How Important are Materials

Today we opened two Christmas gifts from Grahams great grandmother. ( Thank you !) Kids are generally excited about ANY new toy but teachers aren’t always equally excited. Today I […]

Five Little Snowman

We are changing up tradition a little this year. We always do the handprint snowmen on a round bulb. I do change up the colors of the bulb. Today we […]

Traditions

Traditions are another structure that builds resilience in children and families. I heard another provider tell her families tradition the other day. She said they light candles on Christmas Eve […]

It’s the Season

The day started off a little rocky as a couple littles didn’t want to leave mom after such a long break. Understandable!! Kudos to the mommas who knew they were […]

What is a Turkey?

This the season when I feel the pressure to send home crafts. It starts at Halloween and runs through Christmas. I lovingly call the craptivities. Alas here we are. Yesterday […]

Decisions , Decisions

I had a stack of Thanksgiving books ready to read this week. Then yesterday happened. Children did t want to talk about Thanksgiving they were excited about snow. I did […]

Thankful

Today on my radar was to begin conversations about what Thanksgiving is. Not really what Thanksgiving is but what being thankful means. We started our discussion this morning with what […]

Building Community Not Bias

The children played outside for three hours today. THREE GLORIOUS red leaves falling , mailman sighting, breakfast on stumps hours of JOY. We did take a break and come inside […]

Pulleys

Years ago Mr Randy installed a pulley on the playground with a bucket. He taught the children how to put toys on it and pull them up and down. We […]

Letter Monster

I have had this activity prepped for a couple weeks and just never got around to using it. The intention was one of two things : Children will find the […]