Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Kid's Quote of the Week
Just a little something to make you smile...
Ms. Steph: "This week, our circle books are all about grandparents."
Cameron: "Yay! I love graham crackers!"
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
The Importance of Play
"When we treat children’s play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that’s to be found in the creative spirit." ~Mister Rogers
Article: Peaceful Parenting Tips for the Growing Child
From a wonderful resource, theattachedfamily.com "Connecting with our children for a more compassionate world"
Article: "Television is Relaxing"
This article gives an interesting perspective on screen time for preschoolers.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Father's Day Projects
"Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad." ~Author Unknown
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Butterfly Release
We released our Painted Lady butterflies into the wild this week. Lollipop, Dotty, Elmo, Flower, Pretty, Spiderman, Rose and Zoomer stayed around the playground for a while to say "Thank You" and "Goodbye" - then they took to the skies!
The children have thoroughly enjoyed this project, watching our tiny caterpillars grow and transform. Of the ten caterpillars ordered from Insect Lore, we ended up with eight lovely butterflies.
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A day at the park
This week, we had our first Summer Field Trip to the park for Story Time. This is a favorite for our group each year! After stories, songs and a craft with Miss Kathy, we play for a while and then eat our picnic lunch.
We had a special treat this week - the children were given suckers at the post office when we took our pen pal letters to be mailed. Everyone had a great time, and were ready to cool down and rest by the time we headed back. Looking forward to doing it again next week! :)
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Pen Pals
We have become Pen Pals with a daycare in Texas for the summer! This week, we put our first package together and took it to the post office. Here are the kids happily working on writing to our new friends...
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
A thought for today...
"Our most important task as parents is raising children who will be decent, responsible, and caring people devoted to making this world a more compassionate place."
-Neil Kurshan
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Everything grows...
There are reminders all around that change is the nature of life: our caterpillars have transformed into butterflies, the spring babies have grown nearly ready to be weaned and our chicks have turned into lovely little ladies.
The butterfly release is planned for Thursday. Five of the seven have been named by the children: Dotty, Pretty, Elmo, Flower and Spiderman. :)
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Mother's Day and Provider Appreciation Day...
"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." ~Rajneesh
We worked all week on the special project for our mommies, and they turned out beautiful!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Summer Reading Program
Offered by the Hocking County Library for children entering grades K-6.
Registration begins Monday, May 23rd - program begins Wednesday, June 8th.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Article: M is for Monkeybars
Discusses the importance of gross motor activities to develop the skills used for writing.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
New babies!
Our girls arrived this morning. Introducing: Penelope, Genevieve, Madeline, and Roselind... (or Penny, Genny, Maddy and Rosey). ;)
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Our Annual "Silly Day!"
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"A laugh is a smile that bursts." ~Mary H. Waldrip
We sang silly songs, read funny books and played "tricks" on each other all day long!
I made cocoa-cereal treats in a loaf pan so they had "meatloaf" and "fried eggs" (yogurt and peach halves) for breakfast, breakfast foods for lunch (french toast, sausage and fruit), and along with snack, jello (apple juice and gelatin) in cups with straws to look like juice.
When the kids went to lay down for Rest Time, all their cots were in different places... that really threw them for a loop!
Their favorite part each year seems to be the gigantic pen at the sign-in sheet... they love to watch the parents react to our "trick" :)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Week of the Young Child Turns 40! | National Association for the Education of Young Children | NAEYC
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Potential
“What do we teach our children? …
We should say to each of them:
Do you know what you are?
You are a marvel. You are unique …
You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven.
You have the capacity for anything.”
-Pablo Casals
Monday, April 4, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Rounding out 2010...
I have fallen behind on photo updates; as you can see we have been keeping busy with play, learning, special days and projects... plenty of fun all around!
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