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Forcing Bulbs, Playing Ball, and Grocery Store...
Today was an inside day due to the crazy weather- icy sleet pelted everything for the better part of four hours! We took advantage of the...
Melanie Patric
Mar 3, 20152 min read
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Lots of Outdoor Play...
At last! The freezing winter weather is beginning to make way for the warm breezes of spring, so we spent as much time outside on this...
Melanie Patric
Mar 2, 20152 min read
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Outside at Last, Shopping for Meals and Dress-Up...
The long stretch of days spent indoors finally came to an end, and we were very, very happy about it! We headed outdoors right after...
Melanie Patric
Feb 26, 20152 min read
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On the Farm, Pasta Play, and Squirrel-ers...
It was a great day right from the start! Everyone seemed to be in a sprightly mood; perhaps the lengthening of days and the sunshine had...
Melanie Patric
Feb 25, 20152 min read
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Tunnels, Tubes, and Houses, Oh My!
We had tons of fun during our morning routine today. We sang and clapped to the ABC's, practiced our counting, and did our love-themed...
Melanie Patric
Feb 24, 20152 min read
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Goin' to the Grocery Store, Coloring, and Music...
Today was a fun day filled with pretend play. We began as usual with our calendar, weather, and circle time routines, then we decided we...
Melanie Patric
Feb 23, 20152 min read
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Chinese New Year Celebration!
We celebrated Chinese New Year at Blue Sky Daycare today! It was so much fun- the children were engaged all day and came away from the...
Melanie Patric
Feb 21, 20152 min read
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A Perfect Day for Sensory Painting...
This morning we enjoyed a really fun pretend session. We set up the farm animals with a big fence made of unit blocks. We played out a...
Melanie Patric
Feb 18, 20151 min read
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Celebrating President's Day With Facts, Math, and Science!
Today we celebrated President's Day with some fun stories during our circle time. We looked at pictures of George Washington and Abraham...
Melanie Patric
Feb 17, 20153 min read
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A Quiet Day to Work on Valentines...
Today turned out to be the perfect day to catch up one of the children who had missed out on our Valentine's Day festivities. We started...
Melanie Patric
Feb 16, 20152 min read
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GBBC Begins in Earnest, Guess Who, and Lots of Movement!
Today it was all about the birds! This was the very first day we could actually enter the results of our Great Backyard Bird Count...
Melanie Patric
Feb 13, 20152 min read
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Valentine's Day Fun!
What a fun way to start our day- we breakfasted on heart-shaped pink pancakes and heart-shaped red strawberries. Yum! We worked on the...
Melanie Patric
Feb 12, 20151 min read
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Valentine's Day Roundup and Cooking Science and Math...
Today we worked on some of the finishing touches in our big Valentine's Day gift for the childrens' parents- a book of Valentine's hearts....
Melanie Patric
Feb 10, 20152 min read
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More Valentine's Preparation, the GBBC, and pretend play...
The children are so excited to share their love on Valentine's Day that loving behaviors seem to be spilling over into our regular...
Melanie Patric
Feb 10, 20153 min read
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The Valentine's Day Countdown and Great Backyard Bird Count Begin!
Today was all about the love as we began working on our big Valentine's Day surprise! We began the usual way with our calendar and...
Melanie Patric
Feb 9, 20152 min read
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Facts, watercolor painting, and pretend...
Remember a while back when I mentioned that by Friday, the children are ready for a break in the routine? Today was no exception- after...
Melanie Patric
Feb 6, 20152 min read
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Keeping the chill away with science and math...
It was below zero this morning, so it came as a sort of no-brainer that we were going to take a break from all the snow play and enjoy...
Melanie Patric
Feb 5, 20153 min read
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A Day of Snow Play!
Sometimes I feel that the daycare's wintertime motto should be "if life sends you snow, play in it!" and today was no exception. With a...
Melanie Patric
Feb 4, 20152 min read
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Happy (Belated) Groundhog Day!
We had a full crew today so we celebrated Groundhog Day in grand style! This morning, we looked at the Groundhog Day picture card that...
Melanie Patric
Feb 3, 20153 min read
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Snow Day? Hooray!
Today the children and I had an amazing time playing in the aftermath of the biggest snowstorm of the season! It was a truly memorable...
Melanie Patric
Feb 2, 20152 min read
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