This is one of my favorite reads of the season. It addresses diversity , bullying , shapes , colors and kindness. After reading the book we did a little science […]

You know that I don’t PLAN to directly teach letter recognition or sounds but if it comes up during play I’m all in And across the table – What letter […]

Today we did a little math. How tall is each pumpkin ? Which pumpkin is the smallest ? Which pumpkin is the heaviest ? Curiosity through play leads to understanding.

First we had to draw the monster faces on the cups. Lucy and Avery did this for everyone. They did a great job. Next we used math skills to make […]

Today we spent some time building our fine motor skills and working on our names. It’s important for a child ( going into kindergarten) to not only know how to […]

Adding letters and numbers ( colors and shapes too) to our environment helps children learn foundation kindergarten readiness knowledge through play. These are our new fun playground features

We have a visitor each Thursday. She is a speech therapist. She is new to us. I enjoy her. She does her job the way it should be done in […]

Today the children asked to start the day outside. Why not ? We stayed outside through four or five rain showers. There was no lightening so it was safe. I […]

We did our first representational painting Hey kids. Here’s a pumpkin. What do you notice? It’s orange. It has lines. It has a brown stem. It’s round. Let’s paint it […]