With the play invitation yesterday, children began to build their awareness about the area where we play, where everything is in their room and the sizes of things in relation […]
Who Doesn’t Love Chocolate Cake?
Today was national chocolate cake day so of course we had to take time to make one We also moved our beans today. Jillian said the need light.
Identity Through Place
As soon as children can talk they start naming things around them and organizing them in their mind. We are going to begin to explore the concept of place and […]
How important is caring?
The past year I’ve been studying a lot and advocating for bridging the divide between care and education. I think they can and should exist in one place. You can’t […]
The Gluing Table
I have been inspired by a couple friends to start a gluing table. ( photo by Denita Dinger. You can find more of her amazing work with children here. https://www.facebook.com/Listen-to-the-Children-106183404800786/) […]
Use The Tape
Sometimes as adults we put so much value on “stuff.” The other day I took out some red glasses. They were my moms. I honestly never remember her using them. […]
It’s a Bird
Today is national bird day. There’s really no significance other than that you know we put things on our calendar that we can look forward to or count up to. […]
Fine motor Skills
Sometimes it’s hard to look at your child’s artwork or their name writing and not be discouraged. Errantly we compare our child to other children or to expectations that are […]
Ice and Snow
Sadly the snow left as quickly as it came. I knew that would be the case but I banked on the fact that the children would still be curious about […]
Spreading Cheer
Today we talked about what it means to give to others. Is it better to give or receive? At Christmas we spend so much time asking children what they want. […]