The best tool we can give children ( and ourselves ) is the ability to calm down when things seem out of control. We have many ways to practice calming […]
Weekend Reflection and Reset
Sitting in my den, reflecting and planning for the next week. This is what I’ve done and any free time I’ve had this weekend. I have literally woke up in […]
Self Portrait
It’s that time of month. I love seeing the advancement of their fine motor skills Lucy even told me a story about her self portrait. It included scary things hanging […]
Halloween Fun!
I have many costumes that I trade out through the year. Today we took them all out and played dress up. In and out in and out of costumes. We […]
Jack o Lantern
Today we made spiders with our thumbprints – counting to eight – four legs on each side We carved our pumpkin and put a light in it. He’s a Jackolantern […]
Collaboration
I don’t make children share but we do work a lot on collaborating. Learning to work beside each other is important.
Spookly The Square Pumpkin
This is one of my favorite reads of the season. It addresses diversity , bullying , shapes , colors and kindness. After reading the book we did a little science […]
Alphabet Pumpkin
You know that I don’t PLAN to directly teach letter recognition or sounds but if it comes up during play I’m all in And across the table – What letter […]
Measuring Pumpkins
Today we did a little math. How tall is each pumpkin ? Which pumpkin is the smallest ? Which pumpkin is the heaviest ? Curiosity through play leads to understanding.