Expectations

After a rough few days I got up today with the mind set it would be a good day. We did self portraits. We did a cute little fill in […]

What is Valentines

We talked about where the holiday originated briefly. They didn’t care. They did love the special food. They loved delivering their valentines They loved the games. They loved ( kind […]

Pre-Valentines Fun

Our holiday parties are more of a week – long / day long celebration. Too many structured activities makes for very anxious unsettled children. We started celebrating Valentines today. You […]

Teaching Shapes

I could hold up a flash card of a heart or we could paint 100 hearts. Which will I remember? I could hold up color cards and sing color songs […]

So Much Engagement

Children learn more and dig deeper when allowed more time. I’ll give you examples from today. In short periods of time the children will go in the dress up area […]

Coaching Little Humans

Free play ! That’s what today consisted of. That’s not a terrible thing. The kids have not seen each other for a week. They missed playing with each other. The […]

It Snowed

Well – the snow is almost melted on the yard but we found snow in lots of places we could explore. There was even more ice. We felt it. It […]

National Peanut Butter Day

Today was one of the “national” holidays we count up to for fun. Today is National Peanut Butter Day. We made peanut butter / Cheerios cookie clusters. But first – […]

Monday Monday

Mondays are sometimes hard. Today wasn’t too bad. Everyone was here. We celebrated Journey turning 4. Today was SUPER LOUD. Is it th me weather change we are expecting? As […]

Determination

Do you realize how BIG it is that 3 kiddos played in the light room for an hour straight ? The average attention span of a three year old is […]