When there are only 6

I know when you hear six children you might think “that’s still a lot” but considering that for more than 20 years I had 16 every day and now I […]

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

Today was cooking day. We mixed spice cake mix and canned pumpkin to make a wonderful pumpkin cake It was delicious. This started a conversation about pumpkins. Hopefully they will […]

My Name Starts With

By this time in the game children should be able to recognize their name without a picture. Not necessarily KNOW all of the letters but just like they see the […]

Self Portraits And Letters

Today was our day for the monthly self portraits. They are more clear than last month And something tells me they worked on letters in their name too

Literacy

We have literacy incorporated throughout our environment and our day. We write our names on art. We find our cubbies with our names on it ( also a picture) . […]

Minimizing Power Struggles

Sometimes my blog is not a reflection of things have happened during the day it’s simply parent education. That’s where we are today. No matter how compliant a child, there […]

Color Exploration

I don’t do many thematic type activities but once in a while I can sneak in some thing that might seem a little seasonal. Today we did a little color […]

More Ramp Work

Today we added “ tracks” to our ramps. That added a whole new level of excitement. The city crews came by and we noticed a ramp on the truck . […]

Directed Drawings

Directed drawings are one of the few teacher directed activities that I do. I helped the children step-by-step draw something. Today we drew a pumpkin This type of activity not […]

Water Ramp

During Covid some playground materials just showed up on my porch from the tribes that I am associated with. I almost didn’t keep this specific toy because it’s plastic and […]