Pizza, cupcakes, presents and dancing! We dressed up in tutus and had so much fun at our holiday party!
Our Holiday Party
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Rainbow Love
Juniper: "Look, I made a heart! That's how I fill my rainbow with love!"
Friday, November 13, 2015
Grapealicious Kool Aid Playdough
Yesterday, we made playdough using grape Kool Aid. It was vibrant purple, and smelled so juicy! We used the recipe from the Kraft website. It turned out soft and pliable, it has already stayed moist after a couple hours of play!
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Halloween Fun
We spent our Halloween playing, laughing and eating cupcakes... Then we did it all a little more!
Thursday, October 29, 2015
The Caps and Pom-pom Challenge
The boys have mastered the shape sorter and love to trick me by fitting shapes into different shapes holes.
But today I've challenged them to think of shapes differently. I've created a shape sorter that is for circles, but they will be thinking of the shapes in a more 3-d sense. They have flat circles (different sized caps) and pom-poms to sort. It only took then a few minutes to figure it out!
Monday, October 19, 2015
Driving Motor Skills
The kids are working on their motor skills and shape recognition this morning while they race their cars down a cardboard tube! They quickly realized they could drive lots of different toys down the tube!
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Morning Goodbyes
You're morning goodbye with your little one can be a tough one, experts think the key is consistency with the drop off parent as well as keeping it positive and brief. Here's a helpful article about making a smooth transition.
http://patch.com/illinois/skokie/coping-with-the-goodbye-drama-7-tips-to-ease-daycare-dropoff_4a55fd6f
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Fruit Scented Dyed Pasta
I created fruit scented, brightly colored pasta in a variety of shapes using Kool Aid! Toddlers love to explore the textures, smells and color, while preschoolers have fun sorting by shape and color. This is great for math as they grow and develop. I used the recipe below!
Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta
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| Kool Aid Dyed Pasta |
1 cup of dried pasta
1 packet of Kool Aid
1 tbsp Rubbing Alcohol
Ziploc bags
Foil
Directions:
1. Mix the kool aid and alcohol by shaking it together in a ziploc bag, some flavors of Kool-Aid make a strange white paste within the "dye," you can easily pick it out with a fork and throw it away.
2. Add the pasta and shake it some more.
3. Leave the pasta in the dye overnight.
4. Lightly rinse the pasta with cool water.
5. Spread the pasta out over the foil to dry.
Saturday, September 12, 2015
I'm Licensed and ...Open for Business!
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Fall Reading Corner
Our reading corner finished with a tree for Fall and baskets of books! I can update this easily for different seasons and embellish it to match up with our weekly themes.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Childcare Licensing and Preparing for Inspections
I've been planning all spring. Classes, background checks, TB tests, researching and writing policies and handbooks all complete. What next? We're getting ready for inspections, first the Fire Department and next, The Department of Early Learning and DSHS!
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