Sunny June
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...
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Melanie Patric
- Mar 3, 2017
- 4 min
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
- Jan 30, 2017
- 3 min
January, Indoors and Out
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...
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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
- Apr 29, 2016
- 4 min
April Adventures
This month, the children and I focused on the delights of spring, specifically on the life cycle of plants and rainy weather. We engaged...
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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
- Oct 30, 2015
- 2 min
Halloween Party Time!
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...
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Melanie Patric
- Oct 27, 2015
- 2 min
Helping Friends, Goblins, Colors, and Halloween Vocabulary...
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...
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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 22, 2015
- 2 min
A New Face, Block Play, and Riding the Train...
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...
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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 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
- Aug 13, 2015
- 2 min
Fine Dining, Riding the Bus, and Fun in the Garden...
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...
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Melanie Patric
- Aug 11, 2015
- 2 min
Block Play, Shooting Stars, Mailbox, and a Colorful Ending...
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...
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Melanie Patric
- Aug 6, 2015
- 2 min
Restaurant, Sunflowers, and A Walk Around the Block...
August has been a perfect month for sunflowers- our two mammoth sunflowers outdoors are just beginning to bud (at about 7-8 feet tall!),...
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Melanie Patric
- Aug 5, 2015
- 2 min
Monarch Progress, Lots of Pretend, and a Birthday Celebration!
What a great day it was to celebrate a birthday! We began our day with calendar, weather, and our sunflower and bubble circle time...
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Melanie Patric
- Aug 4, 2015
- 2 min
A New Face, Caterpillar Babies, and Big Butterflies...
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...
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Melanie Patric
- Jul 29, 2015
- 2 min
Pretend Play, Water Play, and Garden Excitement...
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...
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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 9, 2015
- 1 min
A Soup and Bread Kind of Day...
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...
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