April began with plenty of showers, so hopefully our flowers will be extra beautiful in May. Rainy days can still be fun, though. Some...

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...

July is often a month families enjoy beach visits, so this month we chose to learn about beaches, underwater creatures and the ocean. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We had a very special celebration today- a birthday! It's so much fun to make a special day filled with favorite activities for the...

Today was a day to be thankful for the sunshine here; there were tornadoes that swept through the southern part of our state, and we took...

The children and I have been enjoying our morning routine quite a bit this month. We've been focusing on nursery rhymes, and at this...

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...

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...

The weather didn't turn out the way we had hoped, so today's Earth Day celebration was somewhat more subdued than planned, but as usual,...

More April showers today meant a day dedicated to working with watercolor painting. We began our day the usual way with calendar,...

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