Shadow Play

In celebration of Groundhog Day today we did a little exploring shadows. The overhead  projector was a hit.  The discoveries they make with color and light on this are amazing […]

Do You Have Sheep At The Animal Shelter ?

Today the Animal Shelter came to visit us to prepare us for our visit there after school.  Before they cam we talked about what we might want to know.  I […]

Tiny Advocates

Today the littles helped me get ready to go to Little Rock.   Tomorrow I will be visiting with legislators and I will be carrying their tiny hands with me […]

Worksampling

Today I purposefully set out several fine motor activities.  In order to be a great ” cutter ” children need practice and lots of it. They need to feel successful […]

DAP

Developmentally Appropriate Practice  – ( Taken from NAEYC – The National Association for the Education of Young Children ) Developmentally appropriate practice, often shortened to DAP, is an approach to […]

Large Dogs and Small Dogs

We had two visitors today.  We had Vallie’s dog Samson come and visit. Samson is a boxer . When he first arrived he was shivering a little.  ( Who wouldn’t […]

I Had a Little Turtle

I had a little turtle I named him Tiny Tim I put him in the bathtub To see if he could swim He drank up all the water He ate […]

Hamsters and Rainbow Fish

We are still talking about pets this week. Mila brought Pinky her hamster in .  Pinky has slept most of the day but that is teaching us something too.  Hamsters […]

Puppies and Presidents

We had a special visitor today .  It’s always great to have visitors but when it is a former little it is  extra special.  ( Side note… its very humbling […]

The Pink Poodle

Since we are learning about pets this week I talked to Tara at the Pink Poodle and set up a field trip to her place the PINK POODLE . The […]