Lots to Love in February
We had so much fun in February that the month zoomed right by! We finished up a hibernation theme that we had started in January with a...
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Melanie Patric
- Nov 30, 2016
- 4 min
November Turkeys!
November started with some beautiful sunny weather that was perfect for planting some flower bulbs. The children loved the idea of...
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Melanie Patric
- Nov 22, 2016
- 5 min
October Spooks
The Blue Sky Daycare children enjoy tons of fun indoors and out, visit a pumpkin patch, learn about autumn, and celebrate Halloween.
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Melanie Patric
- Sep 5, 2016
- 5 min
August Was Bubbling With Fun!
Our 6th annual tie-dye day was a great success although we had to postpone it until the first days of August to ensure that all the...
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Melanie Patric
- Aug 5, 2016
- 5 min
By the "Seaside" in July
July is often a month families enjoy beach visits, so this month we chose to learn about beaches, underwater creatures and the ocean. ...
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Melanie Patric
- Feb 26, 2016
- 4 min
February, The Month of Holidays
February may be a short month, but it does not lack for holidays, and we celebrated! Groundhog Day: We started our day reviewing what we...
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Melanie Patric
- Oct 9, 2015
- 3 min
Goodbye to Bees, Leaves, and Birds...
The children and I are really beginning to notice signs of fall all around us. The bees are slow and less numerous, the brightly colored...
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Melanie Patric
- Oct 1, 2015
- 2 min
A Day of Fall Watercolor and Pretend Play...
Our circle time has shifted from apples to the sights and sounds of Halloween and of animals getting ready for the winter. One of our...
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Melanie Patric
- Sep 9, 2015
- 2 min
Apple Circle Time, Apple Tree Art, and Make Believe...
September is well underway, and we are focusing on apples right now. We have a lovely variety of circle time movement rhymes and...
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Melanie Patric
- Aug 27, 2015
- 2 min
Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere!
Today we had so much fun learning about bubbles! We began the day by making more homemade bubble solution. Our recipe included 6 c...
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Melanie Patric
- Aug 12, 2015
- 2 min
Circle Time, Sunflower Story, and Gross Motor Skill Builders...
The children and I have been having so much fun with our sunflower theme so far! We love the beautiful coffee filter sunflowers hanging...
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Melanie Patric
- Jun 29, 2015
- 2 min
Favorite Flowers, Mud Kitchen, and Puzzling it Out...
As the children trickled in after breakfast, we started our day working on a large jigsaw puzzle. We worked on sorting the pieces into...
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Melanie Patric
- Jun 3, 2015
- 3 min
Newly Charted Territory- Take II...
We're so happy to be taking full advantage of June and all the wonderful things it holds! We made another foray to the jewel of a park...
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Melanie Patric
- Apr 22, 2015
- 3 min
Fingerpainting, Music, and Life Cycles
With another cold and rainy day on our hands, we knew that the best way to beat the blahs was to get creative with an art project, move...
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Melanie Patric
- Apr 14, 2015
- 2 min
Recycling, Outdoor Play and Seed "Bombs..."
The morning dawned bright and clear and the sunny weather made the perfect day for lots of outdoor play and messy sensory play. We began...
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Melanie Patric
- Apr 10, 2015
- 2 min
Making Gardens, Life Cycles and Pretend Sleepovers...
April showers officially arrived as rolls of thunder and flashes of lightning proclaimed to us this morning. The children all seemed a...
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Melanie Patric
- Mar 5, 2015
- 3 min
Wind Rhymes, Color Matching, and Self Feeding...
Another chilly day kept us inside, but we had so much fun it didn't matter one bit. We had a wonderful time working on our circle time...
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Melanie Patric
- Feb 4, 2015
- 2 min
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...
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Melanie Patric
- Jan 29, 2015
- 2 min
Peeks, Lego Measuring, and Dress-up...
Today was lots of fun! We started the day on a quieter note playing peek-a-boo with the babies. They absolutely love to use the play...
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Melanie Patric
- Jan 20, 2015
- 2 min
A Quiet Day...
Today was a quiet day with about half the normal crew, but we still had a fun and interesting day. We took some extra time during our...
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