3.7: A wide variety of activities and experiences are provided that support and are responsive to children’s interests.

“I was planning to make Elmer the Elephant out of gallons of milk, but one of the mothers said her son is very interested in the Arctic. We started talking about this and decided to build an igloo. It took a lot of time to collect the 500 to 600 gallons of milk. Parents were helping me, and the children were proud to bring in their gallon of milk every week. We had the school community collect gallons for us as well as a local coffee shop. We started building it in January and now it’s done. And it all started because of this one boy’s interest in the Arctic.”

Enith Teran

StrongStart BC Facilitator,
Ecole des Pionniers, Port Coquitlam