Peaceful Easy Feelin’

It's just a peaceful easy feeling - When I started to blog this song came to mind. It's funny how you can find peace in life even when it's loud and not always perfect. Today…continue reading

You get a screening !

You get a screening. You get a screening. Everybody gets a screening. Today we did height, weight, and hearing screenings. If you have wondered if your child can hear or is just ignoring you I…continue reading

Loose Parts

The best play experiences are initiated by children. They make the decision what they want to play , how they want to play it and how long .... Some toys are closed ended. They have…continue reading

Circles , Squares , Triangles and Campfires

More assessments today. This is the long part. The bad side of assessing is how long it takes me away from the kids . We had a smaller group today and Holly held the fort…continue reading

It’s Fri- yay !

It's been a full week. We still have one here or there that struggles with the new routine but overall I would consider this week a great week ! We got dirty. We assessed and…continue reading

Risky Bucket

Many of you probably remember riding with your mom on the days before seatbelts were mandatory ( or maybe your grandma remembers ...) and if she put on her brakes really hard her arm automatically…continue reading

Rain Barrel

Our intention for the day what is to introduce the rain barrel. If you remember I even forwarned you yesterday that the children should wear appropriate clothes. Ideally, this type of introduction starts with the…continue reading

Exploration

Today we managed to slip a little further into our comfortable groove. We almost followed our schedule to a T . We still struggle a little with transitions but that's mainly my fault for not…continue reading

The Napping House

Today has been a bit of a hectic one. As we waited for our last friends to arrive the USDA food program administrator for our area showed up for an unscheduled inspection. Wowsers… They really…continue reading

Last Half Day

I figured I better blog pretty quickly after the kids left today . This will be the last chance for me to take a nap and rest up for quite a while. Though we love…continue reading