October is for little monsters!
October started with beautiful, sparking sunny days and cool, crisp weather. This was just the right weather for lots of nature walks,...
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Melanie Patric
- May 15, 2017
- 4 min
April Showers...
April began with plenty of showers, so hopefully our flowers will be extra beautiful in May. Rainy days can still be fun, though. Some...
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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
- Mar 30, 2016
- 3 min
Springing Into March!
March arrived in grand style with lovely warm breezes and a promise of spring. We made it outside as much as possible, especially...
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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
- Jan 28, 2016
- 3 min
January
January's focus was on all things chilly-snow, ice, icicles, snowflakes, and more. The children and I had lots of fun learning about...
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Melanie Patric
- Jan 19, 2016
- 1 min
Welcome 2016!
I'm pretty certain that our enthusiastic celebration of the new year could've rivaled the revelers in Times Square! The children got...
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Melanie Patric
- Aug 26, 2015
- 2 min
Goin' Grocery Shopping, Simon Says, and Silly Movement Games...
There was a slight chill in the air this morning, so we focused on some big-body movement games to warm us up today. After our morning...
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Melanie Patric
- Jul 29, 2015
- 2 min
Dress-up Dolls, Pretend Sleepovers, and Kite Flying...
This morning we had a wonderful time after our morning routine. The children and I worked together to make clothing matches as we played...
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Melanie Patric
- Jul 15, 2015
- 2 min
Fish, Pretend Beach, and Water Fun...
Today the children and I did some more exploration of our underwater theme. After our morning routine, we worked on creating some shiny,...
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Melanie Patric
- Jun 26, 2015
- 2 min
A Gorgeous Nature Walk With an Interesting Twist...
Our day started somewhat gloomy, but after our morning routine was finished, the sun had begun to peep out from between the clouds and we...
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Melanie Patric
- Jun 8, 2015
- 2 min
A Gorgeous Nature Walk and Park Fun...
We've been working hard on our frog, caterpillar, and bee fingerplays in the morning, and the children's favorite appears to be the...
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Melanie Patric
- May 29, 2015
- 2 min
A Day Spent Outside...
Ah, May! This was the nicest day we've had in May so far- the birds were singing, everything outdoors was flush with new growth, flowers...
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Melanie Patric
- May 5, 2015
- 2 min
Cinco de Mayo Parts I and II
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo was tons of fun, and I'm pretty sure the kids liked the activities I planned. We ended up spreading the...
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Melanie Patric
- May 4, 2015
- 2 min
May Day!
May Day lived up to its reputation and then some- we had a gorgeous, sunny day to celebrate the stirrings of spring and the coming of...
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Melanie Patric
- May 4, 2015
- 2 min
Dress-Up, Dandelions, and Races...
Today seemed to be particularly suited to dress-up, so after we moved our calendar tag to the last day of April and finished our last...
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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 21, 2015
- 2 min
A Watery Day for Watercolor Painting...
More April showers today meant a day dedicated to working with watercolor painting. We began our day the usual way with calendar,...
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Melanie Patric
- Mar 25, 2015
- 2 min
Books, Tents, and Geese...
We started our day with our regular calendar, weather, and circle time activities and then the children and I decided we wanted to read...
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