Extended Day 2018-19

We had a wonderful year playing, exploring and sharing! Over 35 children attended our Extended Day programs throughout this year.  

Lila and Ellie arrange the animals in a circle. The Mommies and Daddies encircle the babies. Let’s put the birds and foxes in there because

During the past couple of weeks we have offered the children a selection of materials, clothes pins, pipe cleaners, wiki-stix and a variety of papers.

Ursula begins her morning, playing with rabbit finger puppets.  I am going to make spaghetti! You get all the carrots in the neighborhood and you

Many children have been captivated while working in the miniature gardens. On a quiet table, facing the window, a child can either have a meditative

What better way to wish all our moms a Happy Mothers Day than with a colorful bouquet from all the kids in Extended Day!

One morning, Miles discovers that if he places a ball on the handle of a shovel, and then stomps on the shovel end, the ball

April 22nd is Earth Day.  What does that mean?  What is Earth Day?  We asked the children what they knew. When we all talk about

Ellie was busy at the easel, trying out the gel crayons.  Smoother than a traditional crayon but not drippy like paint, and with a big

After completing the taping design on our cork board, now it was time to mix our own shades of green and paint the spaces in

We offered squares of cork and a basket of washi tape to further explore the children’s interest in using tape. It took concentration and persistence

Over the last several weeks, there have been many conversations about traveling to various places and modes of transportation. Some of these places include, Turkey,

With our variable weather conditions during the past few weeks, the children’s have had many outside experiences with snow, slush and ice. Here are some

Charlie begins her morning experimenting with a parachute. Then she arranges a collection of rocks and slowly parachutes a family, one by one, down to

We were so fortunate to have DJ’s daughters, Cadence and Montana join us for the afternoon! They started the day helping in Purple class, and

I’m so fun into this! – Travers We have had a colony of hexbugs in Stay and Play over the past couple of weeks.  The

We have been playing with cars this week in Stay and Play.  Always a popular activity, it also almost always involves the children sorting and