with whimsical objects and magical creatures.
There's a special path named Fairy Lane Way located right in the heart of Chase, filled with whimsical objects and magical creatures.
The path was created by Kary Pittendreigh, facilitator of Haldane Strong Start program, with the help of the children who attend the program. The path, which was created at the beginning of May, has become a huge hit for all the families who attend Haldane Strong Start. The group walks the path 3 times a week after their snack.
The path was created by Kary Pittendreigh, facilitator of Haldane Strong Start program, with the help of the children who attend the program. The path, which was created at the beginning of May, has become a huge hit for all the families who attend Haldane Strong Start. The group walks the path 3 times a week after their snack.
"It was created to assist with children's imaginations while gaining some fresh air and physical activity."
"It was created to assist with children's imaginations while gaining some fresh air and physical activity."
The children have decorated rocks and pine cones to place along the path. Each morning when the children head out they all carry a clip board with a scavenger hunt sheet to check off treasure as they spy them. Many different items have been placed along the path, Fairy Houses, butterflies, flowers, small mushrooms, garden gnomes, small forest animals, birds and feathers.
The children have decorated rocks and pine cones to place along the path. Each morning when the children head out they all carry a clip board with a scavenger hunt sheet to check off treasure as they spy them. Many different items have been placed along the path, Fairy Houses, butterflies, flowers, small mushrooms, garden gnomes, small forest animals, birds and feathers.
It promotes creativity and imagination, and encourages families with young children to spend time in nature, searching for fairies and acting as stewards for the environment.
It promotes creativity and imagination, and encourages families with young children to spend time in nature, searching for fairies and acting as stewards for the environment.
Construction or building blocks:
Construction or building blocks:
- Cover the floor with tulle
- Hang ribbon from the ceiling over your area to create an original canopy
- Add fictitious figurines such as "smurfs", elves, or superheros
- Fabric flowers of all sizes and colors
- "Lego-style" blocks in pastel colors
- "Polly Pocket" dolls or other tiny figurines which can represent fairies, elves, or gnomes
- "Tinker Bell" figurines
Arts & Crafts:
Arts & Crafts:
- Pastel-coloured poster paint
- Ribbons of all kinds
- Sparkles, sparkly glue, metallic confetti, etc.
- Pastel-coloured construction paper can be used to make fairy hats
- Decorate small houses with pretty colours to make fairy houses
Role play:
Role play:
- A large tent or box which will become a fairy house
- Tulle wings, jewellery of all kinds, colourful high heeled shoes, crowns, etc.
- A ballerina costume (tutu, slippers, and tights) makes the perfect fairy costume
- Magician's hat and wand
- Elf costume
Science:
- Teach children how to make pastel colours with poster paint
- Rainbow colours in milk along with a drop of dishwashing liquid
Kitchen:
- A fruit-filled cake sprinkled with fairy dust (icing sugar)
- Push a wooden skewer into a cookie to make yummy magic wands
- An upside down ice cream cone, candy, decorative sugar, and icing. Children create fairy hats
Motor skills:
- A scavenger hunt. Have children search for tiny fairies hidden outside or inside
- Rhythmic batons (ribbon attached to a stick) and music!
Sensory bins:
- Hide shiny pebbles in the sand box or sand table
- Containers filled with sparkles
- Containers filled with ribbon (used Christmas ribbon is perfect!)
