Keep Her Safe
Welcome to Extended Day! One of the great pleasures of the Extended Day program is that children from all four studios get to join together, to eat lunch, relax and play. Over the first days of
Archive for September 2017
“all the sand in the world is at the beach”
The power of We. In Dr. Laura Jana’s book The Toddler Brain she discusses at length about WE skills –people skills. What exactly are we meaning by that? To start, the skills to form relationships and the skills
Waiting for Wings
Our long awaited butterflies nestled safely in their chrysalises finally began showing signs of emerging. Watching closely as we wait… “Caterpillars make chrysalises and moths make cocoons.”–Margot “No, caterpillars make cocoons. The book I read said
Tape
Children bring to the exploration of tape their own understandings of its properties and functions. Through their work together, the potential and the vocabulary of the material expands, opening new ways of relating to this ordinary
What can we do with this pumpkin?
Chatter from Elliott’s home about decorating pumpkins led to a discussion about whether or not pumpkins were just for decorating. We explained how in the past we have cooked and eaten a pumpkin. The children were
Weston’s Discovery
During meeting today Wes was excited to share his early morning discovery. What did you want to show us? A caterpillar. I told Daddy a car would squish him – Wes Why did Daddy poke holes
Words of Advice for a Big Brother
On Thursday of this week, Spencer and his family welcomed a new baby brother. While gathered on the rug for our morning meeting on Friday, we asked the children, “What advice do you have for Spencer,
“…for every butterfly we release.”
“I know what we can do. We can get a jar and write ‘butterfly jar’ and put the pieces inside. For every butterfly we release we add another chip in the jar and we write that
Exciting happenings right outside our window!
Look it! That backhoe is digging up the dirt. – Case Where is it going? – Elliott I think it’s gonna put it in the dump truck. – Case I don’t see a dump truck. The dump truck