June is a great month to get out and enjoy the beautiful sunny days, and we did so as often and as long as possible. The children...

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...

The weather outside was frightful, but we dressed up to make sure we stayed warm and dry all through January. The rainy weather wasn't as...

The Blue Sky Daycare children enjoy tons of fun indoors and out, visit a pumpkin patch, learn about autumn, and celebrate Halloween.

This month, the children and I focused on the delights of spring, specifically on the life cycle of plants and rainy weather. We engaged...

March arrived in grand style with lovely warm breezes and a promise of spring. We made it outside as much as possible, especially...

Today we celebrated Blue Sky Daycare's 5th annual Halloween party! The children and I had so much fun engaging in a range of fun and...

This past week has been lots of fun! We've continued to work on our circle time fingerplays and the children are nearing mastery on...

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...

As the gorgeous misty sunrise I saw this morning can attest, autumn is here, and along with it is a new face at Blue Sky Daycare! This...

September is well underway, and we are focusing on apples right now. We have a lovely variety of circle time movement rhymes and...

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...

The older children have been deep in the throes of pretend play, and as soon as we finish our morning routine, they have been inventing...

The children seemed to be in a quiet and meditative mood this morning, so I decided that a good chunk of time spent making and playing...

August has been a perfect month for sunflowers- our two mammoth sunflowers outdoors are just beginning to bud (at about 7-8 feet tall!),...

What a great day it was to celebrate a birthday! We began our day with calendar, weather, and our sunflower and bubble circle time...

It's amazing how much change can occurr over a weekend. Today we welcomed another new face to our daycare family, a little boy of almost...

Today was a fun day! During our calendar and weather routine we noted that it was going to be a hot, hot, HOT day and we all agreed it...

This morning we had a wonderful time after our morning routine. The children and I worked together to make clothing matches as we played...

Today was another chilly day and the children and I decided it was a perfect day to make our favorite vegetable soup and bread meal...