July might just be better than June for water play, so we are focusing on oceans as our monthly theme. Our morning circle time routine...

What fun we had this morning as the children pretended to be "Summer Fairies" who were responsible for showing the bees where all the...

Today dawned grey and rainy, so we could tell we were going to have some fun indoors for a change. Once we finished our calendar,...

Today dawned in a rather strange way- the sun appeared to be a reddish-orange color that looked like a harvest moon more than a sun. The...

Today was all about the mud kitchen! We sailed through our morning routine and even shortened our music time a little (even though we...

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...

April has been shaping up nicely and now that it's nearing its end, the sunny days have been just wonderful for us to take full advantage...

At last! Today I was able to capture a few moments of our music time without too much of a fanfare! It's always a challenge to video the...

Today was ripe with opportunities for storytelling. After our morning routine, the gray weather caused us to hunker down. At first, we...

While we had a nice time doing our morning routine, the fun really began when we started bringing out the lego-type blocks! First we...

April showers officially arrived as rolls of thunder and flashes of lightning proclaimed to us this morning. The children all seemed a...

Today was a great day to do our favorite creative activities inside. The grey clouds and misty weather kept us in, but we had fun...

The crew was eager to color today, so when they saw the big bin of crayons ready to go on the counter, they cheered! After our morning...

This morning we delved into our April themes a bit during our morning routine. We'll be talking about the life cycles of frogs, birds,...

The children and I are savoring the last few days of March and hoping that the month will prove truthful the "out like a lamb" adage. To...

The children were very interested in opening the big bin of farm animals and doing some pretend play with the figures this morning, so we...

We had a wonderful time taking care of dolls this morning after calendar and weather. We dressed the baby doll and the "big girl" doll in...

This morning was perfect for practicing our fine motor skills. After our morning routine, we practiced putting toothpicks into the tiny...

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...

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...